Smoke detector idea

[Marc]

actually the concept of an overheating alarm has been around for quite some time.. just not really in the home market... now in the agricultural sector it has been around for quite some time.... in chicken houses ( which I am familiar with) we use these units called Thermalarms that can be set to alarm on both high and low temp and they are settable. they work quite well and we have been using them for as long as my family has been growing chickens ( bout 30 years) and I believe they were used long before.

Yes... I was actually more referring to his unique situation with the furnace. As a general concept it certainly does fall into the "temperature activating device" category which, as you observed, has been around for quite some time now.

 

[Jkebxjunke]

Yes... I was actually more referring to his unique situation with the furnace. As a general concept it certainly does fall into the "temperature activating device" category which, as you observed, has been around for quite some time now.

Its a good idea and I am surprised that it hasn't been put to use yet... It has been put to use on the freezing side for weekend homes where you want tot protect pipes from freezing.