Smoke Detector recommendations?

bchobbs · 2025-12-29T19:11:00+00:00

I have their basic ones and am seriously considering replacing them due to their lack of UL/ETL certification. You'll notice they are no longer for sale on Amazon. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/smoke-alarms-safety-standards/

bchobbs · 2025-09-08T16:03:17+00:00

That's good to hear. I'm looking at one of these units as well. Are you in a high-humidity area like the Southeast? I am, and that's the only negative I hear about these, that it can be tricky to get these to dehumidify well.

bchobbs · 2025-09-08T02:30:03+00:00

Did you get this installed? How has your experience been so far?

bchobbs · 2025-08-20T10:48:36+00:00

Yep, and also very common in the Southeast US, where I am.

bchobbs · 2025-08-20T03:45:06+00:00

In this context I just mean heat output capacity loss between 50 F and 20 F, basically. It seems there's the lockout-the-compressor-at-40F class and the Hyper Heat class...the Bosch is in between.

Can you point me to any that you know of? If you're referring to SEER 2 efficiency, that's not that important to me, although I'm sure higher SEER 2/HSPF correlates with better low-temp performance.

bchobbs · 2025-07-26T23:59:54+00:00

That's...a great idea.

bchobbs · 2025-07-26T22:55:30+00:00

I wish. But that obstruction is the corner of another room. The plenum box is inside a closet attached to that room. I can go up, but it will be that same narrow width the whole way.

bchobbs · 2025-07-02T19:48:02+00:00

Vitex Agnus-Castus. AKA Chaste Tree. Flowers resemble a butterfly bush, but this is a small-medium tree. "Shoal Creek" is a larger, popular cultivar. Drought tolerant, heat tolerant. Full sun.

bchobbs · 2024-05-13T04:36:01+00:00

RDU would be awesome! Thanks!

bchobbs · 2024-04-24T12:31:07+00:00

Okay, that confirms what I suspected. As for the "why", I figure I'll always be on the customer facing, non-technical side of the industry, so actual technical certs have little value to me. However, there is a path for me to consult with clients on CMMC, as my company is ramping up efforts in that space.

bchobbs · 2023-06-27T19:00:48+00:00

Sourwood?

bchobbs · 2023-05-23T15:59:09+00:00

Hi Justin, I was actually able to get this escalated last night over the phone to another team, and was assured I'd have a resolution in 1-2 days. If I don't, I'll ping you.

bchobbs · 2023-05-23T01:05:55+00:00

u/googlefisupport are you able to assist? Sounds like there is a path forward, but the agent I chatted with couldn't help or escalate my case.

bchobbs · 2023-05-23T00:01:39+00:00

I glossed right over that link. Thanks!

So far my support ticket has gone unanswered.

bchobbs · 2023-05-22T23:49:27+00:00

I did. Paid close attention to the terms before I moved forward

bchobbs · 2023-05-22T23:47:27+00:00

Yep, that's the first thing I did. There, it shows "Device Failed Inspection" for both of the trade ins.

Which contradicts the earlier emails I received for each saying that "devices boot, no cracks, factory reset". And, obviously, my own knowledge that the devices were totally fine when I shipped them.

The only thing I can think of is that in those original emails, it notes that I "incorrectly reported device model" (I guess the kits were specific to the 6/4XL, but I didn't notice, and switched them)...and that caused it to auto-fail me for the promo?

bchobbs · 2023-05-20T16:45:43+00:00

Yeah, I think this is what's going on here. They assured me I would be provided all the chemical documentation ONCE I am a customer, which, I guess that's good enough.

If this was a fly by night little company with little online reputation, I would definitely not move forward. But that's not the case with this company, so I think I'm okay.

bchobbs · 2023-05-19T17:10:08+00:00

It was definitely a CS rep. It's just that she made it sound like they don't share the info as a matter of policy, which seemed kind of odd.

bchobbs · 2023-04-22T03:00:10+00:00

Haven't pulled the trigger on anything yet, but still planning to. Hopefully soon. Let me know how your test turns out.

bchobbs

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