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squanchee t1_iwcaq55 wrote

Reply to comment by supified in How an 'electronic nose' could help fight wildfires by KimCureAll

i’m pretty sure smoke detectors operate solely by detecting particulate in the air. hence why steam from a shower can set them off. this seems to detect smoke specifically so it wouldn’t be tripped by fog or dust

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JFlash7 t1_iwcbym9 wrote

Yep. This detects the gasses emitted by combustion rather than just the presence of smoke particles.

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supified t1_iwcdozy wrote

Really? Cause my detectors do Co and smoke, so I would have thought it was more sophisticated than just particulate matter.

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