Smoke Detector for hearing impaired?

Local Residential Alarm Company

Good Luck and hope they never go into alarm!!

Hi Bill,

I can't hear above 2000 HZ. Would you post back details if you find one.

-T

A month or so back I was searching for something and found a device that listened for the smoke alarm signal and then turned on to produce a loud low frequency alarm. I thought that might be good, but unfortunately I didn't book mark the page. And now I can't find it again. I found a bunch of listings that don't say what the frequency is. I don't plan to try any of those.

Bill

If one is a wealthy democrat, like Karen Hamilton, a zwave hub, zwave smoke detector and a zwave siren should do it.

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Not to hurt your feelings but the FirstAlert unit has been Discontinued!!

Please excuse me as I retreat to my safe space.

There are a few left from Amazon private sellers.

Personally, I'd grab a suitable relay, an air compressor, an electric air valve, freight train horn, get out the soldering iron and do the Micky mod.

You could call the Fire Prevention/Detection dept of the Fire Department, especially one in a big city (whether you live there or not.)

Can you giv e any clues about the site you found so I'll know if I find it.

"fire alarm repeater" doesn't work well because they already have such th>>

Well done, Bob.

" Research continued on the optimal sound and further revisions were made in the 2010 edition of NFPA 72. Low frequency 520 Hz alarms were required for single and multiple station alarms, smoke alarms not connected to a building fire alarm, where the occupants have mild to severe hearing loss. "

At first I thought this meant all alarms had to have low frequency, since they seem to say it's better, but then I wondered, How come I've been shopping quite a bit this past summer, and I never saw a word about low frequency. And what are "single and multiple station alarms"? And Bill's house doesn't have what I think they mean by a "building fire alarm". It sounds like this only applies to people in apartment buildings with a central alarm. or hotels or dormitories or something., Isn't that ridiculous, now that all theeir research has shown that low frequecies can be heard by more people (Sort of like fog horns.)

And despite your great hits and better search terms, I'm amazed but I don't find anythin Bill can actually use.

Bill, save the fire departments for later. I would call Kidde**, FirstAlert, and Wheelock, and smaller companies if they won't help, and ask them what they sell that will either listen for your alarm or be a whole alarm in one piece. How could they ignore this market? Especially as the large number of us baby-boomers go deaf.

For example, what about people staying in a motel or hotel that's not been retrofitted to meet the standard in the first link above, which I bet is most of them. Just like they used to sell little easy-to-use hotel door locks that people brought with them when they didn't trust the lock that's there, you'd think they'd sell portable smoke alarms for (half-deaf) travelers who think they won't hear the one the hotel has.

Suggst this to them.

In 1971 I stayed one night in a little town on the Nicaraguan border with Panama, and there had been a power failure in the town, and so the town movie had been cancelled and the halls of the little hotel had candles in glass holders every 10 or 15 feet. I wondered whether there would be a fire, but there wasn't.

One of the hits here looks good,

The First Alert SA521CN-3ST is the hardwired model of that. They also both come with Smoke/CO versions too