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Old 12-25-2009, 07:56 AM
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The reason there is no smoke alarm in the garage is (At least up north here in NY), there is a chance that exause from the car could set it off.

When I built my house I DID put an alarm in the garage, but it is NOT a smoke alarm. It is a heat sensor alarm. Heat rises, and it is set to trip when any the temp gets higher then it normally would, like due to a fire. It is directly hard wired to the rest of my regular smoke alarms.

BTW, I'm been a Professional firefighter for 19 years......Merry Christmas!

Frank
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