Yesterday while cooking I set off the smoke detector, no I did not burn anything. They go off when I cook over a high heat. And yesterday once they started going off they would not stop. I ended up having to disconnect them all (they are hard wired with an interconnect) and I replaced them this morning. Aaaaaaaand let me tell you, I had a sleepless night last night knowing there were no detectors installed.

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  • nocturne@slrpnk.netOP
    1·
    24 days ago

    Good to hear! About the saving, not the needing it to save you. Hopefully everything is okay.

    • hawgietonight@lemmy.world
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      23 days ago

      Thanks! everything is fine because the alert avoided the unattended pan with oil to catch fire. About 6 years ago this happened to a friend and they weren’t so lucky… but could have been much worse. Nobody got hurt, but the entire kitchen had to be renewed. They of course didn’t have a smoke detector. As almost nobody has in Spain.