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smoke & heat detectors interlinked with co detector neccesarry?

Hi Guys 

My customer recently recieved a letter from St Andrews university regarding her property (a 2 bedroom ground floor flat) which is used for student accopmodation. My understamding is that a smoke detector in the hallway interlinked with a heat detector in the kitchen along with a standalone co detector would comply with current legislation ,however the letter stated "all alarms should be interlinked" .  I don't think the co detector needs to be interlinked  to the smokes . Look forward to hearing any of your opinions regarding this. thanks

p.s.  portion of letter attached
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  • If you interlink the smoke, heat and CO alarms you also need to fit a controller so you can identify which alarm is setting the system off.



    On the system I have at home - all interlinked - if the CO detector triggers then all sound, but a different sound than if the smokes trigger. So it should be possible to identify which (type) of detector has set things off without any controller.


      - Andy.
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  • If you interlink the smoke, heat and CO alarms you also need to fit a controller so you can identify which alarm is setting the system off.



    On the system I have at home - all interlinked - if the CO detector triggers then all sound, but a different sound than if the smokes trigger. So it should be possible to identify which (type) of detector has set things off without any controller.


      - Andy.
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