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  1. S

    Heat recovery ventilation linked to smoke alarms

    Hi! I'm installing some interlinked smoke/heat alarms. The customer wants it so that when the alarms are activated it cuts off the power supply to his heat recovery ventilation system (so it doesn't keep trying to replace the smoke with clean air, which would effectively be fanning the fire!)...
  2. G

    optical smoke alarms

    anyone any experience on optical smoke alarms , been told to fit one in a new build along with standard smokes and a heat detector
  3. T

    Wired Smoke Alarms Query!

    Hello all, A long time lurker but only recently registered here. I decided to take it upon myself to replace 2 wired smoke alarms in the house today but have came to a stand still in terms of which colour wires go where and was looking to pick somebodies brains amongst these forums! Its all...
  4. keniff

    Domestic smoke alarms

    Hi guys any idea what would cause false alarms on aico interlinked smokes? Iv cleaned them all out and checked connections are good, but still randomly setting alarms off!! Any way of testing them for faults?
  5. M

    Smoke alarms

    I have been asked to price to fit some wireless smoke alarms in a house which as been converted into separate rooms. now I've see you can get mains powered or battery powered wireless alarms but I friend as the he did not think you could fit battery wireless smoke alarms in a domestic property...
  6. B

    Interlinked smoke alarms

    I have been offered a job installing interlinked smoke alarms in a house of multiple occupation. seven smoke alarms will be needed, the first fix is already done so it just needs connecting. Can someone tell me what a reasonable price to charge would be? also what certificate do I need to...
  7. S

    smoke alarms fault

    Hi again Been to customers house this morning as hard wired smoke alarms have gone off with no reason to I checked all connection and batteries then reset them but have just had a call to say they have gone off again Can anyone shed some light on this Please
  8. S

    Smoke alarms

    Hi, i usually install Aico 140 smoke alarms. Anyone know the maximum amount of these that can be interlinked? Cheers
  9. kingeri

    Smoke alarms in VERY big house

    Guy I know has bought an extremely big house, 8 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 4 garages etc etc. He asked me to do an EICR, which I did just before Christmas, no issues to report. He's asked me to fit smoke alarms throughout the property, and he's insistent on wired. So, I've been thinking about the...
  10. P

    Competence to Install Smoke Alarms and Burglar Alarms

    As a NICEIC DI doing a lot of rewires I often include linked Smoke Alarms typically top and bottom of stairs and sometimes hard wired Burglar Alarm Systems. I more often am called to replace panels/bells/sensors/batteries on defective systems. I have had no formal training on either. Smoke...
  11. B

    Mains Smoke Alarms

    Just had a call from a customer who has reported that there interconnected smokes are going off early in the morning, All at once. Now then, The say they have changed the batteries tried hoovering them but still no joy. There is clearly a fault with one on the on the circuit but as for...
  12. F

    Smoke alarms

    I've always put smokes off local lighting circuit do in new builds the smokes have to be inter linked
  13. G

    Carbon Monoxide detectors and Smoke Alarms - Battery or mains

    Anybody here offering CO and Smoke detectors to customers? could fit them at cost when doing other work in domestic locations....even just Battery operated ones... There's a lot of dodgy gas heating etc out there and also the Holiday season in December with the candles etc....
  14. K

    Emergency lighting and smoke alarms in a shared house

    Hi there, Iam new to this so please bare with me. Iam just about to start a full rewire. The property is a 6 bed, three storey house, which the owner is turning into shared living. 6 bedrooms with a communal lounge, bathroom and kitchen. Iam not sure if I need to fit smoke detectors in each...
  15. P

    Smoke Alarms

    Hi Guys I'm about to fit two mains smoke alarms near to existing pendants and run a length of cable through ceil from pendant to alarm but there are no permanant lives in ceiling rose, just switch wires. Any ideas where I can get a live feed from?. Many thanks.
  16. K

    dicon smoke alarms: PROBLEMS!!!

    hi all, was asked to do 2nd fix on a loft conversion for a builder. the builder had done the 1st fix, so before all the work i had checked the cables and the quality of the work tested each circuit it seemed in good order. There are 3 dicon smoke alarms in the property which the builder supplied...
  17. B

    Smoke alarms in student accomodation

    Does anyone know the requirements for the amount of smoke alarms required in a semi detatched house with 5 bedrooms in for students? Just wondering if there has too be 1 in each room, or at the top/bottom of stairs is adequate?
  18. kingeri

    Wiring smoke alarms

    My grandma has recently had mains smoke alarms fitted to her house by a local charity. The house is over 3 storeys. Each alarm is fed from the lighting circuit on that floor - i.e. all on different circuits, and the interconnect is a single plus cpc going between the alarms. I have never seen...
  19. electric will

    Mains powered smoke alarms

    Any one know if mains interlinked battery backed up smokes will set interconnecting alarms off during power failure, if they do then how, obviously no mains power to trigger, so still got the 9v battery, someone once told me they sent 9v down the interconnecting core, ok that's a positive to...
  20. K

    Smoke alarms and heat detectors

    Hi guys when doing a pir report on domestic houses should you report on no heat detectors?

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