Re: Smoke Det. Search

["Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> This is kind of a unusual situation.
>
> I am being asked to install a fire alarm system in a 3 story motel.
> The owner is requesting that the smokes in each room only alert in
> that room only but be auto-reset rather than system reset.

That is not really an unusual situation at all.  Motels and hotels
are often required to do it that way.  Individual room detectors are
"local" and self-restoring.  That way if a guest triggers one with
hair spray, cidgar smoke or whatever the whole place doesn't get
evacuated.

> I initially thought that would be possible but once I started the
> search for such a detector I started to hit walls.  I would rather
> not have to install 115v smokes into this project if I don't have
> to.

The problem you face is that low voltage smoke detectors have to be
connected to a FACP and the panel will go into alarm (alerting all
guests or at least those on certain floors in a high rise) if a smoke
zone goes into alarm.  There may be a FACP that can do what you ask
but self-restoring, system connected smokes are another matter.

> Thoughts or suggestions gracefully accepted.
>
> Have a good weekend all.

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Merry Christmas,
Robert L Bass

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