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Does BS 5839-6 or is there a product standard for UK smoke/heat/multi sensor alarm that covers the following?

Sergio Fernandez

Does BS 5839-6 or is there a product standard for UK smoke/heat/multi sensor alarm that covers the following?


Smoke or heat or multi sensor alarm that would be specification suitable of an average UK house for a not frequently visited loft? (An unoccupied loft space/uninhabited space)
I assume that a multi sensor alarm would be the recommended to the limit the amount of false alarms.



Main points to consider and that SHOULD be included in the product standard



- Interlinking


- Dusty environment possibly thus dust suppression would be a must


- An operating temperature range in excess of -15 to 55°C

 - Remote Hush/Test button or facility



It would need to cover the following variants
Mains power only
Mains powered with battery backup up sealed
Mains powered with battery backup up user replaceable battery

Battery powered sealed
Battery powered user replaceable battery




As always please be polite and respectful in this purely academic debate.

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  • Gel Jones said:

    BS5839, Pt6 is NOT a product standard, rather a code of practice, referenced in the Building Regs. Smoke, Heat + CO alarms

    have their own product standards.

    Yes, but it's worth remembering that BS 5839-6 actually makes the recommendation for the use of such a detector in this situation ...

    The environment can be an issue for the detector in a dusty loft (wouldn't like to put one in mine, 1930s house with lime mortar dust everywhere)

    Also where we talking about the Category of the system, the Category becomes "confused" where the original system is a Category LD3 system, if you then interlink a detector in a loft, it's no longer an LD3 system ... but it's not fully an LD2 system either. BS 5839-6 does not really tell us what Category the system is now (even though it's made the recommendation) !

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  • Gel Jones said:

    BS5839, Pt6 is NOT a product standard, rather a code of practice, referenced in the Building Regs. Smoke, Heat + CO alarms

    have their own product standards.

    Yes, but it's worth remembering that BS 5839-6 actually makes the recommendation for the use of such a detector in this situation ...

    The environment can be an issue for the detector in a dusty loft (wouldn't like to put one in mine, 1930s house with lime mortar dust everywhere)

    Also where we talking about the Category of the system, the Category becomes "confused" where the original system is a Category LD3 system, if you then interlink a detector in a loft, it's no longer an LD3 system ... but it's not fully an LD2 system either. BS 5839-6 does not really tell us what Category the system is now (even though it's made the recommendation) !

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