<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 07/24/2001 9:05:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
<BR>grichter@asapnet.net writes:
<BR>
<BR>
<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Which is probably a photodiode internally doped with an alpha emitter.
<BR>Smoke detectors contain Americium 241 and are easy to get:
<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BR>
<BR>Just make sure it's not one of the photo-electric types, those won't do you a
<BR>bit of good..although I suppose one could use a photoelectric sensor and
<BR>smoke for some sort of control purpose.
<BR>
<BR>-Chris</FONT></HTML>