These demo systems could actually save lives. If something were to ever light on fire in your garage, the smoke detectors would detect the smoke and set the fire alarm off. Add a sounder in your bedroom or something and you would be notified so you can call the fire brigade and get everyone out of the house quickly. By blasting the smoke detectors with the fog machine, you have effectively tested them.
I went to a Christmas party at a zoo back in 2017. The party involved a fog machine. The event got fascinating after the fog machine tripped the fire alarm system and the fire department came!
I was at an afterschool Halloween party in 2023 and the party had a fog machine, but then the fire alarm went off and we had to leave the school and sit outside and then the fire department came
Great video. I know first hand that fog machines and smoke detectors don't mix. Fog machine and smoke detectors should never be used in the same story together. When I was a kid, like around 8 or so, my daycare had a party and a class mate used a fog machine and guess what she did...she set off the smoke detector...and emptied the daycare. Aerisal sprays will do it too. In middle school, had a class mate in English who got her hair messed up by a prankster and set off the smoke detector and emptied the school. And, when I was in 8th grade, picture day and a girl used hairspray and guess what she did...she set off the smoke detector! And, emptied the school. In high school, another girl used a fog machine for a school function. And, she forgot to check for smoke detectors and emptied the school. Fog machines WILL set off the smoke detector and you will empty a building doing that. All that needs to happen is for the fog to get into the detector and disrupt the laser pattern (photo electronic), and it doesn't take much fog either. That's why on my can of WD40, I have a print on there saying, "WATCH FOR SMOKE DETECTORS!". Same print is especially on my fog machine. Dust covers are also very important. Smoke detectors brand new always come with dust covers and you can buy dust covers from Ebay and Amazon as well as most fire alarm system stores.
Last night we had a halloween thing at our church and we had a fog machine that set off the fire alarm and sent the fire department to the church. The same exact thing happened 2 years ago
This is off topic but did you have any problems programming your garage door opener? I got a similar one and it is having problems programming. The buttons have power but do not do anything to the opener.
