On 18/09/2018 16:29, Brian Gaff wrote:
No but one added thing to take into account. Most people tend to site them
on the ceiling. This is not a good idea if you have to climb to change a
battery or stop it sounding cos you burned the toast. I have one half way up
the stairs which may mean it gets more toast falls alarms but is easy to
shut up without getting a ladder or falling.

A suitable length stick will allow a reset without climbing. Can't
change a battery that way though. The ones the fire brigade fit for the
elderly in Manchester are one time usage with no replaceable parts
(which seems a shame to me). They are scrapped typically every 4 years.

The only time mine or the Village Hall ones false alarm is on days like
today when real smoke from someone's coal fire nearby gets wafted into
the building through an open door. The main mode of failure is a low
battery alarm panic in the middle of a cold winter's night consisting of
an annoying loud chirp every couple of minutes. Too loud to ignore.

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Regards,
Martin Brown