looking for hardware sensors

[Francisco Neira]

2011/3/3 Tony Yarusso <tyarusso at nagios.com>

> On 3/2/2011 9:57 PM, Cory Coager wrote:
> > I've seen these before, a little pricey but I'm considering them.  Would
> > the light sensors really detect a fire?
>
> Assuming you have a pretty steady environment normally so can set tight
> thresholds, probably.  We have the EM08T and it's pretty sensitive.
> There is another company, http://www.itwatchdogs.com/,  that has a smoke
> alarm available for their systems.
>
>
Be careful. What if the fire is started in the wiring under the floor tiles
or inside a cabinet. Usually fire detection is based on temperature _and_
smoke detection.


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