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I was wondering, what brand of smoke detectors do you have at your house?
Our house came with Kidde/FireX ionization alarms, although we replaced one of them with a Kidde/FireX dual-sensor model to have some protection against slow smoldering fires.
Ones that work. I don't really know the brand. I check them every time change and replace the batteries. I'm not sure the brand matters as long as they do the job and they are all built to a certain standard.
Ones that work. I don't really know the brand. I check them every time change and replace the batteries. I'm not sure the brand matters as long as they do the job and they are all built to a certain standard.
Of course, most newer homes have hardwired smoke detectors with battery backup. That is what we have.
We only use Kidde now. When we put them in, we learned by testing them that many of the other brands do not work. We went through dozens and dozens of the cheap brand that Home depot sells before we just pulled them all out and switched to Kidde.
Testing them by pushin the test button is not a test. Take a piece of paper. light it on fire, blow it out and direct the smoke into the smoke detector. Some of them do nto alarm no matter how much smopke you blow into them.
Hardwired alarms have batteries also. They are a PIA becuase when one battery gets low, they all start wailing. Then you either replace all the batteries or find the right one by trial and error.
THey make ten year batteries. They are expensive, but they suposedly last ten years. Some places allow battery powers smoke detectors with ten year batteries in leiu of hard wired systems. This is much better. hard wired systems are dumb among other reasons because it is vitrually impossoble to move them if they get located in a bad place.
I was wondering, what brand of smoke detectors do you have at your house?
Our house came with Kidde/FireX ionization alarms, although we replaced one of them with a Kidde/FireX dual-sensor model to have some protection against slow smoldering fires.
You must have only photo electric alarms it can not be a dual sensor which has in some test been found to come in last place !!!!
I think this test will Help you, the chairman of the first home fire detection code advises against the combination alarm and is supporting the idea that it is a deadly compromise
The Guy in this demo In Vermont Where this test was performed now Captain Ashe was behind the First U.S Photo-electric only legislation they have mandated agains ionization and dual sesnor alarms feel free to ask me if you have any questions
may be you dont know that ul is being sued it was already determined I think in 1998 or eariler that smoke alarms have failed safety standards yet they still sell the fraudulent product!!!!( the Ionization type and or combination ion-photo alarm Please contact me if you have any questions
The type almost 100% U.S. Homes Have is the deadly ionization type as seen in this test
you must have a photo electric alarm for maximum escape time!!!!
the chariman of the first home fire detection code is supporting the idea that the combination alarm is a deadly compromise!!!!
Please note the guy In This Video Captain Ashe was behind the First U.S. Smoke Alarm Mandate it is
in Vermont the mandated to have photo electric only alarms and not to have combination alarms
The problem with smoke detectors is that none do it all. Smoke alarms that use ionization technology are great detecting burning paper, but not a burning sofa or drapes. The photoelectric smoke alarms do the opposite. Few combine both, but they don't detect CO. And those that combine CO and smoke detection are effective for either type of fire, but not both.
I guess, the manufacturers want us to buy a detectors for each type.
You can hard wire them to "communicate" from different locations, but you need to remember that wireless alarms can communicate only with other wireless alarms of the same make, since manufacturers use different frequencies.
First Alert and Kidde are the best. I have First Alert.
I think this test will Help you, the chairman of the first home fire detection code advises against the combination alarm and is supporting the idea that it is a deadly compromise
The Guy in this demo In Vermont Where this test was performed now Captain Ashe was behind the First U.S Photo-electric only legislation they have mandated agains ionization and dual sesnor alarms feel free to ask me if you have any questions
Unfortunately, Kidde hasn't updated their hardwired photoelectric-only model in years. Their hardwired photoelectric-only model lacks a hush button.
BTW, the PI2010's predecessor, the PI2000, was recalled due to the fact that it could "fail to warn of a fire". Perhaps the issue may have been fixed with the PI2010. A possibility is that the PI2000 had an AND gate linking the two sensors, while the PI2010 has an OR gate.
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