I need to get some smoke alarms and would much prefer mains-driven ones than battery ones. Can anyone recommend a successful type, please?
TIA
Hugh
Advice on smoke alarms please
Oct 04, 2014
6 Replies
Aico are the domestic alarm of choice. Good range, reasonable price. If you want them interlinked, you'll either need a cable between them all, or use the wireless type (which still need mains power, just the interlinking is wireless)
Thanks Alan. That looks the stuff!
Hugh
And don't forget that mains operated with battery backup is better than mains only.
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They mostly seem to be so, but thanks for that.
Hugh
I like the Ei series 160:
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There's also a CO alarm and a remote switch which is worth having if you have any number interlinked or have high ceilings:
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I would say get circular ones - if you get square ones it's fiddly to line them up parallel to the walls.
Owain
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