Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML
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Kurliez408
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dust shouldn't have anything to do with setting off a smoke detector.
how are you cleaning it?
how are you cleaning it?
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msshaila
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It does, smoke detectors sense a change in particle density in the air... not actually smoke.
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azouwa
| 26
If the filter gets dirty enough it'll go off. The detectors can't tell the difference between dust and smoke. I have to clean my filters every few years with air duster for this reason.
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onceuponatime456
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Too many negative votes, comment buried.
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Nova Solarius
| 10
Oh no, that's most certainly possible. Dust blocks radiation just like smoke does, so it can set detectors off just fine.
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RichardPencil
| 29
You’d better get out of the house! A dust explosion could happen if your house is that dusty!
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Neevster
| 18
I don't know why people are giving you the thumbs down. An excessive amount of dust actually is a fire risk, and if a fire starts there could be an explosion. That's why there have been devastating explosions in mills with lots of flour
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dancegypsy
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It's happened to me, when using a vacuum that is not well sealed. Smoke detectors can be fooled.
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brenton490
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Well I mean if your going to use a flame thrower yaaa!
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Glowworm56
| 25
Even the smoke detector thinks the house needs to be cleaned.
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Arashikage
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What are you cleaning it with, a flamethrower???
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willachawn01
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bulls**t do you even know how smoke detector works? it detects ions that are only found when carbon based things burn
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olga_crvjl
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Lmao wow
how are you cleaning it?