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found a new tiny smoke alarm. at lowes. 29.99. good size and looking for inside yur tank stand. or above yur tank or anywhere
extra ounce of protection
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MrHermit85
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Thats a neat idea!!!
Poseidon
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Ya just in case eh?
I'm also considering getting some of those audible water alarms as well, place them on the floor and as soon as water touches them they go off
I'm also considering getting some of those audible water alarms as well, place them on the floor and as soon as water touches them they go off
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Reef Hero link said:
Depending on your house it might be too far away from the tank, if it is under your stand or directly in your fish room, it could mean the matter of putting it out yourself vs the fire department. Sounds like a decent investment to me. Might not be able to save your tank, but could save your house and potentially the lives of your family....
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regular smoke detectors are so huge.Reef Hero link said:
reeffreak
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I'm sorry, but if you need a smoke detector beside your tank, you should have hired an electrician.
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It is for accidents and unforeseen circumstances. Even legit fixtures can short out or malfunction.
By your logic we shouldn't need them in our homes either than I guess?
By your logic we shouldn't need them in our homes either than I guess?
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I saw those at lowes, thought they were a little pricey. If you put them in your stand, you may have issues with moisture, above you should be fine.
I heard that the people that developed the nest thermostat are currently developing a smoke alarm.
Instead of this, why not get a smoke alarm with aux relay and connect the aux relay as an input on your reef controller, then you get a text or email or whatever when the alarm goes off...
I heard that the people that developed the nest thermostat are currently developing a smoke alarm.
Instead of this, why not get a smoke alarm with aux relay and connect the aux relay as an input on your reef controller, then you get a text or email or whatever when the alarm goes off...
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If you remember Tony had a light fixture melt. What if that were to catch fire? His light fixture was a store bought unit. Not a DIY mess like salty crackers. Fires can happen especially when salt creep some times gets into your plugs. I have seen far too many melted power bars at peoples houses when we are moving aquariums.reeffreak link said:
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extra ounce of protection
Waste of money. I don't see the difference from the one that's already installed in your house? Like reef hero said.
Tony what would a smoke detector have done in the situation you went through? There probably wasn't even enough smoke to set off a detector. By the look of the pictures there was no fire, looks like it was heated excessively and melted, over how long of a period?
How many houses have burned down because shitty electrical , due to saltwater equipment failures? Or how many have actually caught fire and done damage? Shot in the dark, more fires probably start because the stupidity of the hobbyist overloading power supplies, like plugging a million things in on one supply bar, that's plugged into a extension cord, that runs to another extension cord, that's plugged into another power bar ( thats full) then the wall outlet.
Melted power supply bars seems like a human error. If your running cords straight from the tank to the power bar, then that's just stupidity. What's stoping the water running down into the plug? Like I said above, your more likely to put your family at risk being stupid like that, then your light fixture bursting into flames, burning down your whole house ,and killing everyone, because you didn't put a smoke detector beside your fish tank.
Waste of money. I don't see the difference from the one that's already installed in your house? Like reef hero said.
Tony what would a smoke detector have done in the situation you went through? There probably wasn't even enough smoke to set off a detector. By the look of the pictures there was no fire, looks like it was heated excessively and melted, over how long of a period?
How many houses have burned down because shitty electrical , due to saltwater equipment failures? Or how many have actually caught fire and done damage? Shot in the dark, more fires probably start because the stupidity of the hobbyist overloading power supplies, like plugging a million things in on one supply bar, that's plugged into a extension cord, that runs to another extension cord, that's plugged into another power bar ( thats full) then the wall outlet.
Melted power supply bars seems like a human error. If your running cords straight from the tank to the power bar, then that's just stupidity. What's stoping the water running down into the plug? Like I said above, your more likely to put your family at risk being stupid like that, then your light fixture bursting into flames, burning down your whole house ,and killing everyone, because you didn't put a smoke detector beside your fish tank.
I just figure why not a regular one that is interconnected to the rest of your house detectors (if already hard wired this way, newer installs within last 20 yearsish 
lol don't quote me.....or like Adam said get one that has a relay or something u can tap off some contacts to connect to a controller that could send out an alarm via email, text, etc.....
Anyone ever done a heat scan on their equipment.....I'm thinking about borrowing one and trying it....would make me feel better especially after all this fire talk....
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lol don't quote me.....or like Adam said get one that has a relay or something u can tap off some contacts to connect to a controller that could send out an alarm via email, text, etc.....Anyone ever done a heat scan on their equipment.....I'm thinking about borrowing one and trying it....would make me feel better
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I hook up auto dialers at work all the time to peoples smoke alarm systems that don't want to pay for monitoring.
I hide them in the attic and run a phone line up from a jack somewhere on the wall below, just rings there cell, and has the alarm sound from my iphone, then they know there house is burning down.
I hide them in the attic and run a phone line up from a jack somewhere on the wall below, just rings there cell, and has the alarm sound from my iphone, then they know there house is burning down.
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It's a very small investment for a very small chance that something might go wrong.
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I agree with u yangman, especially for a lousy 20$ for an added extra measure of safety.