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I have a $20 hunk of plastic on my ceiling too. It beeps whenever I cook a bunch of things, won't stop until I get out the stepladder and literally press a butt
by mkozlows 11y ago
I have a $20 hunk of plastic on my ceiling too. It beeps whenever I cook a bunch of things, won't stop until I get out the stepladder and literally press a button on it, and when it needs a new battery it helpfully lets me know by beeping just infrequently enough that I can't tell if I'm imagining the beep, or tell which smoke detector it's coming from.
The Nest seems like overkill to me, but let's not pretend that old-fashioned smoke detectors are some kind of awesomely perfected tech.
- dandanisaur 11y agoI disagree, these 'dumb' smoke detectors are spot on. Learning to cook, ceiling height regulations and hallucinating aren't problems a smoke detector is trying to solve. Also, if it beeps when there is smoke (from your cooking), it is doing it's intended job. Fires from cooking (2013) take up nearly 50%!! of residential building fires. SEE: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/data/statistics/ http://www.usfa.fema.gov/data/statistics/
- skynetv2 11y agoits doing its job. not being able to cook without burning stuff is not its problem. you will thank it when you leave stuff on the stove and it stops you from burning down the house