Thursday, October 8, 2009

Installing Smoke Detectors Without Tearing Apart Walls

Would you like smoke/carbon detectors in your house ,but you don't want the big expense! Now it is possible. There are several type of smoke detectors out there. One type is a master/slave smoke detector. The first smoke/carbon detector is hard wired to your electrical panel. Then all the rest can be placed in any room by setting the pins at the same frequency as the master detector. You just screw the base to the wall/ceiling and insert the new detector. These are all battery controlled , except for the master. I would recommend the master be battery back up.
This is usually only acceptable for existing houses where no construction is being done. In new construction you would still have to comply to the nec code of all hard wired system.

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