>>I have 1 hard wired Kiddie unit that also talks wirelessly to 9 battery
>>operated detectors. These units have given me no issues.
Are all the units Kidde?
Stan, K4SBZ
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> 4. Re: RFI With Smoke Detectors (Richard Battles)
> 5. Re: RFI With Smoke Detectors (Howard Lester)
> 6. Re: RFI With Smoke Detectors (Roger (K8RI))
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:14:07 -0500
> From: "Kenneth Goodwin" <krgoodwin@comcast.net>
> To: <rfi@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Smoke Detectors
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> Make sure the smoke detectors are installed correctly. I had similar
> problems with newly installed detectors and after the usual ferrites, etc.,
> come to find out they were not terminated properly. The end of the string
> needs to be terminated with a load which was a different wiring
> configuration scheme for the detector at the end of the chain. In Texas,
> installations done by licensed installers require that the smoke detectors
> be powered by only by the panel, e.g., battery powered detectors are not
> allowed. Ken K5RG
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 06:00:08 -0400
> From: Don Kiser <ac2ev@frontier.com>
> To: "rfi@contesting.com" <rfi@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] RFI With Smoke Detectors
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> Is replacing the units with a different manufacturer an option? They should
> be replaced every 10 years. I was having issue with 40m RFI getting into my
> CO detectors. Switched to a different brand.
>
> I have a vertical approximately 60 feet in front of the house.
>
> I have 1 hard wired Kiddie unit that also talks wirelessly to 9 battery
> operated detectors. These units have given me no issues.
>
> 73
> Don AC2EV
>
>
>> On Aug 17, 2015, at 22:05, rfi-request@contesting.com wrote:
>>
>> RFI] RFI With Smoke Detectors
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:17:29 -0400
> From: Howard Lester <howard220@gmail.com>
> To: Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
> Cc: "EDWARDS, EDDIE J" <eedwards@oppd.com>, "RFI@contesting.com"
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> Subject: Re: [RFI] RFI With Smoke Detectors
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> To clarify for others, I don't think you mean the detectors are battery
> operated. Rather, they (like mine in my hard-wired system) have batteries
> (typically 9V) used for backup power.
>
> Howard
>
>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> ??
>>
>>>> You have a somewhat unusual configuration compared to most that just
>> install battery operated, independent units.
>
>
>> Actually not. Wireless smoke detector systems are very common. If one
>> detector alerts, it alerts all detectors throughout the house. Each unit is
>> battery operated. But independent units are not installed in modern homes
>> any more.
>>
>> ?
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:42:45 -0500
> From: Richard Battles <wb4byq@gmail.com>
> To: Howard Lester <howard220@gmail.com>
> Cc: Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>, "RFI@contesting.com"
> <RFI@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] RFI With Smoke Detectors
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> Replaced the group with independent units that use batteries. the reason
> was that I noticed that the circuit board was showing signs of heat stress
> around a diode and resistor inside the unit. The security alarm system was
> upgraded to
> handle smoke detectors as well. No RFI issues.
>
>
>
>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 6:17 AM, Howard Lester <howard220@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> To clarify for others, I don't think you mean the detectors are battery
>> operated. Rather, they (like mine in my hard-wired system) have batteries
>> (typically 9V) used for backup power.
>>
>> Howard
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> ??
>>>
>>>>> You have a somewhat unusual configuration compared to most that just
>>> install battery operated, independent units.
>>
>>
>>> Actually not. Wireless smoke detector systems are very common. If one
>>> detector alerts, it alerts all detectors throughout the house. Each unit
>> is
>>> battery operated. But independent units are not installed in modern homes
>>> any more.
>>>
>>> ?
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:26:19 -0400
> From: Howard Lester <howard220@gmail.com>
> To: Group RFI <rfi@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] RFI With Smoke Detectors
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> Stan, my hardwired alarms are First Alert 9120B, Lowe's item #304196 I
> bought as a 6-pack. I have no RFI problems with them. Maybe you should
> consider switching out what you have. ? I run 100 watts 160-10 on a 140'
> long inverted-V about 30' high at the apex, and about 35' from the house. I
> also run 100 watts on 6 meters to a small antenna mounted on a 15' mast
> attached to my back deck, thus about 12' from the house.
>
> Howard N7SO
>
> ?
>
> Unfortunately, replacement is not an option. It is a two family house that
>> I built with my daughter and her husband. We have the "mother-in-law" side.
>> There are about two dozen of them wired throughout the two sides of a large
>> house with fairly new construction. I don't mind the chirping so much in my
>> shack, but the chirping over in their side is what is most of the problem.
>> The system is set up so that a fire on one side causes alarms to sound on
>> both sides.
>>
>> Stan, K4SBZ
>> ? <%28850%29%20893-5003>
>>
>> ?
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:48:34 -0400
> From: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>
> To: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] RFI With Smoke Detectors
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> I have 3 smoke detectors and 3 CO detectors.
> The CO are independent and run off 120 VAC, the smoke detectors are
> independent and battery operated. No AC connections. No RFI, 160
> through 440. I run the legal power limit 160 through 10. The house is
> under the 160 half sloper and within 60 feet on 144 and 440. the other
> antennas are 90 feet plus.
> Tribander is down, but getting ready to go back up.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>
>> On 8/18/2015 7:17 AM, Howard Lester wrote:
>> To clarify for others, I don't think you mean the detectors are battery
>> operated. Rather, they (like mine in my hard-wired system) have batteries
>> (typically 9V) used for backup power.
>>
>> Howard
>>
>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> ??
>>>
>>>>> You have a somewhat unusual configuration compared to most that just
>>> install battery operated, independent units.
>>
>>> Actually not. Wireless smoke detector systems are very common. If one
>>> detector alerts, it alerts all detectors throughout the house. Each unit is
>>> battery operated. But independent units are not installed in modern homes
>>> any more.
>>>
>>> ?
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> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:13:38 -0400
> From: Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
> To: Richard Battles <wb4byq@gmail.com>
> Cc: Howard Lester <howard220@gmail.com>, "RFI@contesting.com"
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> Subject: Re: [RFI] RFI With Smoke Detectors
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> Unfortunately, replacement is not an option. It is a two family house that I
> built with my daughter and her husband. We have the "mother-in-law" side.
> There are about two dozen of them wired throughout the two sides of a large
> house with fairly new construction. I don't mind the chirping so much in my
> shack, but the chirping over in their side is what is most of the problem.
> The system is set up so that a fire on one side causes alarms to sound on
> both sides.
>
> Stan, K4SBZ
> (850) 893-5003 (H) (850) 590-6617 (M)
>
> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
>
>> On Aug 18, 2015, at 10:42 AM, Richard Battles <wb4byq@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Replaced the group with independent units that use batteries. the reason
>> was that I noticed that the circuit board was showing signs of heat stress
>> around a diode and resistor inside the unit. The security alarm system was
>> upgraded to
>> handle smoke detectors as well. No RFI issues.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 6:17 AM, Howard Lester <howard220@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> To clarify for others, I don't think you mean the detectors are battery
>>> operated. Rather, they (like mine in my hard-wired system) have batteries
>>> (typically 9V) used for backup power.
>>>
>>> Howard
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Stan Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ??
>>>>
>>>>>> You have a somewhat unusual configuration compared to most that just
>>>> install battery operated, independent units.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Actually not. Wireless smoke detector systems are very common. If one
>>>> detector alerts, it alerts all detectors throughout the house. Each unit is
>>>> battery operated. But independent units are not installed in modern homes
>>>> any more.
>>>>
>>>> ?
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