JSB Firedex FXN521 Smoke Detector IonisationJSB detectors and bases have been ... more
specificallydesigned to operate with JSB fire panels. Theyincorporate a number of features such as heavy dutyterminals to maximise installation versatility andminimise in...
Advantages: These do save lives. Disadvantages: £20 ish - Same as a night out? Hair-do? Exactly!
OK, This review is on smoke alarms, this is the point where you stop reading, there is nothing interesting in these reviews, and something automatically stops you reading. Someone's kids will die this Christmas, makes you think doesn't it?
These ones by Aico, The company sounds Japanese, but actually they are from Shropshire. These alarms have all the advantages of a battery model, but are mains powered. These are also known as Hard wired smokedetectors. They are also fitted with a lithium battery as a back up, and this trickle charges from the mains, so you will never have to replace it.
There are different types of detector, these are of the ionisation variety, but that does not concern us. Just accept that they are suited for fast flaming fires, and that the vast majority of smoke alarms in the home are of this type ...
Advantages: No need to keep replacing batteries Disadvantages: You need a suitable light fitting in the right place.
larger particles of smoke produced by slow-burning fires, such as smouldering foam-filled upholstery and overheated PVC wiring. They are marginally less sensitive to free burning flaming fires.
Alternatively there are combined smokedetectors on the market.
It all sounded quite complicated to me and it would appear that to be fully safe you should either get one of each or a combined alarm.
I was happy enough to have two the only problem being that I didn't want too many things fixed to the ceiling so I was quite pleased when I saw a Fire Angel Plug-in Smoke Alarm in a catalogue.
About the Fire Angel Plug-in Smoke Alarm
Basically this is an Ionisation Alarm that fits into a standard light fitting without any need for DIY skills. If you can change a light bulb you can fit one of these. It fits standard bayonet light ...
Advantages: Self contained. Cheap, Very reliable. Disadvantages: Battery can be removed in some models.
I am talking about smoke alarms. If you don't have one, please don't stop reading, just ask yourself why not? Go on, I defy you to justify it! Still reading? - Good.
Firstly just let me say that as a thirty year Fireman, I have seen the result of people not having smoke alarms, and will have those memories forever.
Until fairly recently, they were not readily available, but that is not the case now. If you go to any local superstore, you will find them for just a few pounds, and fitting is a doddle. They are small, flat to the ceiling, and white so they do blend in. Still trying to find an excuse? OK then, you will find that a great number of Fire Services now provide and fit them completely free of charge! All you have to do is ring them to find out.
Ideally you should have one per floor, but if you only have one it should ...
