Re: Kitchen LV smoke with Hush button or Heat Detector?

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

DH Illinois wrote:
> My house is currently equipped with 120 VAC interconnected smokes.  I
> am aware that I cannot incorporate them into my DSC panel because they
> will not work during AC outage.
>
> I plan to replace them.
>
> A smoke detector is currenly adjacent to the kitchen, about 5 feet from
> a wall oven.  There is a 10 foot cieling, and there are frequent
> falses.  The smoke alarm is equipped with a hush button so there is no
> problem.
>
> Question:  is there a LV smoke available with a hush button?
>
> would a Heat detector be more appropriate?  What is the likelihood of
> falses caused by cooking with a heat detector?
>
> Also,  I plan to install a heat detector in the basement near the gas
> HW heater and boiler.  Can the kitchen HD and basement be on the same
> zone, or should they be separate?
>
> I understand from other posts that HD and Smokes should be on different
> zones.  Is this accurate?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>


I hope you aren't intending to use the existing wiring when you replace
the 110 smokes with low voltage ones.

The wiring itself isn't as much of an issue as identifying and isolating
the circuit.  Around here the smokes are often in circuit with some
lights so there is some obvious indication in the event of a tripped
circuit breaker.

Check with your plumber and heating guys and I would bet that you could
put a smoke detector in your mechanical area.

I would replace the smoke in the kitchen area with a heat detector.  If
that smoke is meant to cover a bedroom door then you can just place the
low voltage smoke on the other side of the door or in another location
that will still be in proximity of the bedroom but farther away from the
kitchen.

When I bought my own house it only had smokes outside of each sleeping
area (one outside the master bedroom and one outside the other two
bedrooms).  I fished the wires and put up low voltage smokes in and out
of every bedroom and added one in the basement.

I replaced the 110 smokes with sconce lights and used 25 watt bulbs.
Now I have night lights outside of the bedrooms.

Seriously, if your fire protection isn't what it should be then please
get on it.  If the replacement project is going to leave you without
fire protection over the course of one or more nights then do not allow
anyone to sleep in the house until that protection is back.

Good luck