Question by gaken2000: Can a fluorescent bulb (CFP) interfere with a smoke detector?
I recently installed a CFP in a hallway light, located about a 1 1/2 to 2 feet from a hard wired smoke detector. Since then the detector has randomly gone off, sometimes even when the light is off. The bulb was covered by a globe, which I realize now may have been a mistake. Anyway, could the CFP have actually been setting off the detector?
The detector is pretty old — installed when the house was built in 1988.

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Answer by poppajoe49
I’ve never heard of this before, but anything is possible.
Replace the battery in the smoke detector, if that doesn’t solve it, try buying a new smoke detector, they are usually less than .
It might just be a coincidence that you replaced the bulb and the detector went bad.

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