Smoke alarms?
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Depends on what type of detector it is but yes, vaping can set some of them off under the right circumstances.
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I once tested a smoke alarm by blowing vapor directly at it and it did go off, but aside from that, I vape in my room all day long (.6 ohm at 25 watt, so not huge clouds, but not exactly "stealthy," either) and I've never set off the hallway alarm right outside the open door.
Only if my rooms are totally clouded up or if I blow directly into alarms Mine go off. I have chain alarms in my house so I try to avoid blowing huge clouds in my less spacious rooms.
It's more about the temperature of the smoke, I vape constantly in my basement, it gets pretty cloudy in here some days and it's never gone off, some of the more advanced smoke alarms like those on airplanes might go off..
Back when I smoked cigarettes it never went off either I guess. I know some people that use flavorless 18mg in a cheap evod for stealth vaping and it produces very little vapor, they usually vape 6mg..
Back when I smoked cigarettes it never went off either I guess. I know some people that use flavorless 18mg in a cheap evod for stealth vaping and it produces very little vapor, they usually vape 6mg..
this reminds me when i started smoking cigars about 10 years ago and it was freezing outside those damn chicago winters..so i went into my bathroom at home and turned on the air vent so the smoke would not linger in the house parents did not like the smell of smoke but i was so dumb i did not realize my vent was not properly installed it went straight into the kichen lol so about 10 seconds later i got a house full of people yelling and screaming whats burning is something on fire..lmao..
Yes It can but that's usually blowing clouds, stealth vaping, I very much doubt it.. I have done it at my grandmothers house which was warden aided, they were soon on the intercom..opps. I was decorating at the time and never really thought about it, I blamed the wallpaper steamer..
hahaha, I did a similar thing, looking back, no matter what you do, someone is going to smell that smoke, only since I've become an ex smoker have I realised, it's almost impossible to cover up.. Funny stroy though, I can imagine you scrambling to put it out in a panic lol
i just tested and i can set off the standard home smoke alarm if i try really hard (not a cloud vapour person) but i cannot set off the fire alarm. the fire alarm will not even go off with cigarette smoke - it detects the colour of smoke or the chemicals in it. which is good because the fire alarm is linked up to other homes here 
edit: vapour dissipates very quickly and smoke hangs about. so i would think that it is highly unlikely unless you try. dust can set them off also. so do not go to work with skin or clothing!
edit: vapour dissipates very quickly and smoke hangs about. so i would think that it is highly unlikely unless you try. dust can set them off also. so do not go to work with skin or clothing!
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As has been stated before, yes, depending on the type of smoke detector, it will set it off.
I have three smoke detectors in the house, and I've never set one off from regular vaping or cloud chasing, unless I am close to the detector.
I have three smoke detectors in the house, and I've never set one off from regular vaping or cloud chasing, unless I am close to the detector.
The typical smoke alarm that you find in homes and businesses are very hard to set off with vapor. You CAN, but you'll basically have to blow a good sized cloud of vapor directly into the detector to set it off.
There are some very sensitive types of smoke detectors, such as those used in airplanes and the types required in businesses that use explosive gasses and chemicals, but you're not going to run into those unless you're in a dangerous environment to begin with. They're very expensive detectors and most places aren't going to pay that much for the extra sensitivity. Especially considering things like a toaster or microwave popcorn could set them off just as easily as ecig vapor.
There are some very sensitive types of smoke detectors, such as those used in airplanes and the types required in businesses that use explosive gasses and chemicals, but you're not going to run into those unless you're in a dangerous environment to begin with. They're very expensive detectors and most places aren't going to pay that much for the extra sensitivity. Especially considering things like a toaster or microwave popcorn could set them off just as easily as ecig vapor.
Only if you blow it directly at detector, mine went off once when i did that, but will cloud up my apartment and never goes off
Its quite possible for dense vapour to trigger an optical smoke alarm - for an ionisation smoke alarm, I have no idea.
Should you find the ionisation type to be immune - you can detect them with a Geiger counter.
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