2007-03-15 03:18:56 · 6 answers · asked by Loopy lass 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you are retrofitting the easiest to install are the portable ones that run off a 9 volt battery. The battery will last for over one year. I change the batteries in ours every spring when daylight saving time rolls around. If you have a gas or oil fired furnace it is also a good idea to install a carbon monoxide detector in the furnace room in case something goes wrong with the burner. Our CO detector plugs into a wall receptacle.
Where we live smoke detectors are mandatory.
2007-03-15 03:37:18 · answer #1 · answered by frozen 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The standard battery operated are the cheapest and easiest to install. I would suggest these because they are the most cost-effective. Many also come with a hush-button option which is good for cooking and high steam/heat areas i.e. bathrooms.The hush-button silences the alarm and saves you the pain of taking the detector down every time you burn something or take a hot shower.
2007-03-15 05:48:18 · answer #2 · answered by Rico 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Americans buy the Surgeon Generals "smoke" alarm report. He says Don't do it!
2007-03-15 03:36:23 · answer #3 · answered by me2u 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are three types of "alarms". The first is smoke alarms which detect the presence of smoke. Fire alarms which are heat detectors and then there are smoke and fire alarms, which combine both. I would recommend a smoke and fire alarm.
2007-03-16 17:30:32 · answer #4 · answered by Ben D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my training at a service for the disabled in group homes...
what we leanred is that there are two kinds of fire detectors.
The old style ones are cheap- and they don't go off in 30% !!!!!!!!!! of fires.
The label on this kind actaully says that it MAY NOT WORK in times of fire.
The otehr kind goes by laser, and it senses bigger-than-average particles in the air, and goes off for that reason.
These are used by the agency for the disabled.
They are more expensive,
'but they are thougth to go off 99% percent of time, as opposed to 70%.
I think that's the best I can do.
Good luck!
2007-03-15 03:41:20 · answer #5 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have some that are hooked right into my electrical system
that way if i have wire burning it will go off long before there is smoke in the house
i also have the portable ones as well
2007-03-15 03:26:53 · answer #6 · answered by elite_women_rule_the_rock 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋