Robert11 wrote:
Hello:

Have a question regarding smoke detectors for a residence.

Will be moving into a house that has the master bedroom quite some distance,
and on a separate level, from the kids bedrooms, and the basement lower
levels.

Want to put in several new smoke detectors, but doubt that would ever be
able
to hear the whistle if it goes off due to the distances involved.

Are there such things out now such as wireless transmitter smoke detectors,
or
anything similar in the way of a solution to this ?

Are they any good ?

Guess if it works on house wiring, the assumption is they would sound a
warning
before the wiring goes out: good assumption ?

What do most people do for this type of a situation ?

Thanks,
Bob

Bob
Unfortunately what most people do about it is nothing. They all seem to
believe that fire is something that happens in other folks homes and
that the magic chemistry of there home will keep fire from burning there
except were they want it to burn.

You can get wireless signaling smoke detectors but generally they will
be part of a wireless home alarm system that has a central receiver /
control unit. With those it is the control unit that receives the
signal and sounds the alarms. It can be difficult to get those put in
without buying a monitoring contract from the alarm company.

As to the hard wired smoke alarms they are available with battery back
up and many communities are requiring the installation of dual powered
detectors in new construction to address that concern.

You can have a wireless alarm system installed or you can have an
electrician install intertied hard wired smoke detectors so that all
units sound when one goes into alarm.

There were single station wireless remote alarm smoke detectors
available but I do not know if they are still manufactured.
--
Master Firefighter / Rescuer Thomas D. Horne speaking for himself and
not the Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Department a cooperating agency of
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, Maryland