Smoke detector flameout [RE-wrenches]
hugh piggott
hugh.piggott at enterprise.net
Thu Mar 29 06:08:12 PST 2001
<x-flowed>At 3:26 pm -0800 28/3/01, Lynne A Carter wrote:
>Some of you wrenches need to *live off grid* for a while. ... that sleep mode
>isn't great on lots of things...
Agreed. I prefer to keep my inverter powered up. But I would worry
about the mains voltage smoke alarms - they sound unnecessarily
greedy. I have installed a few fire alarm systems with central 'zone
panels' and a chain of sensors, which would presumably also satisfy
the safety code. The panel uses about 20-30 watts (battery charging)
and that's it. If you turn it off, it screeches at you.
I switch off our satellite TV system when not in use. The same goes
for the printer, and scanner. I run my fax machine through a timer
so it's only on during business hours. When the weather gets
seriously calm I unplug the cordless phone set-up and plant
propagator and tropical fish and ...
--
Hugh
Scoraig, Scotland
http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk
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