Re: Pricing on Ademco Smokes

["Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Frank Olson said:
>
>>> As for just testing the smokes with canned smoke... The NFPA suggests
>>> replacing all Smokes at 10 years. Earlier if they are the "First
>>> Generation"
>>
>>The section of the NFPA you're referring to concerns unsupervised AC smoke
>>alarms, not system supervised smoke detectors.
>
> In this particular case, you're mistaken.  The 5806 smokes are UL listed
> as
> single station smoke alarms, just like the battery-operated smokes you'd
> buy at Home Depot.

Incorrect. http://www.ademcoint.com/pdfs/ademco/5806ii.pdf



> They just happen to have a wireless transmitter inside.

They're designated "system smoke detectors" and are designed to function
with a listed control panel (in this instance "QED control panels only").


> So, NFPA 72's requirement to replace "smoke alarms" every ten years does
> seem to apply in this case.  These are not system smokes, and as I recall,
> there is no simple way to do sensitivity testing on them.

If you look at the last page of the Ademco installation manual they
"suggest" replacement after ten (10) years.  The unit's actually designed to
function for 20 (or more)...  Replace the battery, *maintain* and *test* the
unit on a regular basis and you'll be fine!!!