On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:59:11 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:03:15 -0800 (PST), don
wrote:

The heat from my wood stove sets off my smoke(heat) detector is there a detector that's better suited for use with a wood stove?


It is not he heat, but particles from combustion. You don't have to
see them for the smoke detector to catch them.

If the detector is in the same room, I'd move it to the next room or
hallway to it. I'd also check the connection of the stove pipe, door
gaskets, etc.


One thing I never fully understood about smoke detectors (SD) is that
they go off almost instantly from the smallest amount of smoke from a
woodstove, or a little bit of burnt food on the kitchen stove. Yet, a
cigarette chain smoker or even cigar smoker dont set them off. Why is
this?
I lived with a chain smoker some years ago, and he often smoked big fat
cigars. The SD never went off. Are they programmed to the type of
smoke, or what?