Pacemaker VS Fire Alarm

Hi all! I had my pacemaker put in last week, and noticed that the fire alarm in my house upstairs went off now twice when I went near It! This particular fire alarm is even with my face as I have a low ceiling upstairs, and is also the only one that has ever gone off. I know it is possible for a person with a pacemaker to set off store alarms, but now I'm wondering could my pacemaker also be setting off my fire alarm? I do not go upstairs often, but it had never gone off before I got my pm. Or maybe battery is just dying on the alarm? Thank you!!

3 Comments

Test it

by Grateful Heart - 2017-04-17 15:22:33

Have someone replace the fire alarm battery and then try walking past it again. 

Anything is possible.  Let us know the results.

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Smoke detector

by LondonAndy - 2017-04-17 16:45:53

The reason a shop's security systems might pick up a pacemaker (though it has never happened to me) is because their systems emit a magnetic field which might pick up the electrical device in your body. Unless you are smoking a particularly rough cigarette or cigar as you pass a fire alarm, which typically detect smoke and ions, it will be coincidence or a loose connection/battery issue.

Thank you!

by Sky - 2017-04-17 17:21:24

Thank You! I've put a new battery in the alarm after a 3rd ear piercing siren! Now I play the waiting game to see if that is the culprit.

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