How to turn off the smoke alarm?

[PeterBushMan]

I think this is the right place to ask the question.

There are many tips online about how to turn off the smoke alarm.

But almost no one mentions there is a control near your door, which should be able to turn of the smoke alarm. I tried it once, did not work at all. 

Does the control work in your house? 

 

 

[exchemist]

5 minutes ago, PeterBushMan said:

I think this is the right place to ask the question.

There are many tips online about how to turn off the smoke alarm.

But almost no one mentions there is a control near your door, which should be able to turn of the smoke alarm. I tried it once, did not work at all. 

Does the control work in your house? 

 

 

There's no control on the little battery-operated units I have on each of the 3 floors of my house. If it goes off (normally due to burnt toast, or fumes from a very hot oven that has not been used in a while, you just take the battery out and it resets. 

[swansont]

4 hours ago, PeterBushMan said:

But almost no one mentions there is a control near your door

There is not, in any dwelling where I have knowledge of the smoke alarm operation.

[studiot]

4 hours ago, PeterBushMan said:

I think this is the right place to ask the question.

There are many tips online about how to turn off the smoke alarm.

But almost no one mentions there is a control near your door, which should be able to turn of the smoke alarm. I tried it once, did not work at all. 

Does the control work in your house? 

 

 

In the UK, folks like myself and exchemist will probably have battery operated ones either bought or handed out free by the fire brigade.

As they are battery operated, these present no maintenance safety issues.

 

If, however, you live in rented property, there was a change in the law back around 2000 to make mains operation a requirement (for the landlord)

.Clearly there need to be an off switch for maintenance purposes.

 

 

[iNow]

Can purchase ones controllable via app

[exchemist]

49 minutes ago, iNow said:

Can purchase ones controllable via app

Now that really does seem like a solution in search of a problem. Unless, I suppose, one is in the habit of generating smoke at home. Badly drawing wood fire? Smoking huge bongs? 

[geordief]

The ones I  have were installed by the fire brigade who came upon us(off duty or at any rate in a smallish vehicle)  as the car had broken down on the main road (the clutch).

 

In excess  of duty they brought us home (having  called  for  the garage)  and inspected the property installing 2 alarms gratis  upstairs and down.

They are battery operated and if or when then go off there is a button in the centre that can be  reached with a stick or by stretching otherwise .This turns them off (individually)

I assume this is how to turn them off in a real emergency  since this is how I test them  periodically  in case the battery has gone or if the unit is defective.

 

I have had several real fires in my life  some of which required called out the emergency services so I  count myself something a of a flawed expert.

Edited September 23 by geordief

[iNow]

3 hours ago, exchemist said:

Now that really does seem like a solution in search of a problem.

The main benefit is you can quickly tell which one is sending the alert by naming them clearly. Hugely helpful in multi-story homes with kids.

You can also get a heads up when battery is low (instead of that incessant beep) which is nice, and can be alerted to trouble even when not at home.

You can also choose to temporarily disable it if for example you know the smoke will pass in 3-5 minutes once your stir fry is finished 😉

[exchemist]

16 minutes ago, iNow said:

The main benefit is you can quickly tell which one is sending the alert by naming them clearly. Hugely helpful in multi-story homes with kids.

You can also get a heads up when battery is low (instead of that incessant beep) which is nice, and can be alerted to trouble even when not at home.

You can also choose to temporarily disable it if for example you know the smoke will pass in 3-5 minutes once your stir fry is finished 😉

OK you've convinced me. It's perfectly true that the beeping when the battery is low is peculiarly non-directional, which makes fairly annoying trying to work out which of the three is responsible. And they do tend to start beeping in the middle of the night, inevitably. But I do slightly resist the notion that the Chinese government knows every time I grill a steak or burn the toast. 😄

[PeterBushMan]

How come  no one mentions that control near your door, which can turn off the alarm.

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If there's a control panel near the door for your smoke alarm, it might be part of an integrated home security or fire alarm system. Here's how you can turn off the alarm using the control panel:

1. Silence the alarm:

• Look for a button labeled "Silence," "Hush," or something similar on the control panel.

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My control panel does NOT work at all, it was designed by a  dumb person, it requires to push a number of buttons, (not a number), so it more easier to crash.

Edited September 27 by PeterBushMan

[exchemist]

18 minutes ago, PeterBushMan said:

How come  no one mentions that control near your door, which can turn off the alarm.

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If there's a control panel near the door for your smoke alarm, it might be part of an integrated home security or fire alarm system. Here's how you can turn off the alarm using the control panel:

1. Silence the alarm:

• Look for a button labeled "Silence," "Hush," or something similar on the control panel.

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My control panel does NOT work at all, it was designed by a  dumb person, it requires to push a number of buttons, (not a number), so it more easier to crash.

Because, you dimwit, not everybody has a system with a control near the door. If you had read the posts you would have realised that.  For instance my alarms have no control at all, as I explained. 

[studiot]

Zigbees

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigbee

 

This thread has certainly expanded my knowledge of the different types of fire alarm available.

 

Thank you all

 

OP please note you will get a better response if you use the above phrase, from time to time.

 

On this morning radio they were talking about remote controls, and one participant now uses their smartphone to control their television since they have lost the original remote that came with the TV.

This can also be the case with a fire (or other) alarm.

I am also reminded that a couple of years ago an electrician gave me a mobile phone controllable smoke alarm,

Hence my Wiki link

[swansont]

4 hours ago, PeterBushMan said:

How come  no one mentions that control near your door, which can turn off the alarm.

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If there's a control panel near the door for your smoke alarm, it might be part of an integrated home security or fire alarm system. Here's how you can turn off the alarm using the control panel:

Perhaps it’s because maybe most people don’t have integrated home security systems that control the smoke detector. You are implying that this is (nearly) universal. Consider that it’s not. That you are the outlier, not the typical.