Wireless or remote warning smoke alarm

Clivey In Space on 12/02/2016 - 22:40

My home office is well insulated and nothing can be heard from the adjoining house, including smoke alarms.

Are there smoke alarms which can be connected to a base station or something that also goes off when the smoke alarm goes off?

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  • Randxyz123 on 12/02/2016 - 23:08
    +2

    My smoke alarms are connected to my house alarm which is back to base.

    So if they go off I get a call and I have to verify everything is ok.

    Maybe you can do something like that. It doesn't need to be back to base but the main keypad could be in your kitchen or near the front door and you would be able to tell it's going off from that. It'll have to be all wired in though.

    • Clivey In Space on 13/02/2016 - 07:19

      Thanks Knick007, will check that out.

  • Davo1111 on 13/02/2016 - 03:14
    +1

    Smoke alarms can be hardwired in and joined (without an alarm system). But you'd need to run a cable.

    We have one upstairs and downstairs. When one goes off, it triggers the other.

    A while ago, one broke so we replaced it with a different brand. It still works fine, but a different "tune"

  • Clivey In Space on 13/02/2016 - 07:21

    Where does one go to see and chat about hard-wired smoke alarms as I've never seen them in retail stores when shopping for battery operated ones.

  • Mad Max on 13/02/2016 - 10:49

    Hard wired smoke alarms are all connected together and all go off if one of them is triggered. I do not like them because they are all connected to the 240v power and they all have a transformer and a rechargeable battery inside for when the power goes off. If you have one in each room this introduces a lot of potential fire risk in your house. I prefer the stand alone ones powered by a 9v battery. You just need to replace the battery every year.

  • RobMel on 13/02/2016 - 11:41
    +1

    Got a Nest smoke and CO alarm, very happy with it.
    Alerts you on your mobile anywhere.

    • Clivey In Space on 13/02/2016 - 12:46

      Just checked them out and they look great. Where did you get yours from?

  • SlartiBartFozz on 13/02/2016 - 20:41
    +1

    Nest(US/UK) and Cavius(NZ), and a few other brilliant overseas smoke detectors are decades ahead of anything yet available in Australia, however there is a problem with importing them, beyond just the cost, warranty and voltage (if hardwired), they aren't compliant.

    The NCC/BCA requires all homes in Australia have smoke detectors that are compliant to the standard, AS 3786. That includes them being interconnected, hard-wired in most cases and specifies the placement of them (typically one outside each bedroom door, and per level of the home).
    Your insurance company will also require your compliant smoke detectors as well.
    The mains-powered ones could be used in addition to minimum needs, but not as part of a building code compliant system.

    Provided you already have compliant hard-wired, interconnected alarms, you could leave them there and supplement with battery versions of these very cool devices.

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