Smoke alarms and rcbo's - have looked at other threads but still no definitive answer

[rallyandy]

Re: Smoke alarms and rcbo's - have looked at other threads but still no definitive an

i thought the same but in a conversation with the local senior fire officer he explained that because of the risk of someone switching them off due to a fault that the preferred method is off a lighting circuit so as to encourage the owner / occupier to get the faults rectified as they would have to turn the lighting circuits off etc to silence the alarms.....lol he said that the fire service weren't interested in us putting isolaters in as this would encourage them to be switched off in fault conditions and forgotten about and that fire brigade has duty to make sure all installed systems are operable. hope this helps Amp David

 

[Graeme Harrold]

Re: Smoke alarms and rcbo's - have looked at other threads but still no definitive an

i thought the same but in a conversation with the local senior fire officer he explained that because of the risk of someone switching them off due to a fault that the preferred method is off a lighting circuit so as to encourage the owner / occupier to get the faults rectified as they would have to turn the lighting circuits off etc to silence the alarms.....lol he said that the fire service weren't interested in us putting isolaters in as this would encourage them to be switched off in fault conditions and forgotten about and that fire brigade has duty to make sure all installed systems are operable. hope this helps Amp David

That makes total sense, and as I usually do is take a feed from a light loop and then interconnect as required. MCB in the CU is marked as having the smokes/heat fitted with the stickers that come with the units.

 

[Amp David]

Re: Smoke alarms and rcbo's - have looked at other threads but still no definitive an

Ok thanks guys.

If the alarms are from the lighting, i guess the lighting circuit would just be isolated then for maintainence reasons.

 

[rallyandy]

Re: Smoke alarms and rcbo's - have looked at other threads but still no definitive an

Yep thats right Amp David ....... as long they can be isolated for maintance or repair then you are covered in the regs and keep the local fire officer happy as well....also as Graeme Harrold states make sure you label which circuits are feeding the detector / detectors