smoke alarm interlink and wireless

[eganelectrical]

The building inspector wants smokes In Every habitable room! We only wired main escape routes and kitchen! We used 3 core to interlink! So we need extra smokes but ceilings plastered! Do the aico radio control smoke alarms have a termination point for a hard wired interlink cable? If so I can hard wire one and it will set the other radio controlled ones off!

 

[mickys86]

Yea I'm sure it does. Simple to install but not that cheap

 

[Mr Mark Sparks]

The radio link ones still need a feed and neutral if you went this way you could swap the bases on the other ones and have all the same

 

[Octopus]

Call Aico tech support tomorrow. they don't bite!

 

[tazz]

You`ve been caught by the dreaded loft conversion....Not a problem, fit a radio base to one of your interlinked detectors, and used radio bases in the areas you need, off local lighting circuit, all will function together

 

[ferg]

Tazz is absolutely correct just done something similar myself.

 

[eganelectrical]

Yes the damn loft conversion! That reason he wants smokes in all living rooms and bedrooms too! So will fit a radio base to the landing one! Hard wire it in and it should trigger all the other radio ones I have to stick I. The bedrooms off the lighting feeds? What's with the alarm control switch? Is this mandatory?
Thanks for replies so far

 

[tazz]

Yes building control are correct, basically you have brocken the circulation areas, or main escape route, so your choice will be fit 30min fire doors or fit a smoke in every room off the escape route to protect it, sorry what has been asked for concerning alarm control switch

 

[tazz]

In your defence tho....I do feel building control should make this point clear before works start

 

[eganelectrical]

Yes I agree they should have made this point clear!
Aico do a control switch which is also just a live neutral feed. It is used to silence and tests alarms etc. do I need this or is it just an option?

 

[tazz]

It is an option, but if using radio bases, you can used the wireless control with 10 year battery which will control the system.
Now you have me here, i know it will silence and test the detectors but i am unsure wether it will identify the detector operated on a mixed system.

 

[eganelectrical]

I read somewhere that it will identify the faulty one. Not sure how though!!

 

[PEG]

Just out of curiosity,did the original drawings have these details on or is it a retro regs issue?

 

[tazz]

Just out of curiosity,did the original drawings have these details on or is it a retro regs issue?

getting drawings theses days is like getting a Thomas The tank Engine story a bedtime......!You need them ...but there always in Fing Welsh...!

 

[telectrix]

getting drawings theses days is like getting a Thomas The tank Engine story a bedtime......!You need them ...but there always in Fing Welsh...!

so what's the welsh symbol for a smoke detector? does it look like a sheep?