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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Location for a smoke or carbon monoxide detector? Does it make all that much difference that it gets installed up on the ceiling, or over on a vertical wall, about one foot down from the ceiling? What is the difference?
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I know you don't want this answer....the paperwork that comes with it should explain where to install that specific device. A quick conversation with your Town Electrical Inspector should help. PaugusBayFireFighter has given good advice also. You could stop into your local Fire Dept and ask the question there too, people in general are always up to help someone trying to do the right thing.
I feel its best to mount the device on the ceiling. In a situation that doesn't allow access to the space above, the wall IS an option, the device needs to be within a foot of the ceiling in that case according to the devices install instructions. You want the device positioned so smoke reaches it fast, taking into consideration sloped and vaulted ceilings, ect.. In a large room, if a fire started near the opposite end you wouldn't want the detector a foot below the ceiling "x" number of feet away at the other end, you want it ceiling mounted in the center of the room for coverage.