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Posted by nmbexcuse on February 12, 2008, 4:12 pm
I am in the middle of the whole house remodeling and my electrician
who is doing wiring for me told me I should have him wire for smoke
alarms for all the rooms while he is at it.
Is this worth the effort? I was planning on just using battery
operated ones that you attach to the ceiling with a double sided tapes
and only in the kitchen, garage and the family room where a fire place
is located.
What is the benefit of having a smoke alarm that is hard wired? I
asked him and he said that if it's hard wired and chained together,
then if one goes off all goes off, ok so this is a slight plus.
Comments?
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Posted by Zephyr on February 12, 2008, 4:15 pm
On Feb 12, 4:12=A0pm, nmbexc...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> I am in the middle of the whole house remodeling and my electrician
> who is doing wiring for me told me I should have him wire for smoke
> alarms for all the rooms while he is at it.
> Is this worth the effort? =A0I was planning on just using battery
> operated ones that you attach to the ceiling with a double sided tapes
> and only in the kitchen, garage and the family room where a fire place
> is located.
> What is the benefit of having a smoke alarm that is hard wired? =A0I
> asked him and he said that if it's hard wired and chained together,
> then if one goes off all goes off, ok so this is a slight plus.
> Comments?
> MC
Thats the code now adays, - if you are pulling wire thru the area
anyways, why not, the extra cost is definitly worth a life.
Dave
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Posted by Red Green on February 12, 2008, 4:20 pm
nmbexcuse@hotmail.com wrote in news:78afbbab-b2ca-4dfb-aabd-
652c0ba6f06e@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
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> I am in the middle of the whole house remodeling and my electrician
> who is doing wiring for me told me I should have him wire for smoke
> alarms for all the rooms while he is at it.
>
> Is this worth the effort? I was planning on just using battery
> operated ones that you attach to the ceiling with a double sided tapes
> and only in the kitchen, garage and the family room where a fire place
> is located.
>
> What is the benefit of having a smoke alarm that is hard wired? I
> asked him and he said that if it's hard wired and chained together,
> then if one goes off all goes off, ok so this is a slight plus.
>
> Comments?
>
> MC
>
Well, no battery changing.
No annoying chirping when batteries get weak.
Code often requires at least one wired one on each floor.
If there is a fire it sure would be nice if they all went off so everyone
has the earliest possible warning.
As long as if one becomes defective the whole damn lot doesn't start
chrping!
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Posted by Mark on February 12, 2008, 4:39 pm
Careful with this advice - I think even the hardwired detectors often have a
battery backup in case of a power failure. Check out sites like:
http://smokesign.com/120vacharsmo1.html to see some options.
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> nmbexcuse@hotmail.com wrote in news:78afbbab-b2ca-4dfb-aabd-
> 652c0ba6f06e@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>> I am in the middle of the whole house remodeling and my electrician
>> who is doing wiring for me told me I should have him wire for smoke
>> alarms for all the rooms while he is at it.
>> Is this worth the effort? I was planning on just using battery
>> operated ones that you attach to the ceiling with a double sided tapes
>> and only in the kitchen, garage and the family room where a fire place
>> is located.
>> What is the benefit of having a smoke alarm that is hard wired? I
>> asked him and he said that if it's hard wired and chained together,
>> then if one goes off all goes off, ok so this is a slight plus.
>> Comments?
>> MC
> Well, no battery changing.
> No annoying chirping when batteries get weak.
> Code often requires at least one wired one on each floor.
> If there is a fire it sure would be nice if they all went off so everyone
> has the earliest possible warning.
> As long as if one becomes defective the whole damn lot doesn't start
> chrping!
>
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Posted by Red Green on February 12, 2008, 4:51 pm
> Careful with this advice - I think even the hardwired detectors often
> have a battery backup in case of a power failure. Check out sites
> like: http://smokesign.com/120vacharsmo1.html to see some options.
>
>
>> nmbexcuse@hotmail.com wrote in news:78afbbab-b2ca-4dfb-aabd-
>> 652c0ba6f06e@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>>> I am in the middle of the whole house remodeling and my electrician
>>> who is doing wiring for me told me I should have him wire for smoke
>>> alarms for all the rooms while he is at it.
>>> Is this worth the effort? I was planning on just using battery
>>> operated ones that you attach to the ceiling with a double sided
>>> tapes and only in the kitchen, garage and the family room where a
>>> fire place is located.
>>> What is the benefit of having a smoke alarm that is hard wired? I
>>> asked him and he said that if it's hard wired and chained together,
>>> then if one goes off all goes off, ok so this is a slight plus.
>>> Comments?
>>> MC
>> Well, no battery changing.
>> No annoying chirping when batteries get weak.
>> Code often requires at least one wired one on each floor.
>> If there is a fire it sure would be nice if they all went off so
>> everyone has the earliest possible warning.
>> As long as if one becomes defective the whole damn lot doesn't start
>> chrping!
>>
>
Thanks. I stand corrected.
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> who is doing wiring for me told me I should have him wire for smoke
> alarms for all the rooms while he is at it.
> Is this worth the effort? =A0I was planning on just using battery
> operated ones that you attach to the ceiling with a double sided tapes
> and only in the kitchen, garage and the family room where a fire place
> is located.
> What is the benefit of having a smoke alarm that is hard wired? =A0I
> asked him and he said that if it's hard wired and chained together,
> then if one goes off all goes off, ok so this is a slight plus.
> Comments?
> MC