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X10 Compatible Smoke Detectors ?
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Anyone know of any X10 compatible smoke detectors for residential use ? If so, brands, etc. ? Thanks, Bob |
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Robert11 wrote:
Hello: Anyone know of any X10 compatible smoke detectors for residential use ? If so, brands, etc. ? Thanks, Bob Have you checked at www.smarthome.com They seem to have just about anything X10. -- Joseph Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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Bob, IMHO: X10 is a cheesy budget wireless technology, hardly something I'd
want to depend on for something as important as your family's lives. Do yourself a favor and hard wire your smokes. Even if you can't link them together via three conductor romex, install them independently on 120 volt with battery backup "Robert11" wrote in message ... Hello: Anyone know of any X10 compatible smoke detectors for residential use ? If so, brands, etc. ? Thanks, Bob |
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Robert11 wrote:
Anyone know of any X10 compatible smoke detectors for residential use X.10 is an unsupervised protocol, and I wouldn't use it for any life safety critical applications. |
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"Travis Jordan" wrote in message ... Robert11 wrote: Anyone know of any X10 compatible smoke detectors for residential use X.10 is an unsupervised protocol, and I wouldn't use it for any life safety critical applications. It is also prone to false signals |
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Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"Travis Jordan" wrote in message X.10 is an unsupervised protocol, and I wouldn't use it for any life safety critical applications. It is also prone to false signals A false postive might be annoying, but it wouldn't be dangerous. OTOH a system with the lack of a relaible means of determining whether a smoke detector signal was sent / received could be fatal. |
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"Travis Jordan" wrote in message It is also prone to false signals A false postive might be annoying, but it wouldn't be dangerous. OTOH a system with the lack of a relaible means of determining whether a smoke detector signal was sent / received could be fatal. Actually, it is dangerous. Ask any fireman about battery smoke detectors that are too sensitive. People take the batteries out and they don't bother them any more. Later, the firemen get to put the fire out and sometimes take out bodies. If an X-10 trips too much, good chance it will get disabled for the shame reason. A fellow at work just a couple of weeks ago told me he disconnected his CO detector because it went off too much. Weeks later, he was complaining of illness, sleepiness, etc. I suggested he check it out. Well, you can figure the rest of the story. |
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Subject: X10 Compatible Smoke Detectors ?
Newsgroup: alt.home.repair = Robert11 = wrote: Anyone know of any X10 compatible smoke detectors for residential use ? Don't use those. -- -Graham Remove the 'snails' from my email |
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