The smoke alarms in my apartment building are both ridiculously sensitive and ridiculously loud. They regularly go off even when thereâs no smoke, and I often have to scramble up on top of a chair to reset them because a pot of boiling water is producing steam.here There's Smoke ... There are two main types of smoke alarms used in homes: ionization detectors and photoelectric detectors. Inside the ionization ones thereâs an ionization chamber with two plates and a source of ionizing radiation.
Preventing Running Aground. A pleasure craft is grounded (runs aground) when it gets stuck on the bottom. Never assume that water is deep enough just because you are away from the shore. Also, donât presume that all shallow hazards will be marked by a danger buoy.
Still, many make it a point to travel offshore with another boat when possible, small or large, which in effect offers a second engine.The Right Boat: Moderate Vees and Hard Chines. If you're looking for a good boat of 15 to 18 feet for fishing bays, channels or flats, you'll find scores of them. But if you plan to run offshore any chance you get, you'll find that blue-water mighty mites don't come easy when you start figuring the kind of construction, quality and design needed.