My frustrations

[Introverted1293]

One of my biggest pet peeves is? It is when the fire alarm goes off when there is no smoke. It is driving me nuts. I will be cooking in the middle of the night and nothing will be burning but just the smell sets off the alarm. I am not allowed to take apart my fire alarm, for it is against the rules in my apartment. I am trying to be very quiet and not disturb anybody while I'm cooking, but then this happens. I feel like taking a baseball bat and breaking the fire alarm.

 

[kittysbecute]

You can try fanning it or having your windows open while cooking.
If your oven has an overhead fan try that too.

 

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

Would cooking it on a lower temp help?

 

[Introverted1293]

Would cooking it on a lower temp help?

Maybe

 

[Introverted1293]

I can try that

 

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

I can try that

some stuff tastes better when it's cooked on low anyway.

 

[Introverted1293]

You can try fanning it or having your windows open while cooking.
If your oven has an overhead fan try that too.

I can also do that.

 

[ImAllLikeOkWaitWat]

Try cleaning the stove?

 

[Introverted1293]

Try cleaning the stove?

It probably does need cleaning.

 

[name_is_irrelevant]

I am not allowed to take apart my fire alarm, for it is against the rules in my apartment.

Let me guess, they gave you an oven that either is fully on or off too? That's my apartment, set off the alarm at 1am lol.

 

[Bass4Jesus]

When was the last time the fire alarm was taken apart and vacuumed out? If crud and tiny spider webs are allowed to build up in there, its sensitivity can increase to where almost anything can set it off. And yes, the unit does have to be taken apart for vacuuming; vacuuming only from the outside won't pull out all the nasties around the sensors. I do mine once a year, when I change the batteries. If you're in an apartment and the unit communicates with a main panel rather than standalone and battery-powered, you may have to ask the property manager to do the work.

 

[Introverted1293]

Let me guess, they gave you an oven that either is fully on or off too? That's my apartment, set off the alarm at 1am lol.

Yes, I think so. lol

 

[Introverted1293]

When was the last time the fire alarm was taken apart and vacuumed out? If crud and tiny spider webs are allowed to build up in there, its sensitivity can increase to where almost anything can set it off. And yes, the unit does have to be taken apart for vacuuming; vacuuming only from the outside won't pull out all the nasties around the sensors. I do mine once a year, when I change the batteries. If you're in an apartment and the unit communicates with a main panel rather than standalone and battery-powered, you may have to ask the property manager to do the work.

I have never done that. But maybe I should. I never thought of that.

 

[blackribbon]

It is probably between the stove and the central air intake making it directly in the path for all cooking fumes. Can you move the fire alarm or disconnect that one and put up another further away from the stove...something closer to the bedroom where you need it to be anyway?