• Re: Battery Less Smoke Detectors

    From philo@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Thu Apr 6 14:33:28 2023
    On 4/6/23 2:15 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    Twenty years ago Maintenance Wharehouse used to sell
    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.
    How do you fiind such today?

    It seems those goon-ghules decide what you want
    You ask for "x not y" and they forget your condiditon




    Bad idea. If the power is out, no alarm.
    Power could be out due to an electrical fire.

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 6 19:15:36 2023
    Twenty years ago Maintenance Wharehouse used to sell
    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.
    How do you fiind such today?

    It seems those goon-ghules decide what you want
    You ask for "x not y" and they forget your condiditon

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Thu Apr 6 20:17:30 2023
    vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

    Twenty years ago Maintenance Wharehouse used to sell
    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.
    How do you fiind such today?

    over here "interlinked" would be a good extra keyword.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to philo on Thu Apr 6 21:13:02 2023
    philo wrote:

    vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.

    Bad idea. If the power is out, no alarm.
    Power could be out due to an electrical fire.

    wire the alarm circuit in MICC?

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  • From ehsjr@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Thu Apr 6 18:24:50 2023
    On 4/6/2023 3:15 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    Twenty years ago Maintenance Wharehouse used to sell
    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.
    How do you fiind such today?

    It seems those goon-ghules decide what you want
    You ask for "x not y" and they forget your condiditon


    Search for hardwired smoke alarm.
    The word "hardwired" means they are powered from the
    AC mains. (They also include a backup battery.)

    Ed

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  • From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 6 23:18:24 2023
    In <u0ngri$h1jh$1@news.eternal-september.org> by ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> on Thu, 06 Apr 2023 18:24:50 we perused:
    *+-On 4/6/2023 3:15 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    Twenty years ago Maintenance Wharehouse used to sell
    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.
    How do you fiind such today?

    It seems those goon-ghules decide what you want
    You ask for "x not y" and they forget your condiditon


    *+-Search for hardwired smoke alarm.
    *+-The word "hardwired" means they are powered from the
    *+-AC mains. (They also include a backup battery.)

    Many thanks. I kinda found it but wasn't sure

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  • From Carlos E.R.@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Fri Apr 7 01:26:11 2023
    On 2023-04-06 22:13, Andy Burns wrote:
    philo wrote:

    vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.

    Bad idea. If the power is out, no alarm.
    Power could be out due to an electrical fire.

    wire the alarm circuit in MICC?



    MICC (Model International Criminal Court)?

    First google hit. No idea what MICC may be for you.

    If you refer to "Mineral Insulated Copper Cable", no. The mains may
    still be out.

    The main reason to have the detectors run from battery is precisely to
    avoid failures due to failed mains.


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  • From bitrex@21:1/5 to ehsjr on Sat Apr 8 11:13:13 2023
    On 4/6/2023 6:24 PM, ehsjr wrote:
    On 4/6/2023 3:15 PM, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:
    Twenty years ago Maintenance Wharehouse used to sell
    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.
    How do you fiind such today?

    It seems those goon-ghules decide what you want
    You ask for "x not y" and they forget your condiditon


    Search for hardwired smoke alarm.
    The word "hardwired" means they are powered from the
    AC mains. (They also include a backup battery.)

    Ed

    Incidentally the laws of the state of Massachusetts requires hardwired
    smoke detectors in all one and two family homes permitted (i.e.
    constructed and/or renovated) post 1975, prior to sale or transfer of
    the property.

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  • From bitrex@21:1/5 to Carlos E.R. on Sat Apr 8 11:19:39 2023
    On 4/6/2023 7:26 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
    On 2023-04-06 22:13, Andy Burns wrote:
    philo wrote:

    vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

    smoke detecotres that hard wired to 110VAC, no batteries.

    Bad idea. If the power is out, no alarm.
    Power could be out due to an electrical fire.

    wire the alarm circuit in MICC?



    MICC (Model International Criminal Court)?

    First google hit. No idea what MICC may be for you.

    If you refer to "Mineral Insulated Copper Cable", no. The mains may
    still be out.

    The main reason to have the detectors run from battery is precisely to
    avoid failures due to failed mains.



    I doubt any first-world fire code would allow the installation of
    mains-only smoke detectors, they're going to be either battery only or mains-powered with a battery backup.

    Some more recent codes don't even want the user to be able to tamper
    with the battery and the battery-powered units are to be sealed at the
    factory.

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  • From Stephen Wolstenholme@21:1/5 to bitrex on Sat Apr 8 16:40:12 2023
    On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 11:19:39 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

    Some more recent codes don't even want the user to be able to tamper
    with the battery and the battery-powered units are to be sealed at the >factory.

    We have a factory sealed unit in the house we moved into seven years
    ago. It beeps when I burn the toast!

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  • From bitrex@21:1/5 to Stephen Wolstenholme on Sat Apr 8 18:04:39 2023
    On 4/8/2023 11:40 AM, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
    On Sat, 8 Apr 2023 11:19:39 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

    Some more recent codes don't even want the user to be able to tamper
    with the battery and the battery-powered units are to be sealed at the
    factory.

    We have a factory sealed unit in the house we moved into seven years
    ago. It beeps when I burn the toast!


    Sounds like it's doing its job! It doesn't know ya cookin'

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