Have four of them. It is legally required where I live. I'm thinking about getting a couple more.
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Joined: 18 Jun 2012 Age: 59 Gender: Female Posts: 20,471 Location: Aux Arcs
19 Jul 2018, 12:14 pm
Three and a fire extinguisher. I use woodheat,lights for reptiles, and I tend to get distracted easily and forget somethings on the stove. The one on the kitchen goes off if the oven door is opened and the ceiling fan isn’t on.Makes me jump every time it goes off. A necessary evil.
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Joined: 30 Jun 2018 Age: 75 Gender: Male Posts: 8,558 Location: Indiana
19 Jul 2018, 1:31 pm
I do not use smoke detectors but rather carbon monoxide detectors. I heat my home in the winter solely with firewood. It can sometimes create a little smoke in the house and generate way too many false fire alarms. Carbon monoxide detector are more reliable.
Joined: 18 Nov 2014 Gender: Female Posts: 7,982 Location: California,USA
20 Jul 2018, 6:55 pm
In California smoke detector are required, I have 2 smoke detectors, in my kitchen & in my hallway, I also have carbon monoxide detector in my bedroom (what is that? Is that for gas? When I moved in here 3 years ago, the smoke detector in my hallway kept going off when I took a shower, Weird? When I make toast a few times, the smoke detector in the kitchen went off cuz I used to burn toast.