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05-12-2016, 07:08 PM #1
Is this an old school smoke detector ?
I don't know if anyone can tell from this angle but does anyone know what this might be ? 100 year old home
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05-12-2016, 07:58 PM #2
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
Looks like the remains of an old smoke alarm (smoke detectors with alarms are smoke alarms).
May it rest in peace in a landfill someplace after it is removed for the installation of a new one.
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05-12-2016, 07:59 PM #3
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05-13-2016, 05:07 AM #4
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
Sorry Jerry, I don't think it is a smoke alarm. I do not see a sounder.
Also, most smoke alarms would not have that kind or wiring.
Although I'm not sure I think it's a photo-electric smoke "Detector".
The large black piece looks to be the photo detection chamber.
One thing has me confused, I have never seen one with a black base.
' correct a wise man and you gain a friend... correct a fool and he'll bloody your nose'.
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05-13-2016, 06:10 AM #5
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
Rick, you know more about smoke alarms/detectors than I do - I contemplated that the sounder was part of the removed piece.
One thing has me confused, I have never seen one with a black base.
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05-13-2016, 04:05 PM #6
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
The OP posted another photo of what looked like an old school motion sensor. Likely that this photo was from the same house, so maybe this is an old school smoke or heat detector.
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05-13-2016, 05:54 PM #7
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
Why, is it in an old school?
Maybe it was a bad boy detector.
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05-14-2016, 02:25 PM #8
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
If it's a 100 year old smoke detector wouldn't it be coal fired?
I don't see anywhere to stoke the steam generator to produce DC current?
Last edited by ROBERT YOUNG; 05-14-2016 at 02:31 PM.
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05-14-2016, 02:37 PM #9
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
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05-14-2016, 03:05 PM #10
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05-14-2016, 03:21 PM #11
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
Wall or ceiling?
Same home as the motion detector behind the electrical outlet plate you posted on another thread?
If so, one may hypothesis it is a motion detector as well.
Sorry for the poor image.
motion sensor.JPG
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05-14-2016, 03:31 PM #12
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05-14-2016, 06:25 PM #13
Re: Is this an old school smoke detector ?
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