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X-Sense Smoke Alarms
well about a couple weeks ago i came into my shop to find it full of smoke coming from my cabinet saw. something hot landed in the saw dust and had been smoldering for a couple hours. i decided it was time to install smoke alarms. after some research i went with the x-sense brand because you can interconnect up to 18 alarms. i also bought their remote that lets you test the alarms and silence them for a false alarm which will be great considering one alarm is 10 feet up. i went with a 3 pack so i have one in the small garage, one in the big shop, and one in the laundry room in the house. so if one alarm goes off all 3 will and by having one in the house it wont be an issue not hearing it. the range on these is 800 feet. 10 year batteries which is pretty much standard now. these cant be hard wired though which i dont find as an issue. should have done this years ago.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
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I will be interested to hear how well this works in a workshop environment. From what I have read, most smoke detectors will go off from sawdust in the air so you may find it is too much of a nuisance it if continually gives you false alarms. A quick search does find some that are supposedly for dusty environments but I have not done any research.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
yes thats what im curious about, will it give false alarms due to dust ?
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Great idea!
Mike
I read that in dusty shops vacuuming out the alarm often is reccomend. Needed or not, ???????
Ron
Don't forget to have multiple fire extinguishers around the shop too! I have them near both entrances and 2 more by my grinder and belt sander where there may be sharks from grinding and sharpening.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
From what I have read, the battery operated ones usually use ionization detection which is more prone to false detection from dust and other particles in the air. The photoelectric ones are supposed to be less susceptible to dust but supposedly, there are some that have better dust exclusion barriers that should further reduce false detection. Putting them farther away from heavy dust sources may help.
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
in the big shop i have it 10 feet up so hopefully dust wont be too bad ? ill soon find out.
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Holy crap, I'm glad that stayed at smoldering and never got any further than that! That's terrifying. I once had a spark from easing the rear edges of my bandsaw blade start to smolder in some of the saw dust around the blade guides, despite my best efforts to clean it before I did that (I always vacuum my band saws out when I change blades... never easier than when there's no blade). Luckily I remembered a warning story from ToddJB from back in the day, and make sure I always check for that kind of thing, just in case.
I like the idea of the interconnected smoke detectors. I've got smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in my shop, but if they go off and I'm not around to hear it... is it really a fire? (Yes, the answer is yes).
I like the idea of the interconnected smoke detectors. I've got smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in my shop, but if they go off and I'm not around to hear it... is it really a fire? (Yes, the answer is yes).
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Mos, What model of detectors are you using?
--Nathan, TX. Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.
in my case there was very little saw dust in the cabinet because i had just cleaned it out a few week before so even if the dust ignited in a metal cabinet it probably would not have been an issue, and i dont ever wanna have an issue !
working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
