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Wireless Smoke/heat alarms with 10 year sealed battery

Gary GRAYSTON

Speaking with building control, they want mains wired interlinked smoke alarms to upper and ground floor, which i agree with, but... why cant we now install the 10 year sealed battery RF units?

As a sensor unit has a life span of 10 years and should be replaced at this point, what is the reason for not allowing the battery ones? Do the regs need updating to allow these units?

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    You cannot install them because they do not comply with the Building Regulations, one of the valid reasons is that it would not be a permanently installed alarm system and easily removed.

    www.tameside.gov.uk/.../note16.pdf

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    You can easily remove the mains linked ones as well, the head just comes off. I have been to several rentals where tenants have removed them.

    Gary

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  • 0 in reply to Sparkingchip

    You can easily remove the mains linked ones as well, the head just comes off. I have been to several rentals where tenants have removed them.

    Gary

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