Wireless Interlinked Smoke and Heat Alarm Scotland Bundle with 10 Year Battery Life, EN14604, CE Certified, Fire Alarms Scotland Interlinked, Low-Battery Alert, Pre Linked. 3 Pack

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If you buy a battery-powered smoke alarm (rather than a mains-powered one), you'll need to decide whether you want one with a replaceable 9V battery, or sealed fixed-life battery As of February 2022, the Nest protect smoke and CO alarm no longer meet the requirements of the new Scottish alarm laws. This is because, while it can be linked to other Nest alarms, it has no way of detecting heat rises or of being linked to another heat alarm. Easy Installation - Adhesive pads & screws are included with each alarm making installation a breeze. There is no need for special tools or to hire an electrician. Pros: Can suit dustier areas, such as lofts, the area near your bathroom or rooms where people smoke. Cutting Edge Technology – Our smoke alarms use the latest photoelectric sensor and our heat alarms utilise an ultra sensitive temperature sensor

Complaint with Scottish & English Regulations - 100% compliant with the new Scotland Regs (Feb 22) & England Regs (Oct 22). Certified to BS EN14604:2005, BS 5446-2:2003 & British Kitemark EN 50291-1 standards This could be critical if you’re out when there’s a fire. All of the smart smoke alarms we've tested are optical models.

Radio-interlinked Smoke Alarms

Heat (thermal) alarms detect heat (hot air) instead of smoke. The alarm is triggered when the temperature within the sensor chamber reaches over 58 degrees Celsius – generally when a fire is well established.

On a lighter note, Google’s data also revealed that the day when smoke alarms are most likely to sound in the UK is pancake day. Is the Nest Protect smoke and CO alarm suitable for homes in Scotland now that the law has changed? Some smart models sound an alarm on your smartphone and through the alarm itself when triggered – this is the most helpful kind of smart alarm. Their distinguishing feature is the fact that they can be linked to other alarms, both heat and smoke alarms, so that when one senses danger they all sound. In Scotland, since February 2022, interlinked smoke and heat alarms have needed to be fitted in all homes.All of the major manufacturers (Aico, FireAngel and Kidde) make smoke and heat alarms that will work in combination with one another and we have tested pairs of smoke and heat alarms from each of them.

You can put them in kitchens and garages because they’re not prone to false alarms from cooking or exhaust fumes. But they are slower to respond than smoke alarms.Now that the alarms law has changed in Scotland, you'll need to install interlinked heat and smoke alarms in your home. The latter are pricier when you buy for the first time, but you won't have to factor in the expense of replacement battery costs.

Interlinked smoke alarms will use the same optical or ionisation technology mentioned above, so, they're not a type of alarm in their own right. So if you’re out of your home and not near your phone when the messages come through, you’ll have no way of knowing the alarm was sounding.

Ionisation alarms ionise the air between two electrodes. These are positively and negatively charged, creating a small current inside the chamber. As smoke enters, the infrared light is scattered onto the photodiode light receptor, triggering an alarm. They detect the larger smoke particles from slower smouldering fires. These alarms are more sensitive to smaller particles of smoke produced by the flaming stage of fires than optical alarms, and more easily triggered by cooking – causing false alarms.