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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.arch.embedded |
| Subject | Re: Stupid design decisions |
| Date | 2017-01-30 21:20 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
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On 2017-01-30, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
> On 1/30/2017 1:55 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2017-01-30, Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>>> On 1/30/2017 1:28 PM, Ed Prochak wrote:
>>>
>>>> BIG ONE: detector companies, PLEASE change the low battery
>>>> signal to something more easily located!!!
>>>
>>> People KNOW where their smoke detectors are located.
>>
>> The problem isn't that I don't know where the smoke detectors are.
>> The problem is I don't know which of the half-dozen of them is upset.
>>
>> This could be solved easily with an LED...
>
> One of the LEDs on each of our detectors "chirps" coincident with
> the battery test. I think the actual circuitry "hibernates" most of
> the time and only powers up, runs the test (for smoke/CO/battery)
> then powers down, again.
>
> So, stand under the detector and listen for chirp -- verify it
> coincides with LED flash... or, move on to next detector!
If they only chirp once every 15-20 minutes, that can be frustrating.
And they always _start_ the chirping in the middle of the night....
--
Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! But they went to MARS
at around 1953!!
gmail.com
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Re: Stupid design decisions Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-02-05 11:10 -0700
Re: Stupid design decisions Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-02-05 22:22 +0000
Re: Stupid design decisions Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-02-05 16:01 -0700
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