What's REALLY Happening When You Press That Smoke Alarm Button?

Ever wonder what's REALLY happening when you press that smoke alarm button? Find out in this video where we break down the science and technology behind smoke alarms!

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Testing kidde( P4010ACLEDSCOCA-2) interconnected smoke alarm & carbon monoxide detector at a residential property. This smoke alarm is designed with strobe for the hearing impaired.

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[NexTech]

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[VivekDhiman-bq]

Does that green ring light always need to be there ? My alarm not shows that.

[Reaktron]

I think that this smoke alarm should be banned due to it making it unsafe to escape the house.

The people that will be using this alarm are likely hearing impaired people, who will often be older people, who also sometimes have a hard time going down the stairs. The bright light makes it impossible to have your eyes open without getting blinded. Yes, it's that bright. I originally thought it wasn't going to be that bad, but when it went off at night... I am not even going to explain how dangerous it would be if there was a real fire, it is already dangerous enough as it is. Anyways, making it impossible to have your eyes open, this makes it dangerous to go down the stairs, and of your older, it is especially dangerous. Even if you had your eyes open and were looking down, the bright light blinds your vision like a bright headlight, making it harder to see whats ahead of you. If you missed a step, not only could you fracture your bones, but if it was a real fire, you could be stuck in the building.

Another way you could be stuck in the building is if you had a high risk of seizures. This is a nightmare to those people. If you had a seizure, it is dangerous for someone to touch you, and you would be stuck in the building.

The reason why it is so bright is because it needs to wake up a completely deaf person. It is quite hard to wake someone up with light very quickly, so it needs to be extremely bright. Bright enough to cause permanent eye damage, to wake you up quickly.

Despite this, it should still be toned down quite a bit.

The light produced by this is 2224.25 lumens, which is bright enough to light a giant room very well. Strobing it is much more dangerous than just turning it on. I WOULD SUGGEST JUST TURNING IT ON! Not only is it sill well enough to wake you up quickly, it provides a safe bright light to help you escape. There are smoke alarms that do this, but the light is much less bright, for the blinding reason and to save power.

There needs to be a safer way to do this, and people who aren't deaf (I'm particularly sensitive to sound) should be allowed to remove these and replace them with normal smoke alarms. We have already ordered the replacement smoke alarms, I kept a couple in some bedrooms in case we need them. The rest I am disabling permanently because they also seem to go off all the time.

Anyone who reads this and has these alarms, replace them ASAP! I recommend hardwired, interconnected, with NORMAL battery backup.