{"id":117348,"date":"2020-06-23T18:30:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-does-burnt-toast-set-off-my-fire-alarm-but-the-wood-burning-stove-doesnt\/"},"modified":"2020-06-25T23:03:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T16:03:20","slug":"why-does-burnt-toast-set-off-my-fire-alarm-but-the-wood-burning-stove-doesnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-does-burnt-toast-set-off-my-fire-alarm-but-the-wood-burning-stove-doesnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does burnt toast set off my fire alarm but the wood burning stove doesn't?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhy does burnt toast set off the standard, battery-powered smoke alarm on my ceiling instantly whereas my wood burning stove an equal distance away needs more time and more smoke to trigger the alarm? Smoke from the toaster is invisible but wood smoke is highly visible, so why the counterintuitive response from the smoke alarm?John Gorrill, Cumbria Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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