For the kitchen smoke detector that false alarms repeatedly, as a former Fire Chief may I state that my advice would be to either 1. Relocate the smoke detector (to outside the kitchen preferably - but it seems you are legally constrained from doing so). 2, Replace it, if it is an ionization type with a photoelectric type or vice versa, each is more sensitive to different conditions which MIGHT help. 3. Adjust the sensitivity if possible to increase the alarm threshold, whether this is possible depends on the model you have, search with that online to find whether it is possible and how to do it. For the record, if you are using ionization type detectors you should replace them with photoelectric or combination photoelectric/ionization type. In any event if they are older than 10 years replace them. Yes even if they still work and test okay... they have an expiration date and it's not just to make you buy a new one, it's because they no longer function reliably. Brand-spanking new Ionization detectors fail in actual fire conditions 30% of the time to alarm. They are more sensitive to some fire conditions than photoelectric, but overall are less likely to sound particularly in smoldering fires which tend to kill folks in their beds. you should be able to find the date of manufacture as well as a coding with either "P"=photoelectric or "I"=Ionization on it.

I remember hearing about this scandal when it hit international news in early 2022 but just today ran across more in-depth information on it from references within coverage of C&JG's media appearances in April 2022 as they try to promote their new network. This scandal and the way it was handled seems to me caused by the dilemma of the new network's needing content so desperately that the content creation process and those contracted to do it were not adequately supervised. Once the scandal became public, MN's response was inadequate to stem the public outrage. The HW series was temporarily suspended, then re-instated, and now apparently canceled as no more seasons seem to be forthcoming. However, the issues at the heart of the scandal seem to have never been fully addressed, at least to the public's ability to verify, and the full season one of HW plus a holiday special remain in the online listings at MN. It is a shame that perhaps the most widely publicized news item of the network's launch has been this scandal, and in the aftermath, how inadequately it seems to have been resolved. MN would do well, in my opinion, to really sit down with the receipts and compensate the victims adequately based on initial promises made, then remove HW from all of its platforms to distance itself from this reputation spoiler. A good name is more to be desired than any other profit supposedly preserved by both leaving victims floundering as well as continuing to associate with the designers who created this problem. The designers' being allowed to publicly re-victimize the victims with accusations (many which twist the facts) and excuses while MN has stood silent or even supported the designers with further excuses is also unacceptable, in my opinion. I would like to see MN come clean about the facts involved, something that would be nice but which, based on MN's history, I do not expect. Fans of the network may feel this is insignificant, but to the general public, the HW scandal seems to have become the face of the launch and tarnished the goodwill that C&JG worked so hard to build.

What a good topic. I never thought about it and will disucss this with my tech support (DH) when he wakes up. Other than the laptops, desltop, printer and cell phones, I'm thinking our thermostat .... but I'm not sure what else. Hmm. I know our oven is a smart oven,but I don't believe I have enabled that feature. More to investigate.

"I guess someone" wants to "show some sort of superiority" as they did trying to scold me for asking "a question" on another thread who then deleted their comment after I told her " to mind her own business". Same applies here! Miss Fudd, I told you I'm not a book smart guy and you know that. Short term memory problems from traumatic brain damage at a young age has made things a challenge but you keep trying to bully me with malice. Maybe we should get together and you can teach me the English language and I can teach you how to weld, how to change a truck tire or troubleshoot a car's buss. After that I'll teach you how to block a spinning heel kick to the head and with a few head thumps you'll learn. You learned Latin and I learned martial arts so we can go to a bar in the hood and see which skill has more value, we could have so much fun!