"N8N" wrote in message
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On Feb 12, 4:34 pm, RickH wrote:
On Feb 12, 3:12 pm, wrote:





I am in the middle of the whole house remodeling and my electrician
who is doing wiring for me told me I should have him wire for smoke
alarms for all the rooms while he is at it.

Is this worth the effort? I was planning on just using battery
operated ones that you attach to the ceiling with a double sided tapes
and only in the kitchen, garage and the family room where a fire place
is located.

What is the benefit of having a smoke alarm that is hard wired? I
asked him and he said that if it's hard wired and chained together,
then if one goes off all goes off, ok so this is a slight plus.

Comments?

MC

Thats code, your electrician is right its not a bad idea to do it
now. You will still have the chirping when batteries go low. The
idea is that the batteries parallel the house power, the house power
does not replace the need for batteries and they will still chirp and
are monitored for weakness. But the alarms will be synched up and
continue to work even on a dead battery until you get the battery
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yeah, what they all said. should just be 14/3 to an octagon box in
each room, well worth it if the price is reasonable.

nate
Hey Nate, let the electrician pick the box!!!