Smoke Alarms

* Smoke Alarm alert, time to think! about Death! .

Advantages: These do save lives.
Disadvantages: £20 ish - Same as a night out? Hair-do? Exactly!

...smoke alarms by law. These Aico ones come with a 5 year guarantee which includes the rechargeable batteries. Aico is owned by Ei Electronics, and is firmly established as the first name in residential fire protection in the UK. They offer high quality, high reliability mains-powered optical smoke alarms, ionisation smoke alarms and also heat alarms Now for the price, you can buy them for less than £20 or pay £40. There are lots for sale at all ...
...but remember the cost of postage. I advise seeking a decent electrician if you are nor competent. There is the same amount of maintenance as a light fitting, you just go over it with Hoover when you clean. Testing is best done once a week, which means simply pressing a button. You may want to have a word with the rest of the family about a Fire Plan, this is just a simple talk about what you would all do, in the case of a fire. If you don't want ...

smudgeybabes 06.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Aico Ei151TL Ionisation Smoke Detector

A SMALL PRICE TO SAVE YOUR LIFE

Advantages: SAVES LIVES IN CASE OF FIRE
Disadvantages: NONE

Our local Fire Department (Avon Fire and Rescue) is currently (February 2008) doing free home fire safety visits, to discuss fire prevention, free supply and installation of fire alarms, and advice as to what to do if there is a fire in the home. They have supplied and fitted two fire alarms (for free), the Ei 100TYC Ionisation smoke alarm with lithium 10 year batteries, which this review will be about, and considering they are supplied by the fire ...
...In view of the fact that fire is a serious thing, and if by reading this review, it saves just one life, then my job has been done effectively. I will therefore split this review into two parts. Firstly, general information about fire and what to do if you encounter one, and secondly, about the smoke alarm itself. Like I have said already, our local Fire Department visited us with three fire personnel (two males in uniform and one female in uniform ...

JAVER1967 20.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Aico Ei100TYC Smoke Alarm

East fit smoke alarm

Advantages: No need to keep replacing batteries
Disadvantages: You need a suitable light fitting in the right place.

...basic systems according to the Fire Service: •Ionisation: These are the cheapest and cost very little to purchase. They are very sensitive to small particles of smoke produced by flaming fires, such as chip pans, and will detect this type of fire before the smoke gets too thick. They are marginally less sensitive to slow burning and smouldering fires which give off larger quantities of smoke before flaming occurs. •Optical: These are more expensive ...
...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 fittings and it needs to be in some form of 'open' lamp shade either an uplighter or standard type but it will not work in 'globe' type ...

laramax 15.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fire Angel Plug-in Smoke Alarm

Remember it is illegal just to bin your FireAngel

Advantages: Great concept
Disadvantages: Poor (rechargeable) battery life; does not fit some shades; cannot silence it

The Fire Angel PS-101 is a brilliant idea, but does tend to give problems after some use. I installed two in 2002, but within 4 years one of them was giving full-volume beeps although adequately recharged - and the only way to silence was with a hammer. Bought a replacement (pair!). The other one failed after 6 years of use. Also, the 10-year warranty is VERY limited: not only do you have to send the device to them at your cost (and with proof of ...

heraldstar 15.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Fire Angel Plug-in Smoke Alarm

The Hidden Danger of the Innocent Snow Globe

Advantages: Get a smoke detector and look after it!
Disadvantages: Fire kills!

...emphasised the importance of having smoke detectors. My daughter celebrated her 10th birthday last week and, as usual, she likes to lay all her gifts out on "display" for a week or so for everyone to see. She got many lovely items - a big beauty bag with curling tongs, brushes, many hair accessories and a beautiful snow globe to name but a few. The kids were out playing on Monday as it was such a beautiful warm, sunny, autumn afternoon so I was ...
...see what I thought was smoke coming from the bag with the hair accessories, but I just carried on thinking it was just they way the sun was shining, but when I came back through the smoke was getting worse. I quickly grabbed the bag and looked inside but everything seemed ok. I noticed on the outside of the bag there was a big black scorch mark and then realised what had happened. the snow globe had been sitting in front of the bag and the strong ...

lel1969 13.09.2007 · Read full review
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