On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:43:57 -0500, "Robert11"
wrote:

Hello:

About to buy a few Kidde P12000 Smoke alarms.
The AC wired type, with both ionization and photocell.

Looked at their on-line instructions, and was surprised
to see that they say to install on circuits that are NOT
GFCI protected.

Seems surprising.

Anyone know the reason why ?

I believe code addresses it.

GFCI's are oriented to protecting personel from electricution(from
conductors to ground). The risks of nucience trip, vs electrical
danger is too great. No need to risk losing a whole house's smoke
detectors because of a flawed gfci.



Thanks,
Bob
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" Make certain all alarms are wired to a single, continuous (non-switched)
power
line, which is not protected by a ground fault interrupter. "



hth,

tom @ www.CarFleaMarket.com