smoke alarms & Flukes [RE-wrenches]

[Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services]

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I agree with the sensibility of using battery powered smoke detectors, 
plus the hard wired ones claim (on the box) to consume 6 watts each, 
which adds up to a gigantic load in a house with lots of them. The only 
problems with the battery powered detectors is that:

1) They cannot be configured so if one goes off the others do as well and

2) Should there be a fire, it is possible some insurance companies will 
use that as an excuse to weasel out of honoring the claim.

Todd

Jason Lerner wrote:

> 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,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Nick A Lucchese
>> NABCEP Certified PV Installer
>> General Contractor # 808851
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>> 563C Idaho Maryland Road
>> Grass Valley, CA 95945
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Todd Cory
KE6SXS
toddcory at finestplanet.com
Mt. Shasta Energy Services
License C-10 # 811428 
P.O. Box 689
Mt. Shasta, CA. 96067
(530) 926-1079

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