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

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