smokes

  1. E

    smokes

    Just rewiring a house which has been gutted and had a new extension on back and side. Smokes are wired in hall down, hall up, attic top floor and a heat in kitchen all interlinked. The building inspector just came and said we need a smoke in every room in the house apart from bathrooms and en...
  2. E

    smokes building inspector

    Just rewiring a house which has been gutted and had a new extension on back and side. Smokes are wired in hall down, hall up, attic top floor and a heat in kitchen all interlinked. The building inspector just came and said we need a smoke in every room in the house apart from bathrooms and en...
  3. S

    smokes positions

    Me and another spark are wiring a fire alarm system in the landlords stairway. On the drawing it shows a position of one smoke,but in the position it states is a slop ceiling. This is not permitted right? Unless i can get some kind of angled smoke alarm back box to make the sense not on the...
  4. M

    Smokes

    Just finished doing a small kitchen extension. Advised client while celing was down and I was doing wiring to LED downlights in the kitchen, that he needed a heat dector in new kitchen and a smoke in down hall way and on the top landing all linked and do it now while ceiling down. He was not...
  5. P

    Interlink smokes wired in 3core flex

    As title, just clocked this on a job I am on, all conductors correctly sleaved, Has anyone saw this before? I have always used 3core&e
  6. W

    Interlinked smokes

    Hopefully got a load of these to do if the price is right 3 storey houses .. 3 x smokes in corridors 1 x heat in kitchen Average price anybody? Not trying to be nosey but really want to be sure about the quote i put in! Thanks
  7. F

    Smoke alarms

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

    sounder for domestic interlink smokes

    Morning does anyone know where you can a sounder that you can wire into domestic smokes. reason being rewiring a flat above a shop that has interlink smokes but building control want a sounder fitting in hallway of flat so if shop smokes go off then tenants of flat will know. Looked on aico...
  9. J

    Smoke alarm 3rd core, WHY ?

    Hello fellow sparks, how are we ? I am slightly embarrassed about asking this but here goes, I have never realy understood why you need a 3rd core when wiring smokes, live, neutal and earth i get, but why do you need a switch wire exactly, what is its job ?
  10. 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...
  11. A

    smokes

    Hi guys, just a quick one. Pricing a job for a customer that is a c/u change, adding supp bond to bath rooms after confirming pipe work needs to be bonded and rejig lights and put in fan and isolation and fusing down for said lights and fans. Also adding a couple of sockets (on surface) and 2...
  12. R

    Smoke and heat alarm issue

    Hi all Ended up at yet another partly done electrical job trying to figure out whats been done and what hasn't. I noticed the spark has not included a new circuit for smoke alarms as its a refurb + extension on a flat and thought ideally one should have been installed. Can I just take a local...
  13. J

    JIB Electrotechnical Certification Scheme (ECS) Jib

    Can anyone explain the JIB grading scheme please
    • Jrollins
    • Thread
    • card certification electrician jib jib card scheme smokes
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. kingeri

    Combination smoke / carbon monoxide alarms

    Lady I'm dealing with today and tomorrow has asked me about mains smokes. She wants one in EVERY room in the house, and on the landings and even in the cellar. She's a tad paranoid about fire I think. She also wants the smoke alarms to detect carbon monoxide. I've seen battery combo...
  15. the pict

    attic smokes

    Given the ammount of dust and fibres in an attic what should I use, a heat dectector ? Pict
  16. S

    Advice on smokes and heat detectors.

    Going to install one heat and two smokedetectors in an existing three bed property. Consumer unit is old-school Wylexre-wireable fuses. The customer has refused an upgrade. As I understand it – I could installradio-linked alarms off the existing lighting circuits but what's thesituation...
  17. Guitarist

    Less sensitive smoke alarms

    I went to price a job up today and noticed the lady had physically disconnected her 2 interlinked smoke alarms, due to them always going off. Obviously, I was concerned to see this and pointed out that not only is this dangerous, but that her insurance is probably invalid. She is a heavy...
  18. A

    Smokes

    Hi guys Just a quick one. Got a job soon to wire smokes in a 3 bed house. I usually wire from spare way in consumer unit and on to each unit, but this time as there is no access back to board and no spare way, I was going to use Aico Radiolink, but have not used these before and have read that...
  19. W

    Smokes - what's your preference?

    Full RCBO board, would you put them on the lighting circuit or on their own RCBO? Thanks in advance
  20. P

    Remote smokes, battery operated

    Is it possible to get wireless interlinked smokes which are battery operated only?
    • Ponty Massive
    • Thread
    • aus battery operated remote smokes
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia
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