I was reading through the post on the quality of music and noted that quite a few said they or their other half were hard at hearing or not up to par with high frequency and was wondering if you have a smoke alarm for this problem. I don't have anything for our motorhome but I do have a special alarm in our home. The alarm is on the ceiling in the passage way with a device sitting on the bedside table with a cable to a round disc that goes under my pillow. This part of the system runs on mains power. The idea is that if there is smoke, a strobe light flashes from the bedside unit and the disc under my pillow vibrates which should wake me up. I don't always hear normal smoke alarms.
I got my system, in 2020, through the Deaf Services Subsidy Scheme for $20.00. I am in Qld.
Just thought that if you don't have one you may like to look into getting one. To buy without the Subsidy Scheme they are over $500.
Cheers and stay safe.
Whenarewethere said
12:43 AM Apr 1, 2023
My parents couldn't hear the smoke detectors. I went there daily, & often the smoke detectors were all screaming. I replaced batteries monthly.
House was filled with smoke from a burnt pot on the stove or in the oven they had forgotten about.
In the end I took earmuffs with me to save my hearing.
Other half, she can't hear any high or highish frequencies.
There is a major design flaw in smoke detectors for a very large portion of the population.
Government ticks a box. Smoke detectors everywhere. Beside the point if a third of the population can hear them.
Maybe it's on purpose to reduce pensions & old age hospital care with a one off coroner's report... Pre cremation!
Possum3 said
07:55 AM Apr 1, 2023
We have two profoundly deaf Grandchildren - As Gayle said strobing units that vibrate are available, expensive but a worthwhile investment.
I was reading through the post on the quality of music and noted that quite a few said they or their other half were hard at hearing or not up to par with high frequency and was wondering if you have a smoke alarm for this problem. I don't have anything for our motorhome but I do have a special alarm in our home. The alarm is on the ceiling in the passage way with a device sitting on the bedside table with a cable to a round disc that goes under my pillow. This part of the system runs on mains power. The idea is that if there is smoke, a strobe light flashes from the bedside unit and the disc under my pillow vibrates which should wake me up. I don't always hear normal smoke alarms.
I got my system, in 2020, through the Deaf Services Subsidy Scheme for $20.00. I am in Qld.
Just thought that if you don't have one you may like to look into getting one. To buy without the Subsidy Scheme they are over $500.
Cheers and stay safe.
My parents couldn't hear the smoke detectors. I went there daily, & often the smoke detectors were all screaming. I replaced batteries monthly.
House was filled with smoke from a burnt pot on the stove or in the oven they had forgotten about.
In the end I took earmuffs with me to save my hearing.
Other half, she can't hear any high or highish frequencies.
There is a major design flaw in smoke detectors for a very large portion of the population.
Government ticks a box. Smoke detectors everywhere. Beside the point if a third of the population can hear them.
Maybe it's on purpose to reduce pensions & old age hospital care with a one off coroner's report... Pre cremation!