"Peter Parry" wrote in message
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Nuisance alarms are not false alarms - they are real alarms caused by
combustion products, but not by anything particularly risky - so
burning toast etc. The problem with them is that after a few people
get fed up and disable the alarm. That's fine if the next cause is
burnt toast, but not so wise if the next cause is the pan of oil
someone put on the stove and forgot which is now blazing away.

Been there, but the alarm went off before it caught fire.
That was in the early days when alarms were expensive (about 20-25 years
ago) and they were worth it then and are well worth the few quid they cost
now.

Hence
too many alarms can be as bad as too few and minimising the level of
nuisance alarms is very important.


IMO its best to remove the sources of the alarms not the alarms.
If the alarm goes off then its in a good position and smoke is getting
there.
(I dumped the gas fish fryer and bought an electric one.)