smoke alarms & Flukes [RE-wrenches]

[Jason Lerner]

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Hello Nick,
  We have divided the smoke alarm issue into two categories, NEC, and  
Our local building inspector.  We wire in the smoke alarms like a  
"normal" house,  and the wiring satisfies the electrical inspector,   
we then have the home owner buy a bunch of battery operated smoke  
alarms (and extra 9 volt batteries) and put them everywhere the hard  
wired ones would have gone.  It is the county that requires the smoke  
alarms not the NEC.  When we first had a problem with this,  I got  
the electrical inspector and the building inspector in a house at the  
same time and turned off the DR.,  and mentioned that the inverter is  
off every night,  therefore the house was not protected by the smoke  
alarms.  I let that sink in then turned the inverter back on and all  
five smoke alarms started beeping real loud.  We haven't had a  
problem since, and that was ten years ago.
Good luck,

Jason Lerner
Waldron Power and Light Co.
(360) 317-4980


On Jan 20, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Nick Lucchese wrote:

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> Greetings Wrenches,
>  Two separate questions here. I think it has come up before but  
> does anyone have any recommendations for smoke alarms that work  
> well on modified sine wave? I have a customer with an old system,  
> limited budget and a troubled visit from the county inspector. I  
> have a few of these customers that get a cheaper rate than any  
> other and a new inverter is pretty much not possible due to the  
> limited income. Any suggestions?
>
>  Also, which Fluke meter do I want? I've heard a few of you talk  
> about the 337 which seems to be the one I had my eye on. Just  
> wondering though, where do the test leads plug into? From the  
> pictures of similar models it appears they plug into the front but  
> I don't see any when looking at the picture of the 337, perhaps I  
> need to look further than the Grainger catalog. If I didn't need a  
> clamp on what would the choice be? I made a poor choice to buy a  
> Craftsman clamp on to compliment an old Wavetek and just a little  
> over a year after purchase it's behaving erratically. Neither  
> operate consistently anymore so it's time to get the real deal and  
> keep the others for backup.
>
> Thanks in advance for any recommendations, have a great weekend,
>
>
>
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> Nick A Lucchese
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