Smoke detector are kind of alarm that detect airborne smoke, they do are useful but they have some limitations important to know.

Using inadequate battery is one of the problem often encountered, another problem is when the battery run out and you don’t know about it, the solution is to revise often the smoke detector battery, the model on lithium battery can last up to 10 years.

Another aspect to consider is when the alarm isn’t powerful enough to be heard in the entire house or outside the house. There are also case when the alarm doesn’t start it usually happen after strong explosion such those caused by gas.

Sometimes, it is possible that the fire doesn’t produce enough smoke to be detected for that reason it is recommend to install a greater numbers of smoke detectors to ensure a faster alert.

Two of the most reliable type of smoke detectors are the ionization type and photoelectric type, it is recommend to replace them every 10 years.

Verifying that the smoke detector works properly is also recommend , normally, they have a test button for that purpose, if it doesn’t work the first thing to check is the battery.

Keeping the smoke detector clean should be evident, it is necessary to remove dust particles from it with a brush, for a more complete cleaning it is possible to open the detector and clean the different part with a sponge.

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