"Mark" wrote in message news:ZsPxm.18775
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Our local tv station did a story a few years ago about small children not
waking to the loud hi-pitched alarms. They even did a test and showed
several small kids sleeping right thru an alarm right in their rooms.
They
showed one that actually had a recorded voice of the child's mom yelling
for
them to get up and get out of the house and kids seemed to hear and
respond
to that. Here's a story on 'talking smoke detectors':

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/ara_talkingsmokealar

You can get more with a Google on 'talking smoke detectors'.

Yes, thanks. It's this search that ironically led me to the detector I was
seeking. A low pitched alarm that does both CO and smoke for under $40 and
that runs on batteries.

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction!

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Bobby G.