Kitchen Smoke Detectors
Well just recently installed a new “Kitchen Rated” smoke detector (about 2 months ago), it is working as claimed. It is designed to have fewer false alarms, and is doing exactly that. About the only ...
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westend wrote:myredracer wrote:Universal Security Instruments smoke and fire alarms.
Never heard of a "kitchen-rated" smoke detector. I assume it's UL or NFPA approved/listed? Have a link to tech. info? What makes it different? Nothing comes up on a google search that I can find.
Thx. for the link. The info. in that link refers to "rate of rise" which is normally related to heat/thermal detectors which are either rate of rise or fixed temperature types. A rate of rise type is triggered by temp. quickly rising above a set rate. I wonder if the kitchen-rated detector is simply a combination of standard heat and smoke detector technology and there's nothing new or unique about the smoke detection part? It does make a reference to a UL standard. Reason I'm curious is I used to design FA systems.
I also have to wonder what the regulations/code say about when and where you can use one? I wouldn't think you could just re & Re your old standard smoke alarm with a kitchen-rated one?
