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Fail 🤦‍♂️ (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Spotted in a coffee shop chain. What's the use of installing a test switch if you gotta go all the way up just to turn it?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't you want it somewhere out of the way, though, so that it doesn't get set off by accident? I have to stand on a chair to test my home alarm systems; I don't understand what the "fail" is here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm not saying the duct detector is in a bad location, but the test switch is. Its that little white box to the right of the detector. The main purpose of installing a test switch is so that you don't have to get a ladder/lift to test the duct detector, but can instead trip a detector remotely. There's no way to really set off the test switch by accident as it needs a fire alarm key to activate.