Kerri W
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Jun 25, 2014 20:31:44 GMT
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Post by Kerri W on Sept 25, 2023 15:27:04 GMT
I live in a condo and have to have hardwired and they also have a battery pack, for those that worry about hardwired. Ditto--our hardwired smoke detectors have a battery backup.
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snyder
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Apr 26, 2017 6:14:47 GMT
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Post by snyder on Sept 25, 2023 15:42:03 GMT
Wow, I never thought about advanced technolgies when I wrote about my hardwired ones I had years ago. I can understand if they are tied to a monitoring system which would elminate my fear of the problem. Hardwired ones are only hardwired to each other, not to your electricity. They still have a battery. Back in the day, they were wired into the electricity. We built the home and I was there daily watching progess, so saw that they were directly into the electricity. I only had two, one upstairs and one downstairs. This was eons ago, so it appears lots of advancments in this area. Makes things safer; a very good thing.
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samantha25
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Jun 27, 2014 19:06:19 GMT
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Post by samantha25 on Sept 25, 2023 18:56:45 GMT
You probably only need one CO detector per floor. Some CO detectors don't even need to mount, just place on counter or shelf.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Sept 25, 2023 22:41:04 GMT
Hardwired ones are only hardwired to each other, not to your electricity. They still have a battery. we have two smoke detectors, one upstairs and one downstairs, that are hardwired directly to electricity and connected to our alarm system. They are not hardwired to each other. They have a battery for backup if the electricity fails. You only have two in your entire house? Here in California you need one in each hall and one in each bedroom. I can’t imagine d only having two in an entire house.
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Post by katlady on Sept 25, 2023 23:25:52 GMT
we have two smoke detectors, one upstairs and one downstairs, that are hardwired directly to electricity and connected to our alarm system. They are not hardwired to each other. They have a battery for backup if the electricity fails. You only have two in your entire house? Here in California you need one in each hall and one in each bedroom. I can’t imagine d only having two in an entire house. Our house was built before 1992. At that time, you only needed one in the hallway leading to the bedrooms. We also have one downstairs. There is a battery operated one in the master bedroom, but that one is not connected to the alarm system. If we ever sell, or do major remodeling, we would need to install hardwire ones in the other bedrooms. We do have several carbon monoxide devices throughout the house and in the bedrooms.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Sept 25, 2023 23:29:48 GMT
You only have two in your entire house? Here in California you need one in each hall and one in each bedroom. I can’t imagine d only having two in an entire house. Our house was built before 1992. At that time, you only needed one in the hallway leading to the bedrooms. We also have one downstairs. There is a battery operated one in the master bedroom, but that one is not connected to the alarm system. If we ever sell, or do major remodeling, we would need to install hardwire ones in the other bedrooms. We do have several carbon monoxide devices throughout the house and in the bedrooms. Our first house was purchased and built in 1996 so I just assumed it had been a thing for longer than it was. My grandparents house built in the 40’s didn’t have hardwired but one in each bedroom (only 3) plus the hallway. I lived there in the 70’s and 80’s. I can’t even imagine trying to upgrade to hardwired ones after the fact.
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Post by Karene on Sept 25, 2023 23:34:24 GMT
I bought a 10 year battery smoke detector a few years ago, and it was a pain. It went off for no reason in the middle of the night a year after it was bought and it wouldn't turn off. I had to destroy the back to get it to turn off and then it was useless.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Sept 26, 2023 1:11:22 GMT
I bought a 10 year battery smoke detector a few years ago, and it was a pain. It went off for no reason in the middle of the night a year after it was bought and it wouldn't turn off. I had to destroy the back to get it to turn off and then it was useless. That’s what I’m afraid of when one of ours goes we have at least 8 hardwired together. If the windows are open and a gust of wind comes in too fast at least one will go off and they are loud. I’m not looking forward to them going out as I’m afraid they will do that vs the old ones that you could remove the battery and replace it and be good to go. There were times when we just put it under pillows in a room and closed the door until morning couldn’t do that with these as they are ten times louder.
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