How do I disable a smoke alarm?

[Elexecution]

I live in a residence hall where cooking food will set the smoke alarm off, possibly leading to the firemen coming. I have a George Foreman grill that I use to cook my chicken, steak and such which will likely set it off. How do I disable it? Anyone have experience with this?

I actually tried to twist it off and that gave out a signal that it was set off.

[J-Dogg]

It's hard wired in, there is a plug in the back of it, youhave to unplug.

It's battery back up, so that has to come out as well.

[Matt]

With a hammer...

[Elexecution]

It's not possible to unplug, the wiring is all enclosed inside of a pipe, the only thing I can physically do to it is twist off the bottom half.

Will a plastic bag work?

[VR4]

If you wanna smoke weed in your dorm, just say so.
Tie a bag around it...thats what all my college friends do.

[spywizard]

just tape it up or cover with a plastic baggie..

[Skully44420]

so there is not plug that goes right into the back of the smoke alarm? usually hard wired ones do...then i'd say try the plastic bag

[KatsMeow]

If you wanna smoke weed in your dorm, just say so.
Tie a bag around it...thats what all my college friends do.

lol...

[Bojangles69]

Rather then tape it and have it look ghetto, in my kitchen we have a cieling fan right next to the alarm, this will stop them 90% of the time unless theres a real fire.

You just gotta diffuse the smoke quicker. If you notice you can have a room thats smoky as shit w/out the alarm going off. Its only the those dense spurts that activate it, so just keep a fan nearby.

[T_Own]

foreman grills make no smoke unless you burn the shit outta the food

[Big]

how many smoke alarms are present?

[Bojangles69]

foreman grills make no smoke unless you burn the shit outta the food

Yeh you know I was wondering the same thing, mine never makes smoke.

[daem]

Reminds me of the Friends episode where Phoebe just can't get rid of the smoke detector!

(I only know this bc one of the hottest girls I dated in college was obsessed with that show and made me watch it...I only enjoyed it when I was on high dosages of Clomid or Nolva, but for some reason, I remember the show...wtf)

[Elexecution]

foreman grills make no smoke unless you burn the shit outta the food

For some reason, mine makes a good amount of smoke. It's the smaller one, so maybe that has something to do with it?

There are 2 smoke alarms present.

[WOLFCRAFT]

Reminds me of the Friends episode where Phoebe just can't get rid of the smoke detector!

(I only know this bc one of the hottest girls I dated in college was obsessed with that show and made me watch it...I only enjoyed it when I was on high dosages of Clomid or Nolva, but for some reason, I remember the show...wtf)

Yeah right, it's okay dude, that show is pretty damn good.

[Phate]

Yeh you know I was wondering the same thing, mine never makes smoke.

depends on the type, i have a smaller one like the OP and it smokes, though not black dense smoke, it's more of an opaque fog and after it builds up it used to set off my fire alarm

[D7M]

Rather then tape it and have it look ghetto, in my kitchen we have a cieling fan right next to the alarm, this will stop them 90% of the time unless theres a real fire.

You just gotta diffuse the smoke quicker. If you notice you can have a room thats smoky as shit w/out the alarm going off. Its only the those dense spurts that activate it, so just keep a fan nearby.

Exactly. And if you don't have a ceiling fan, keep a little portable fan next to it and blow the smoke out the window

[binder]

ya, keeping the air circulating should be plenty for a small george forman grill. deep frying would be a different story though.

and if it's in a dorm, chances are trying to electronically disable it will set them off. Most are tamper resistant and it's actually illegal to disable them. Placing something over them to keep them from detecting something might work like suggested though.

[FireGuy]

How do you disable it? You DONT dipshit!! It's there for a reason. Move it a bit further away, use fan when cooking or replace it with a rate of rise heat detector.

[FireGuy]

ya, keeping the air circulating should be plenty for a small george forman grill. deep frying would be a different story though.

and if it's in a dorm, chances are trying to electronically disable it will set them off. Most are tamper resistant and it's actually illegal to disable them. Placing something over them to keep them from detecting something might work like suggested though.

FYI- Covering it is the same as disabling it and gets you the same citation.

[TheChosen1]

if you wanna smoke weed in your dorm, just say so.
Tie a bag around it...thats what all my college friends do.

hefty, hefty, hefty!!

[FireGuy]

Do you guys have any clue how many fire related dorm tragedies there are every year due to ignorant stuff like this? Find it interesting that people will jump all over someone on this board if their PCT is one week off but will gladly give you advice on how to endanger the lives of dozens of people.

[DSM4Life]

[Sir Lifts-a-lot]

Well as McGyver has pointed out above me here it is a simple process of cutting a few wires.

Just cover it with a ziplock bag and take it off when you are done cooking.

[Elexecution]

How do you disable it? You DONT dipshit!! It's there for a reason. Move it a bit further away, use fan when cooking or replace it with a rate of rise heat detector.

I'll enjoy cooking on my Foreman grill, with a plastic bag placed over every smoke detector in the room. Thanks.

[FireGuy]

I am so proud of you! The fact you had to pose a question on the internet that an average 3rd grader could have figured out speaks volumes about you.

[scibble]

carefully snip the green wire, then cut the orange wire, and finally the red wire. you must do this in exactly the right order!!!! if you make a mistake the device will detonate.

[scibble]

How do you disable it? You DONT dipshit!! It's there for a reason. Move it a bit further away, use fan when cooking or replace it with a rate of rise heat detector.

I am so proud of you! The fact you had to pose a question on the internet that an average 3rd grader could have figured out speaks volumes about you.

roids may not be such a good idea for YOU bro LOL

[VR4]

How do you disable it? You DONT dipshit!! It's there for a reason. Move it a bit further away, use fan when cooking or replace it with a rate of rise heat detector.

tool

[Matt]

I'll enjoy cooking on my Foreman grill, with a plastic bag placed over every smoke detector in the room. Thanks.

Told you a hammer was the best bet..

[Bojangles69]

This thread really is hilarious.

People can never agree on one fvcking thing.

[Phate]

This thread really is hilarious.

People can never agree on one fvcking thing.

no shvt

[Odpierdol_sie!]

Ionization detectors only actuate by the chemical reaction taking place in burnt carbons entering the detector head.

Optical detectors actuate via a lazer beam being inturrupted by floating particles, anthing entering the detector head will actuate the alarm.

Heat detectors actuate with the rapid increase in heat, normally used in kitchens or places that have high amounts of airborne particles and/or burnt carbons.

Detectors are there to provide a warning to the possibility of a fire in the building. Some say its an early warning system... people who say that are ill advised because its not an early warning system, its the only warning system.

Should it actuate for real one night it may be the first and last thing that will alert you and everyone else to get the fvck out... if you disconnect the detector and a fire starts in that room, it will have alot more time to develop to a dangerous level before other detector heads actuate.

In light of what ive posted if you bothered to read it of course, leave the detector head alone and stop being such a fvcktard .
Statistically spaking, people who do such things like you are suggesting rarely perish in fire through their own ignorance, they do however aid to causing the death of a number of innocent bystanders and/or rescuer/s.
In such circumstances id jump at the chance to beat the shit out of people like you, and regret forever that i never left you in there with them.

[Phate]

Ionization detectors only actuate by the chemical reaction taking place in burnt carbons entering the detector head.

Optical detectors actuate via a lazer beam being inturrupted by floating particles, anthing entering the detector head will actuate the alarm.

Heat detectors actuate with the rapid increase in heat, normally used in kitchens or places that have high amounts of airborne particles and/or burnt carbons.

Detectors are there to provide a warning to the possibility of a fire in the building. Some say its an early warning system... people who say that are ill advised because its not an early warning system, its the only warning system.

Should it actuate for real one night it may be the first and last thing that will alert you and everyone else to get the fvck out... if you disconnect the detector and a fire starts in that room, it will have alot more time to develop to a dangerous level before other detector heads actuate.

In light of what ive posted if you bothered to read it of course, leave the detector head alone and stop being such a fvcktard .
Statistically spaking, people who do such things like you are suggesting rarely perish in fire through their own ignorance, they do however aid to causing the death of a number of innocent bystanders and/or rescuer/s.
In such circumstances id jump at the chance to beat the shit out of people like you, and regret forever that i never left you in there with them.

i thought that smoke detectors(at least the majority) were set off by the disruption of americium particles by the carbons in the smoke

[Odpierdol_sie!]

i thought that smoke detectors(at least the majority) were set off by the disruption of americium particles by the carbons in the smoke

No, if you had a detector of such build in a kitchen then it will be going off everytime you cook meat.

Dont go confusing what an ionisation detector is:-
An ionisation detector has a chamber that is know as the ionisation chamber. In this chamber is where the Americium is located, the Am-241 (Americium) emits Alpha particles that collide with the mixture of nitrogen and oxygen present in the air.
This produces charged particles called ions.
In the chamber is a low-level electric voltage that is applied across teh chamber and collects the ions, this causes a small steady flow of electric between the two electrodes.
When a material containing carbon is burnt it, the smoke given off is released in to the atmosphere and if it enters the area between the electrodes the alpha radiation is absorbed by the smoke particles. This will result in the rate of ionasiation of the air to drop causing a drop in elecrticity current actuating the detetector.

Most public places have many of these detectors, but productivity these days is going away from them because they contain a small ammount of radiation and only actuate to smoke.
Photo electric cell are now the future standard of smoke detector.

[Phate]

No, if you had a detector of such build in a kitchen then it will be going off everytime you cook meat.

Dont go confusing what an ionisation detector is:-
An ionisation detector has a chamber that is know as the ionisation chamber. In this chamber is where the Americium is located, the Am-241 (Americium) emits Alpha particles that collide with the mixture of nitrogen and oxygen present in the air.
This produces charged particles called ions.
In the chamber is a low-level electric voltage that is applied across teh chamber and collects the ions, this causes a small steady flow of electric between the two electrodes.
When a material containing carbon is burnt it, the smoke given off is released in to the atmosphere and if it enters the area between the electrodes the alpha radiation is absorbed by the smoke particles. This will result in the rate of ionasiation of the air to drop causing a drop in elecrticity current actuating the detetector.

Most public places have many of these detectors, but productivity these days is going away from them because they contain a small ammount of radiation and only actuate to smoke.
Photo electric cell are now the future standard of smoke detector.

thanks for the clarification

[Bojangles69]

You need a flux capacitor, just disable the iranium transistor and connect it the 1.08 milivolt cadmium semi conductor. Than connect it to your nipples and it should be fine.

[gst528i]

Throw some alcohol on it and light that sucker up with a lighter. That should disable it.

[Matt]

You need a flux capacitor, just disable the iranium transistor and connect it the 1.08 milivolt cadmium semi conductor. Than connect it to your nipples and it should be fine.

[Elexecution]

In light of what ive posted if you bothered to read it of course, leave the detector head alone and stop being such a fvcktard .
Statistically spaking, people who do such things like you are suggesting rarely perish in fire through their own ignorance, they do however aid to causing the death of a number of innocent bystanders and/or rescuer/s.
In such circumstances id jump at the chance to beat the shit out of people like you, and regret forever that i never left you in there with them.

Great, another message board tough guy! I love it.