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Smoke Detector False Alarm - Heat Related?
So I'm on a 2 week vacation, 2000 miles from home, and lying in a hammock looking at the stars at 11:30pm and my phone rings - Ring Security was calling to let me know my 2nd floor smoke detector was going off. It's one of the First Alert CO2 / Smoke detectors (I think they've now been discontinued?) - Not being anywhere close to home and naturally being worried about my house burning down, I called my local police department (I live in a small town where the station is a few blocks away and the police officers are also the firemen). Within minutes an officer went right over, called me on his personal mobile, I unlocked the door remotely, and he verified it was a false alarm - but that it was very hot upstairs. Because my AC was set to vacation mode it was around 80 degrees near that alarm - does heat / humidity set these things off? I've had them installed for over a year with no issues. Any thoughts as to what causes false alarms if no cooking, legitimate CO2 / fires, etc?
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26-08-2020 07:07:02
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I had the exact same situation occur in my home with the exact same equipment. We we a thousand miles from home in a Children’s Hospital when our upstairs smoke alarm went off. Nothing I could do other then listen on cameras for non-Ring connected smoke detectors which were not going off. No fire, no emergency, but a real distress. Are these First Alert CO2 / Smoke detectors discontinued due to faulty alerts?
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16-08-2023 02:35:57
- R
I believe so. I had placed mine in hallway across from the bathroom. My husband left the door open and the steam set it off. I have had many issues with these and plan to return it. I don’t believe older smoke alarms were sensitive to steam.
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29-08-2020 04:53:39
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DI have had many problems where the steam from the shower has created problems and I have had to shut my bathroom door as well. Now it's telling My ring that the CO2 part needs to be replaced and is no longer any good. Thank God every time mine have gone off I was capable of shutting them off even when I was not home because they were connected to my ring home security and I could shut them down before fire could be dispatched to my home you only get so many dispatched to your home before they fine you.
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07-09-2023 06:50:52
- S
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07-10-2023 06:51:29
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Chelsea_Ring
Hey @hgpilot. It is very much so possible that your Smoke Detector could have gone off from this heat related concern in your home! For homes that this detector is placed, it is recommended that the room temperatures stay within 40-100 F, so it's possible your home was too hot in this area, thus setting it off. It's also possible that if the upstairs is not getting a lot of ventilation from the AC unit being off that the dust particles have built up on and around the detector, thus messing up the sensor and tripping a false alarm. In the manual for the First Alert, it is recommended to not mount the device in areas of high humidity as this can cause a concern as well. Hope this helps clear this up for you! :)
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26-08-2020 08:36:47
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