We are adding/remodeling to our house right now, and part of that project was to upgrade our smoke detectors. Electric with battery backup, one in each bedroom, hallway and basement.
We added 2 new bedrooms for the kids, and our main priority was to get the detectors hooked up. I got a bad sinus infection, and was in no shape to be crawling through the attic, so I hired my nephew to come over and finish what was left of the installation.
As I am sitting in the living room on the floor with my Daughter and my Brother, the detectors go off. My nephew was in the basement wiring out the last one, I figure he's testing and we let it go. After about 10 seconds, it does not quit, so I stand up to see if I can silence it from the one in the hallway. At that moment, my Wife runs out of our bedroom with a FLAMING PILLOW!
I grab the pillow and throw it upside down on the kitchen floor and stomp out the fire.
She had been taking a nap, the fan next to our bed shorted out and aparently flew a spark that landed on the pillow on the floor.
The Smoke dectector woke her up. If it had gone another few seconds, it would have cought the bed on fire, and there would have been a total loss of the house.
Here's the amazing part.... My nephew had wired and activated the battery backup on that detector not TEN MINUTES earlier.
We added 2 new bedrooms for the kids, and our main priority was to get the detectors hooked up. I got a bad sinus infection, and was in no shape to be crawling through the attic, so I hired my nephew to come over and finish what was left of the installation.
As I am sitting in the living room on the floor with my Daughter and my Brother, the detectors go off. My nephew was in the basement wiring out the last one, I figure he's testing and we let it go. After about 10 seconds, it does not quit, so I stand up to see if I can silence it from the one in the hallway. At that moment, my Wife runs out of our bedroom with a FLAMING PILLOW!
I grab the pillow and throw it upside down on the kitchen floor and stomp out the fire.
She had been taking a nap, the fan next to our bed shorted out and aparently flew a spark that landed on the pillow on the floor.
The Smoke dectector woke her up. If it had gone another few seconds, it would have cought the bed on fire, and there would have been a total loss of the house.
Here's the amazing part.... My nephew had wired and activated the battery backup on that detector not TEN MINUTES earlier.
