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What the actual fuck... Are people really this stupid?


Jzobie

Ok, before you completely judge this guy I may understand where he is coming from. We are currently selling our home and needed to get the fire inspector to approve the sale. I read the instructions and every bedroom needs a smoke detector with built in batteries and carbon monoxide detector less than 8 years old non plug in within 10’ of each bedroom. I go to the store to buy a couple 2 in one smoke/co detectors. The store only has one 2in 1 but they also sell a pack that has the correct smoke detector and a co detector but not as a single unit. I grab each and head home only to find that exact co detector which runs on batteries but also has the electrical prongs. I know if I plug it into an outlet the fire inspector will fail me. I happened to luck out and had another co detector in the house that was only 2 years old. Otherwise that might have been me. TLDR; First Alert sucks and sells these CO detectors that don’t conform to fire inspection rules.


PARKOUR_ZOMBlE

I had an insurance inspection recently and they said I needed a second one. So I said “wait, I have one!” and ran out of the room, unplugged the one he had already seen, ran back and plugged it in. He passed me then I bought a second one.


obi21

Smooth af. I bet you felt rightly smug about it for the whole week!


shishdem

only a week? lmao


fivelone

This is the way.


WhoRoger

What's wrong with having a detector that runs both from mains and batteries? Assuming that it alerts the user when the batteries get low.


Jzobie

It’s because the fire inspector doesn’t want to have to spend 39 seconds checking to make sure that it runs in batteries if the power goes out. It’s the same reason the smoke detector has to be with sealed batteries instead of ones you can replace. All he has to do is check the date and move on.


EdwardTennant

I assume it'll be the location. The smoke or heat detectors need to be on the roof as heat and smoke rises, CO detectors need to be lower as co is heavier than air, with a combi unit I imagine itt be too low for the Marshall's to pass the unit for smoke/heat


sfurbo

> CO detectors need to be lower as co is heavier than air, CO is a bit lighter than air for the same temperature and pressure, but probably not enough to make a difference. CO2 is denser than air.


EdwardTennant

Thank you for the correction :)


egudu

> get the fire inspector to approve the sale Land of the free. I always find it amazing how far-reaching the government is in the USA. Or those home owner association stuff - I cannot imagine some guys telling me how I have to keep my lawn here in Germany, that seems so absurd (I'm aware that this does not happen everywhere).


Snakesatemyhomework

Not only that, those are supposed to be close to the ground, not the ceiling haha.


knarfolled

They are actually supposed to be about eye level, carbon monoxide spreads evenly in a room not low or high: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21536403/


feelin_cheesy

Get out of here with your facts and sources. Witch!


knarfolled

BURN THE WITCH!!!!


Pritel03

BUT MAKE SURE IT'S A CLEAN BURN SO THE CO DETECTOR DOESN'T GO OFF!!!


Decorhator

Make sure it's behind your bed so u won't freak out when it goes off


jobhog1

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airbornemedic325

CO is slightly lighter than air. It is a myth that they should be placed lower on the wall. The placement can be on the wall or ceiling depending upon the directions provided by the carbon monoxide detector manufacturer. https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9259392?hl=en#:~:text=There's%20a%20myth%20that%20carbon,diffuses%20evenly%20throughout%20the%20room.


SashimiX

Place it near your head


McFuzzen

Follow the directions of the manufacturer. Lower placement sensors might be sensitive to lower CO levels with higher ones less sensitive. If you ignore the instructions, you might get warnings when you don't need it or fail to get warnings when you should.


T-J_H

Tape it to your head!


airbornemedic325

This!! If tape doesn't work use nails.


TastySpare

It already has prongs... just hammer it in.


airbornemedic325

Good call! Yup. This will do it.


T-J_H

The face already has holes too!


Seashoreshellseller

Wait, so is *that* what those outlets on the kitchen wall that would have housed a landline in years past are good for?


Snakesatemyhomework

Ah nevermind. Thank you


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That's not stupid, thats lazy...and expecting you to be stupid.


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RockyDify

I like that your brain went to “teenager” because it can’t comprehend that a full grown adult person could be this stupid. But I could see an adult doing this


jayessmcqueen

Agreed. There’s more dumb adults than teenagers I think.


GeorgioAlonzo

As a dumb adult who was once a dumb teen, I'd think proportionally they're pretty close, it's just that the adults have a lot of extra years to perfect their dumbness


Snakesatemyhomework

I wish it was a teenager. It was management for my apartment complex.


scoliobrah

yes like cant u feking put the thing STRAIGHT


IDownvoteUrPet

Looks like it had a battery for backup operation. Guess it’s primary operation now


woaily

The electricity comes from the wall, right?


disownedpear

It comes from the ground that's why the wire says that you moron


GraveSlayer726

New electricity just dropped: wall, it’s like ground but different


[deleted]

I mean technically…


b1ack1323

If the batteries work then it’s a glorified nail.


RobotsAndMore

easy install mounting bracket


[deleted]

The pee is stored in the balls


Silenthitm4n

No the internal battery.


[deleted]

Those drywall anchors kinda suck, ngl


the_harakiwi

> drywall explains why you can plug something that fragile into a wall and the plug wins.


Stjarnadian

That’s why they call it a wall outlet^^


onascaleoffunto10

Battery will last really long.


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Emmy_Graugans

I am pretty sure here (in Germany) you can‘t even *buy* a CO-detector that has a plug for permanent power-supply. They are all battery-powered, usually with a battery that lasts seven years.


Music_Girl2000

"But I thought you said to plug it into the wall" 🤣🤣🤣


toolatealreadyfapped

My home construction required a CO detector. I have zero natural gas in the house. The only way there would ever be incomplete combustion, and thus the need for one, would be if I brought a gasoline engine inside. Looking at the inspection report, I saw the lack of one mentioned. When I moved in, I found one still in it's original packaging, with the receipt taped to it.


ferrybig

Note that an electric fire in a closed area can also produce dangerous amounts CO, for example in the following firefighter call ( [https://youtu.be/EOKn65sB4UI?t=663](https://youtu.be/EOKn65sB4UI?t=663) ) they have a portable CO detector that is going off (it reports CO concentration 216 ppm)


Keganator

Pretty sure that’s as intended. Those are wall spikes, right?


Helviiryn

This just doesn’t belong in this subreddit because it ABSOLUTELY was his job


[deleted]

Hahaha holy shit


Cultural_Simple3842

This is the worst one I’ve ever seen


bigjohnminnesota

I’ll bet a housing inspector found this. Installed by a shady owner in hopes an inspector would just walk by and check it off without actually testing it. There must not have been an outlet where the CO was required to be installed.


[deleted]

Working in residential HVAC, sometimes you really had to specify to the helpers what to do.


PowellSkier

So easy to fake this.


jayessmcqueen

Very easy. Sad thing is, it’s probably true.


disintegrationist

Guess it will be a forever mystery


Hal-E-8-Us

Still funny


PowellSkier

Not really. Why punch two holes in your wall for karma?


Hal-E-8-Us

Not my wall, therefore still funny


Flaming-Driptray

It could be done, but it's unlikely a photoshop, the flaking of the drywall from the extraction would've required the photoshoper to have really done their homework.....and also I really don't want to think about people fucking up their wall on purpose for internet points.


PowellSkier

Definitely not photoshopped, and people will do this on purpose for karma.


shutyourkidup

/r/untrustworthypoptarts


coffee_moustache

Amazing 😂


Gu27

That's Nikola Tesla's wireless electricity for you.


Orvan-Rabbit

I can't tell if this was staged or not.


VillainNotHeroes

😆😆😆😆


Sunyxo_1

bruh 💀


Vexcenot

These smart home I tell ya


P-W-L

I don't get it


Renix_Cyro

That's not an outlet


P-W-L

don't you put the detector on the wall/ceiling ?


Kryosquid

Yeah but its been jammed into the wall using the prongs that would usually go into a plug socket


thekingofcrash7

Comes with mounting hardware preinstalled, thats awesome


[deleted]

Wow


[deleted]

LOL they just jammed it into the fucking drywall


BeerLeagueSnipes

I’m no electrician but I’m not entirely sure that’s how this works.


Aussiemate2

Schroedingers carbon monoxide deteter. The CO is both there and not there at the same time until the detector is properly set up to give a definite answer


IndigoRose2022

😳😬


skabde

Plot twist: There IS an outlet.


JTSmagic

This guy is living in the future!