By connecting smoke alarms together, triggering one will trigger the others, resulting in a better chance that everyone in the house will hear them going off and get out safely.
There are no good alternatives to having smoke alarms in your house. A good supplement to the smoke detector, however, would be a Carbon Monoxide alarm.
Cheap and effective when maintained properly. Smoke detectors will run out of battery over time as they are not wired in to the houses electrical system. Statistics show that far fewer people die in house fires when smoke alarms are present. When the smoke alarms are placed to close to bathrooms steam may interfere with the detector, triggering false alarms. Ionization detectors seem to respond better with high flames which could be a problem under certain circumstances.
The "ionizing" type of smoke alarms uses Americium.
there is ten types of smoke alarms that you can find
federal law requires that smoke alarms need to be in every home
How many tyeps of smoke alarms can you buy?
You can find photoelectric smoke alarms at a hme improvement store. You should visit www.menards.com for more information on photoelectric smoke alarms.
Photoelectric smoke alarms are also called optical alarms. They are more expensive than regular alarms. They are also more accurate and less likely to go off unnecessarily.
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You should have a photo-electric smoke alarm in your house because they react more quickly to smoldering fire byproducts than most ionizing type smoke alarms. Having ANY type of smoke alarm is better than none, provided it has the necessary batteries and maintenance to actually work during a fire.
Smoke alarms are not a bad idea, i recommend them highly - they could save your life
Yes, of course you should install smoke alarms in the new home you are building. Smoke alarms should be in every home , old and new.