Smoke detectors and ionising air filter

[JohnD]

My house has professionally-fitted smoke detectors attached to the Intruder alarm.

I recently bought a Flixonase/Lloyds Chemist ionising Air Purifier; it has a circulating fan, a dust filter on the intake and an ionising element on the outlet.

Today the landing smoke detector kept setting off the alarm.

At first I thought it might be steam from the bathroom, but the exrtractor was running and it was not visibly steamy. Then I remembered the air purifier was running in a bedroom close to the detector.

Could the ioniser be affecting the detector?

 

[yaleguy]

It is very doubtful but hey you never know. What type of smoke detectors are they.

Are they ionising in which case the ioniser could have an effect.

The Yale smoke detectors for instance are optical and therefore do not get set off by steam or burnt toast but by denser objects.

http://www.firesafetycouncil.com/pdf/review_on_best_sensor_type_for_kitchens.pdf

 

[JohnD]

it's not near the kitchen, and there was no cooking/toast/kettle in use

 

[yaleguy]

it's not near the kitchen, and there was no cooking/toast/kettle in use

Sorry I realise that , what I meant was would an ionising air treatment in proximity to an ionization smoke detector be a problem?