Things that make you frown :(

If they get rid of DST think of how many smoke inhalation deaths there will be!

I spent the weekend in AZ and honestly, it was really nice not having to deal with the time change.
 
zmartene said:
We replaced all our smoke detectors with Simplisafe smart CO + Smoke detectors. I second the above sentiments about low battery notifications.
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are these connected to each other as well? (as in the basement alarm goes off it triggers the one by the second floor bedrooms)
 
shrpshtr325 said:
are these connected to each other as well? (as in the basement alarm goes off it triggers the one by the second floor bedrooms)
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They trigger the house alarm, which is somewhat annoying - especially when it's just triggered by dust from sanding for a basement renovation (oops) - but a voice in the alarm (and the app on my phone) tell me which one got triggered and whether it's smoke or CO.
 
shrpshtr325 said:
are these connected to each other as well? (as in the basement alarm goes off it triggers the one by the second floor bedrooms)
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In our last house we put in Google's nest smoke/CO detectors. They only need to have 110 volt power power source, so I just cut it the interconnection wire. They all connected together with their own network, as well as connected to the Wi-Fi. So even if the Wi-Fi was down, one alarm still triggered all the alarms.

In our current house we had dumb KIDDE brand interconnected alarms. And there's at least ten alarms in this house so I only started replacing the ones that were nearing the 10 year mark with the smart KIDDE version. They all use the interconnection wire as well as the supply voltage so the smart ones are a simple swap with the dumb ones. They also connect to Wi-Fi. If any trigger they all go off, if a smart one triggers the app will say which one went off. If a dumb one triggers, the app will say an unknown location.

This is the KIDDE app, basement is offline because I have it disconnected at the moment. The garage is smoke/CO and the rest are smoke/CO and indoor air quality.Screenshot_20250311_195327_Kidde.jpg
 
Mahnken said:
In our last house we put in Google's nest smoke/CO detectors. They only need to have 110 volt power power source, so I just cut it the interconnection wire. They all connected together with their own network, as well as connected to the Wi-Fi. So even if the Wi-Fi was down, one alarm still triggered all the alarms.

In our current house we had dumb KIDDE brand interconnected alarms. And there's at least ten alarms in this house so I only started replacing the ones that were nearing the 10 year mark with the smart KIDDE version. They all use the interconnection wire as well as the supply voltage so the smart ones are a simple swap with the dumb ones. They also connect to Wi-Fi. If any trigger they all go off, if a smart one triggers the app will say which one went off. If a dumb one triggers, the app will say an unknown location.

This is the KIDDE app, basement is offline because I have it disconnected at the moment. The garage is smoke/CO and the rest are smoke/CO and indoor air quality.View attachment 257134
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Good intel, thanks!

we currently have the first alert wireless interconnected ones, fully battery powered which is nice bc i dont have to cut holes in the 100+ year old plaster in this house, but always looking for something better (in this case the app with low battery warning before they go off at 2am waking everyone up)
 
From what I've read, don't buy the Google/Nest battery powered ones. They use a weird battery and can't deal with the voltage going low so the life of the battery is extremely short. I almost made that mistake. 120VAC units are OK.
 
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