I have found that most local dollar stores carry a large line of smoke alarms. They will also have the tools and batteries you will need to install them. Remember to check your batteries once a month.
How many tyeps of smoke alarms can you buy?
Big home retailers, such as Home Depot or Lowes, carry wireless smoke alarms at a variety of price points. Wireless smoke alarms can also be found online at www.amazon.com/.
advantages:They save lives, they are cheap, easy to fit , reliable disadvantages: Radioactive material( in ionising smoke alarms which releases alpha particles) nucience alarms ( when the alarm goes of because of cooking or burnt toast)
it depends on the brand that you buy, but smoke alarms can vary from about $60 to $100. but what ever the price, smoke alarms are a live saving and mostly compulsury, so you should get one for the safety of your family.
To find cheap wireless smoke alarms is very easy withought even getting a plan from a service you can just go to any regular retail store like target,walmart, etc and go to home goods sections should be there.
there is ten types of smoke alarms that you can find
The "ionizing" type of smoke alarms uses Americium.
federal law requires that smoke alarms need to be in every home
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.