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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  • hawgietonight@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    This post got me thinking of installing smoke detectors in my home. Nobody I know has one, and it never before crossed my mind I should have one.

    Thankfully I did get one installed. Two days ago it went off and saved our butt.

    Thanks OP and Lemmy.

    • nocturne@slrpnk.netOP
      1·
      7 days ago

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

      • hawgietonight@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 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.