Smoke detector advice

[soulman]

Hi, What type of smoke detector would be suited to a utility room. Heat or optical.

Cheers

 

[Hellmooth]

What is in it?

 

[Octopus]

Check out the Aico website and the "tools" on it

 

[soulman]

Sorry, it's in a HMO

 

[soulman]

Cannot find anything on the aico website

 

[Hellmooth]

I meant what is in the room? Aico website tells you what alarm to choose for the different kinds of fires, if it was a utility room with say a washing machine which may have a lot of clothes lying in it, then an ionisation alarm would be best.

 

[soulman]

Yes washing machine & dryer.

 

[Octopus]

Call Aico tech support on Monday

 

[soulman]

I emailed tech this morning, i did not receive a reply.
cheers

 

[Richard Burns]

I would tend to go for a heat alarm if you must fit one in a laundry room.
All detectors will be adversely affected by high humidity: getting water inside them.
Photoelectric would be more sensitive in moisture laden air as they will "see" the water droplets as smoke.