Ten Things New Zealanders Believe About Smoke Detectors That Are Not True
Smoke detectors are among the most common devices in New Zealand homes and among the least understood. The result is a set of beliefs that sound sensible, get repeated confidently, and quietly undermine the thing they are meant to support.
Here are ten of them.
1. If it beeps when I press the button, it works
The test button checks the sounder, the battery and the circuitry. It does not...
