Consumer Safety Notice for Nest Protect: Smoke and CO Alarm

Re:Consumer Safety Notice for Nest Protect: Smoke and CO Alarm by erichurkman on Thursday April 03, 2014 @07:58PM (#7528089)

Fair enough, but for a consumer product, it's specific at least from the recalls and safety warnings I've been exposed to as a consumer (car recalls, child safety products, food, etc).

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Re:Consumer Safety Notice for Nest Protect: Smoke and CO Alarm by dfc on Thursday April 03, 2014 @10:12PM (#7528686)

Excerpt from most recent smoke alarm recall from CPSC:

  > In  cooperation   with  the  U.S. Consumer  Product   Safety  Commission
  > (CPSC), Universal  Security Instruments Inc.,  of Owings Mills,  Md., is
  > voluntarily recalling  about 34,000  smoke alarms. The smoke  alarms can
  > fail to  alarm when smoke or  fire is present. A capacitor  in the alarm
  > can burn out, releasing smoke and melting the cover.

  > Universal  has  received  three  reports of  alarms  failing,  releasing
  > smoke. There has been one report of minor  smoke damage to the wall of a
  > mobile home. No injuries have been reported.

  > Consumers can identify  the recalled models by removing  the alarm cover
  > from  its base  and  looking for  the manufacture  date  code and  model
  > number. The  smoke  alarms  are  made  of white  plastic  and  have  the
  > manufacture date  code and  model number  imprinted on  the back  of the
  > alarm.

https://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2000/CPSC-Universal-Security...

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Re:Consumer Safety Notice for Nest Protect: Smoke and CO Alarm by userbinator on Thursday April 03, 2014 @10:57PM (#7528912)

In other words, a smoke-emitting smoke alarm?

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Re:Consumer Safety Notice for Nest Protect: Smoke and CO Alarm by epochwolf on Thursday April 03, 2014 @11:38PM (#7529089)

Must be made in Britain. Their fire extinguishers have a tendency to ignite on use. (According to the IT Crowd tv series)

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Re:Consumer Safety Notice for Nest Protect: Smoke and CO Alarm by growupkids on Friday April 04, 2014 @01:12AM (#7529436)

And their realistic screensavers.

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