- Author
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Cleary, T. G.
- Title
- Home Smoke Alarm Project, Alarm Response Calibrations.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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Report of Test FR 4020; FR 4020
February 2005
4 p.
- Keywords
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fire alarm systems
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smoke detectors
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fire tests
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smoke
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soot
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photoelectric detectors
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ionization detectors
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carbon monoxide
- Identifiers
- NIST TN 1455; Fire Emulator/Detector Evaluator (FE/DE)
- Abstract
- This Report of Test presents data from a series of alarm response calibration tests as part of research into the performance of smoke alarms. The purpose of these tests was to provide a consistent calibration of all of the modified alarms used in the fire test series. The modified photoelectric and ionization alarms were exposed to smolder smoke and soot from a propene flame. CO alarms were exposed to smolder smoke that contained carbon monoxide. Full details on the alarm calibration procedures can be found in NIST Technical Note 1455. (http://smokealarm.nist.gov/HSAT.pdf or http://smokealarm.nist.gov).The alarm naming convention is described in NIST TN 1455, along with uncertainty estimates for each measurement.