Noobiest of Noob question....

steelman

Might Stick Around

Jun 17, 2012

67

2

• Aug 24, 2012

• #1

OK I'm an outdoor smoker. Even in the Winter.
But sometimes I'd prefer an indoor smoke... if only because it's more practical at the moment.
So my question.....any chances of setting off the fire alarm indoors when smoking a pipe?
I know..pretty paranoid, right? But the fire department showed up one day at my doorstep because my kids left the popcorn in the microwave too long.
Please tell me i'm just paranoid and I have nothing to fear......

 

topd

Lifer

Mar 23, 2012

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10

Emerson, Arkansas

• Aug 24, 2012

• #2

Have been smoking inside for 40 years around fire alarms and have never set one off. But, as a retired

fire fighter after the Marine Corps, I can't promise that it would never happen as all alarms are

set initially at the same setting, but different sensitivity settings can occur after the passage of time.

My own department showed up at my door years ago when I burned 3000 calories one night. (Forgot the

pizza in the oven).

 

steelman

Might Stick Around

Jun 17, 2012

67

2

• Aug 24, 2012

• #3

Thanks, TopD. I'll give it a try with fingers crossed.....

 

beewrangler2

Starting to Get Obsessed

Mar 29, 2012

261

1

• Aug 24, 2012

• #4

30+ years and never set off a smoke alarm eihter.

 

steelman

Might Stick Around

Jun 17, 2012

67

2

• Aug 24, 2012

• #5

Thanks, Bill.
Much appreciated.

 

pipedisciple

Starting to Get Obsessed

Aug 18, 2011

245

0

• Aug 24, 2012

• #6

I think it might depend on the proximity of the alarm, I always smoke inside and have never set off the alarm, not even when I smoked cigarettes in the house 16 yrs ago. Just my 2 cents worth. ::

 

waznyf

Part of the Furniture Now

Apr 24, 2012

742

48

29

Texas

• Aug 24, 2012

• #7

No smoke alarms set off for myself either. Prefer to smoke outside though. Especially at night when the sky is blanketed with stars and the moon shines its light off in the distance.

Sorry I got a little poetic there lol

 

pipeinhand

Lifer

Sep 23, 2011

1,198

0

Virginia

• Aug 24, 2012

• #8

Once. I was reprogramming my thermostat for the HVAC and was puffing away, right under the alarm. Scared the crap out of me.

 

spartan

Lifer

Aug 14, 2011

2,963

7

• Aug 24, 2012

• #9

Take the battery out.
Pop it back in when you're done.
Unless it calls the FD when it's been disconnected too long... Which would be dumb.

 

cigrmaster

Lifer

May 26, 2012

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57,280

66

Sarasota Florida

• Aug 24, 2012

• #10

I set mine off a few weeks ago because I was standing right underneath the one in the kitchen when I lit up, other than that bone head move, it has never gone off.

 

nsfisher

Lifer

Nov 26, 2011

3,566

20

Nova Scotia, Canada

• Aug 24, 2012

• #11

I would think not, unless you are smoking directly under it, then it is possible but unlikely. Nothing is for certain.

 

puffy

Lifer

Dec 24, 2010

2,511

98

North Carolina

• Aug 24, 2012

• #12

I've probably smoked enough tobacco inside over the years to fill an F150 though I've never actually owned one.Never set off any alarms.

 

tbradsim1

Lifer

Jan 14, 2012

9,099

11,050

Southwest Louisiana

• Aug 24, 2012

• #13

I like to smoke outside , but West Nile got me kind of worried, Texas and La are having issues with it, Texas haveing the most, at my age not something to screw with. The old cajun

 

crpntr1

Lifer

Dec 18, 2011

1,981

156

Texas

• Aug 24, 2012

• #14

I smoke in my gameroom mostly..haven't ever even on poker night with 5-7 smokers all at once...in the house I have a air purifier right next to me so...no

 

chopz

Can't Leave

Oct 14, 2011

352

0

• Aug 24, 2012

• #15

those changes in sensitivity settings of which you speak happen as a result of the accumulation of dust, or as i've observed once, from a spider deciding to build a web over the sensor.

 

fnord

Lifer

Dec 28, 2011

2,746

8

Topeka, KS

• Aug 24, 2012

• #16

I set an alarm off one evening in a motel room. Sure, it was a little hazy in there but I didn't think it was that bad. And it was a smoking room.

 

papipeguy

Lifer

Jul 31, 2010

15,778

35

Bethlehem, Pa.

• Aug 24, 2012

• #17

I set one off in a hotel room in London once after too many pints and too many puffs. Pretty emabarassing.

 

buster

Lifer

Sep 1, 2011

1,305

3

• Aug 24, 2012

• #18

You might want to get new smoke alarms if they are touchy? We had one that would go off when we opened the bath room door after a shower or boil some water for spaghetti. I tore that sucker off in a fit of frustration one night and threw it out on the front lawn. Replaced it and never had any more issues.