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Offline analogmike  
#1 Posted : 02 October 2016 00:04:07(UTC)
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Do smoke alarms go off from soldering smoke?
I'm doing wiring when the rest of the house is asleep and I don't want to cause an unwelcome fire drill.

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Offline xxup  
#2 Posted : 02 October 2016 00:17:32(UTC)
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IT has never happened to me.. I think that they need a fair volume of the right smoke to set them off.. Burnt toast does it, but sulphur fumes don't seem to affect my units..
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Offline Tom Jessop  
#3 Posted : 02 October 2016 00:31:48(UTC)
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Don't solder directly under the smoke detector & maybe set a room fan up to move air around in the room, don't direct at the soldering area just something to gently provide a little air movement .

Cheers Tom in Oz
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Offline Legless  
#4 Posted : 02 October 2016 10:41:28(UTC)
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It depends on whether they are photoelectric or ionization.
Ionization you should be right, since a quarter of your house is on fire before they go off.
Photoelectric just a sniff of smoke and they go off.
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Offline Carim  
#5 Posted : 02 October 2016 10:47:44(UTC)
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Perhaps do a test when everyone is awake. BigGrin

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Offline DamonKelly  
#6 Posted : 02 October 2016 11:13:08(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Tom Jessop Go to Quoted Post


Don't solder directly under the smoke detector & maybe set a room fan up to move air around in the room, don't direct at the soldering area just something to gently provide a little air movement .

Cheers Tom in Oz


A fan is always a good idea when soldering - the fumes aren't very good for you!
Cheers,
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Offline Legless  
#7 Posted : 03 October 2016 00:27:51(UTC)
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You can check your smoke detector by looking on the top of the unit, if it has a radioactive symbol it's ionization.

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Offline Minok  
#8 Posted : 03 October 2016 20:02:50(UTC)
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Do smoke alarms go off from soldering smoke?
I'm doing wiring when the rest of the house is asleep and I don't want to cause an unwelcome fire drill.

MikeyLaugh


It should not. If you are generating that level of smoke then your not soldering correctly.
I'm assuming your soldering wiring for trains, and not tin/copper tubes for rain gutters, or copper pipe for some complex device.

The small amount of smoke that is the burning off of flux should not set of the smoke detector, though with some sensitive ones, if your directly below the detector, who knows.
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