Are They Having A Laugh?

[securespark]

"DO NOT DISPOSE OF SMOKE ALARM IN A FIRE"

 

[ninebob]

I hate the internet phrase "LOL" - but I did actually just laugh out loud!

 

[gregers]

LOL

 

[mattylad]

I did not laugh, smoke detectors are supposed to detect smoke, not be in a fire.
They, like many other modern devices are made of materials that give rise to toxic fumes when burnt. by which time they should have done their job & advised the home owner to get their backside out.

Just like many other things, they do not go in fires.

Apologies for being a boring git but I design the PCB's that go in them

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Just like many other things, they do not go in fires.

I'll bet the house is full of other examples of such things.

PVC insulated and sheathed cable for a start....

 

[tim west]

Apologies for being a boring git but I design the PCB's that go in them

can you make the slot that houses the pp3 battery a bit bigger, thank you.

 

[tim west]

PVC insulated and sheathed cable for a start....

It does when you want the bluey from it

 

[ban-all-sheds]

If you're disposing of it in the course of trade do you have a licence which allows you to incinerate it?

 

[sm1thson]

I did not laugh, smoke detectors are supposed to detect smoke, not be in a fire.
They, like many other modern devices are made of materials that give rise to toxic fumes when burnt.

and then there is the minor issue of the radio active isotope in them, you forgot to mention that.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

No caps with PCBs in any more though....

 

[mattylad]

Can't see the pic at work, too dark but I recall that it was an optical detector?

They don't have isotopes in them, only the ionisation ones do.

We get to throw opticals away, but ionisation ones we have to store them
in special containers (big metal boxes), send to special recycling facilities to remove the isotope etc.
Our engineers are only allowed to keep a certain number of them in the car.

Being in R&D we used to keep the chambers in a metal tin under the detector development guys desk... in the end he went for the snip instead & got rid of them lol

 

[securespark]

When humans have the snip, we don't lose them....

 

[2scoops0406]

Ha, Ha, I just spent a few mins trying to read the label, but couldn't make it out

 

[tim west]

If you're disposing of it in the course of trade do you have a licence which allows you to incinerate it?

Maybe you didnt understand the term bluey? the scrapyard you took it to would burn off the pvc to get the copper and you got the money for the scrap copper, not worth stripping tons of small cable so it was burnt only downside is it gave you less money than "bright copper" the likes of stripped large csa cables and busbars and pyro strippings etc which were worth the effort of stripping before taking down the scrap
One job i worked on in the 70's i got over £400 on pyro strippings alone thats a lot of copper and took several trips to the yard.

 

[RF Lighting]

I got £158 tonight for a load of cable. (mainly T&E)

The scrappers I go to burn it.

I strip 10mm and over as bright wire is worth more.