Wireless Smoke Detectors

[alex3610]

My house was built in 1986 and only had a single hard wired detector in the upstairs hall (all bedrooms are off that hall) and then a battery operated unit downstairs in the middle of the house. I'd like to add a bunch and really want them to be interconnected. A wireless system would obviously be way easier than trying to rewire half the house.

My thought is one in the crawl space, one in the attic, each bedroom, upstairs hall and then the one downstairs. I'm still researching to see what I can do in the garage that won't constantly give off false positives.

Anyone done this yet? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Have u tried google?

Found this in 1 sec.

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-Batt...er-Connectable-Smoke-Alarm-RF-SM-DC/100655041

Also know that nest makes a wireless smoke detector but its pricey:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XV1RCRY/ref=dp_ob_neva_mobile

 

[rebelranger]

Get kidde interconnected battery ones. Interconnected means one goes off they all go off. I've installed them throughout my house.

 

[dw1]

Have u tried google?

Found this in 1 sec.

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-Batt...er-Connectable-Smoke-Alarm-RF-SM-DC/100655041

Also know that nest makes a wireless smoke detector but its pricey:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XV1RCRY/ref=dp_ob_neva_mobile

Good thing about the Nest, you can set up your smart phone and have it send an alert if your smoke detector goes off (If you are not home or like mine, a mile down the road from where I live) then I can look with the cameras and see what is going on, but it is $99

 

[Todd.Brock]

If you are going the Nest Route, I believe they are 75 bucks at Sams Club. Not that it makes them affordable!!

 

[alex3610]

The Nest is pretty interesting. Expensive yes, but with a little one now a lot of my spending priorities have changed. Thanks for the tips guys.

 

[justsam]

I use one Nest Protect in each of my structures, which is a detached shop, a detached guest house and my main home. There are also wired interconnected non Nest detectors. The main house is on a professionally monitored system, but I also have the Nest App to alert me. I just use the Nest App to alert me for the other structures.

Nest uses their own wireless protocol for communication amongst devices, they do not use WiFi. They also do self testing including their sounders if you set them up to do so. They are a bit costly but keep in mind they are also CO detectors and will voice announce what type of fault has occurred.

 

[PedroPena]

I think that a wireless system is the best choice for your home. I also had one.

 

[terabitdan]

Check out halo smartlabs dot com. Better features than the Nest in my opinion, uses ziggbee or a WiFi based app. Unlike nest, it will integrate with Smartthings or other home automation solutions. They have 6 different sensors in each.

They use more sensors to intelligently determine if there is a real fire or your burning the toast. For example, smoke without increased temp and CO gives a warning, since you can’t have fire without heat.

There’s also a weather detector, it will alert with the sudden loss of atmospheric pressure from a tornado, or flood alerts. You decide what alerts are announced.

Unfortunately it’s wired only.

Code requires wired interconnects if you do any home renovations. We had to add 7 of them for our garage to room conversion even though the alarm has wireless interconnected smoke detectors.


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