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    Fire Alarm Circuit Using Germanium Diode

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    This document describes a simple, low-cost fire alarm circuit that uses a germanium diode as a heat sensor. The germanium diode's resistance decreases above 70 degrees, causing a transistor to trigger a 555 timer configured as an astable multivibrator. This makes a buzzer sound to alert about increased temperatures from a potential fire. The circuit is inexpensive and easy to construct to help detect fires.

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    Fire Alarm Circuit Using Germanium Diode

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    This document describes a simple, low-cost fire alarm circuit that uses a germanium diode as a heat sensor. The germanium diode's resistance decreases above 70 degrees, causing a transistor to trigger a 555 timer configured as an astable multivibrator. This makes a buzzer sound to alert about increased temperatures from a potential fire. The circuit is inexpensive and easy to construct to help detect fires.

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    This document describes a simple, low-cost fire alarm circuit that uses a germanium diode as a heat sensor. The germanium diode's resistance decreases above 70 degrees, causing a transistor to trigger a 555 timer configured as an astable multivibrator. This makes a buzzer sound to alert about increased temperatures from a potential fire. The circuit is inexpensive and easy to construct to help detect fires.

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    Fire Alarm Circuit Using Germanium Diode

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    This document describes a simple, low-cost fire alarm circuit that uses a germanium diode as a heat sensor. The germanium diode's resistance decreases above 70 degrees, causing a transistor to trigger a 555 timer configured as an astable multivibrator. This makes a buzzer sound to alert about increased temperatures from a potential fire. The circuit is inexpensive and easy to construct to help detect fires.

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    Fire Alarm Circuit Using Germanium Diode

    This is a simple fire alarm circuit using Germanium Diode and 555 timer. In this circuit
    Germanium Diode play very important role in detecting the fire. This circuit is very easy
    to construct, cost effective and implementable.

    Block Diagram of Fire Alarm Circuit Using Germanium Diode

    Here is the
    simple fire alarm circuit which costs less than 100 rupees. The key component in the
    circuit is DR25 (germanium diode) whose resistance will decrease with increase in
    temperature. The conduction of germanium diode will start at 70 degrees. So we may
    use germanium diode as a heat sensor. When the temperature is more than 70 degree,
    the germanium diode will conduct and trigger the NE555 timer through a transistor. The
    NE555 is configured in astable multivibrator and make the buzzer to alarm when
    germanium diode conducts. So that we can get alert and act according to the alarm.

    Circuit Diagram of Fire Alarm Using Germanium Diode


    Circuit Working

    The DR25 germanium diode is heat sensor which will conduct when temperature
    is increased at certain point. The DR25 is made reverse biased in the circuit. It will
    conduct only when it is more than 70degree of room temperature.

    The DR25 is connected to the transistor in reverse bias, which has high reverse
    resistance (more than 10K ohm) and does not make the transistor to turn off
    which is connected to the reset pin of 555 timer. The reset pin of 555timer will be
    in ground level when the transistor is turned off. Here, the 555 timer is configured
    as astable multivibrator.

    When more than 70degrees in room temperature occurred, the resistance of


    DR25 diode drops to 1k ohm which will make the transistor to turn off and make
    the reset pin to go high. This will generate the output at pin3 and make the sound
    through the alarm.

    We can use 3 or more diodes in reverse bias connected in parallel and placed in
    different room. If there is fire accident, it will sense and make the alarm.

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