Standalone smoke detectors are fine in mobile homes and other small
installations where one or two will do the job. We have a two family home (my
daughter has the other wing) and we have 9 units. We would want to be informed
if aa fire broke out on her side of the house.
“Trying” another brand is a shakey solution when replacing the system would
cost a couple of grand with no guarantee of return if it didn’t work.
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
> On Jul 28, 2018, at 7:17 PM, Randy Standke <r55stan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Another possible solution to RF sensitive smoke detectors are the newer 10
> year battery smoke detectors now available. Even if you had wired smoke
> detectors. Just install the new detectors in the same location to cover the
> electrical box. This avoids the problem with susceptibility to the RF on the
> wiring since there is no wiring connected to these detectors. I also
> understand that the sensors degrade over time. With these 10 year detectors
> you toss the whole thing in 10 years. I recently volunteered with the Red
> Cross to install smoke detectors in a mobile home community. We only used
> the 10 year battery models. Some homes had really old wired detectors. The
> advice was if they are more than 10 years old replace them. So we did, right
> over the old electrical box. I have two from Kidde in my house. 1500 Watts
> into roof mounted antennas doesn't bother them.
>
> Randy
> KQ6RS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RFI <rfi-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of NA6MB Mike
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 3:54 PM
> To: john@kk9a.com
> Cc: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Smoke Detectors Beeping
>
> Poor design is almost always the problem when it’s the only thing with a
> problem.
> I have old co2 detectors that beeped.
> Replaced with quality brand an now all is ok.
>
> Mike
> NA6MB
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jul 28, 2018, at 9:56 AM, <john@kk9a.com> <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
>>
>> The original poster did not say if it is a wired, multiple wired
>> linked detectors or a battery unit but I am guessing that it is not a
>> battery type.
>> Trying a different brand may be interesting.
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>> Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com Sat Jul 28 12:03:04 EDT 2018
>>
>>> On 7/28/2018 6:43 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
>>> It is likely that the majority of the problem is feedline radiation.
>>
>> While it is likely a PART of the problem, the greatest part of the
>> problem is the wiring issues and poor design of the detector.
>>
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