Today, my house was so dusty that when I started to clean it, the smoke detector went off. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was making dinner when the smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and stood there waving a towel at it like an idiot. Then I realized that the alarm was coming from the apartment next door. FML
Today, I was making dinner when my smoke alarm started going off. I opened all the windows and waved a towel underneath it. After ten minutes, I realized the alarm wasn't reacting to the food. Its battery was dying. FML
Today, my smoke alarm went off. In a frenzy, I called 9-1-1 and exited my house. Several minutes later a fire truck showed up. After investigating, one of the firemen informed me I needed to change the batteries in my smoke alarm. FML
Today, my smoke alarm has a tendency to give false alarms. Despite this, it did not go off at all when I was genuinely overcooking food and smoke was everywhere in the house, except for the room I was in. My smoke detector is plotting against me. FML
Today, I managed to set off the smoke detectors while cooking burgers. The cops and fire department showed up. FML
Today, after I was away for a couple of days, my wife told me she’s been doing laundry while I was gone. I'd reminded her to clean out the lint catcher because it might catch fire. I came home to a new dryer and a smoke damaged house. FML
Today, my kitchen nearly burned down because the fire alarm didn't detect the plumes of smoke wafting through the kitchen. This is the same alarm that wails when I use the toaster. FML
Today, my fire alarm startled me so badly that I shat myself. FML
Today, I was cooking something I knew would make a lot of smoke, so I asked my teenage daughter to tape a bag over the smoke detector. She said she did, so I cooked; the alarm went off and firemen came. She hadn't taped over the smoke detector, she'd taped it over the doorbell. FML
Today, after my landlord announced a "surprise" apartment inspection, I spent the entire night cleaning every room, scrubbing the oven, and organizing closets. The inspector walked in, looked around for 20 seconds, checked for a smoke detector, then left. FML
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Top comments
Kurliez408 32
dust shouldn't have anything to do with setting off a smoke detector. how are you cleaning it?
msshaila 3
It does, smoke detectors sense a change in particle density in the air... not actually smoke.
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Comments (14)
Kurliez408 32
dust shouldn't have anything to do with setting off a smoke detector. how are you cleaning it?
msshaila 3
It does, smoke detectors sense a change in particle density in the air... not actually smoke.
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.
onceuponatime456 16
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Impossible! Think of something else to post.
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.
RichardPencil 32
You’d better get out of the house! A dust explosion could happen if your house is that dusty!
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
dancegypsy 0
It's happened to me, when using a vacuum that is not well sealed. Smoke detectors can be fooled.
brenton490 19
Well I mean if your going to use a flame thrower yaaa!
Glowworm56 27
Even the smoke detector thinks the house needs to be cleaned.
Arashikage 18
What are you cleaning it with, a flamethrower???
willachawn01 3
bulls**t do you even know how smoke detector works? it detects ions that are only found when carbon based things burn
olga_crvjl 19
Lmao wow