Re: Rechargeable Smoke Alarm Batteries?

[Marc F Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:35:59 GMT, #DavidB6061#@sbcglobal.net (DavidB) wrote in
message  <432c4529.438702842@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>My Smoke & CO2 Detectors are not connected to an alarm system and I am
>tired of changing batteries. Since the alarms have A/C, couldn't the
>A/C be continually charging a backup battery in the detector? I have
>looked without success - where do I find Smoke/CO2 Detectors with
>rechargable battery backups; do they make such a thing?

When I pursued this a couple of years ago, I concluded that it was probably
not code-compliant in US. The suppliers I learned about for this sort of gizmo
were in UK.

HTH ... Marc
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