Smoke detectors & Paint

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TwinCitySparky

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Just wired in several new detectors at my sisters house. They of course don't match the painted ceilings. I know it's not OK to paint detectors. I'm assuming that the drying/curing agents in the paint might cause damage as the paint dries. Anyone ever consider removing the electronics, paint the enclosure then wait till drying is done to assemble?

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TwinCitySparky said:
Just wired in several new detectors at my sisters house. They of course don't match the painted ceilings. I know it's not OK to paint detectors. I'm assuming that the drying/curing agents in the paint might cause damage as the paint dries. Anyone ever consider removing the electronics, paint the enclosure then wait till drying is done to assemble?

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Not my job to worry about it and I would not go thru the trouble.
 
mdshunk

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People that stress about what color their smoke detectors are have way too much time on their hands. They need to have a real problem.
 
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celtic said:
Are they for use in the US?

.au indicates it is in Australia.

The pdf shows the voltage at 220-240v @ 50Hz.
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Picky Picky :grin:

You got a problem with Australia?

I just saw some at the supply house recently but I do not remember the brand. I just Googled for low profile smoke and assumed I found the right one.
 
mdshunk

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Probably the Kidde Silhouette:

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TwinCitySparky

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mdshunk said:
People that stress about what color their smoke detectors are have way too much time on their hands. They need to have a real problem.
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Luckily for me they have plenty of time - and money :D Which works out nice for me during this "slow period' we are all dealing with.

Thanks for the info Bob. I'm sure I'll be changing out 6 new detectors now.

Problem is, (my sister will point out) they still wont match the ceiling color.

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ultramegabob said:
what does low profile have to do with the color not matching?
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Just throwing out another option, I would not personally paint smoke alarms so I would try to find another solution.

Perhaps the low profile one will be less of an eyesore to the woman of the house.
 
TwinCitySparky

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iwire said:
Just throwing out another option, I would not personally paint smoke alarms so I would try to find another solution.

Perhaps the low profile one will be less of an eyesore to the woman of the house.
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Definetly. I should have known better and googled "low profile" before the install. They do look nice. The house is a Frank lloyd Wright designed home on 230' of lakeshore.

Everythings gotta be perfect. :rolleyes:
 
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iwire said:
Perhaps the low profile one will be less of an eyesore to the woman of the house.
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This made me think of my last quote I did for a guy. Quick story: He has an OH service, wants to put a shed in his back yard. Service is about 10' from grade. Shed is going to be 11'. POCO greenbook requires 2' of clearance - so we have to raise the service drop.

I give him 2 options: add a new mast to attach the drop to, then wires go down to old mast.

Or replace the mast with a taller one.

He asked [regarding the first one] "Will that be ugly?" I just kind of looked at him. he then said "if it is going to be ugly, we cant do it, my wife wont tolerate it"

I found it funny that someone that allready has an OH service, power, catv and 2 phone drops attaching to his house, with meter combo, 2 phone boxes and a catv box attached to the side of his house would have an issue with a second taller mast.

I am going to try to talk him into option 3: attaching some strut to the existing mast to raise the insulator - saving him money and me a lot of "unnecessary" work.

~Matt
 
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