[HH] CO detectors self-destruct

Greg Rundlett (freephile) greg at freephile.com
Tue Apr 18 14:24:38 EDT 2017


On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
> I'm not a fan of combined smoke and CO detectors, as the smoke detectors
> have a much longer sensor life span. The optical detectors are
> essentially infinite (if you keep them clean), and I have ionizing
> detectors that are 30 years old that still work (tested with actual
> stimulus, not the test button).


This was my main takeaway as a consumer: Buy photoelectric smoke detectors
(preferred by fire-fighters over industry). Get separate CO detectors where
needed.
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