Smoke Detectors
A smoke detector in your home can be one of the best, and cheapest, safety features you can add to your home. A standard smoke detector can often be found for less than $10 and they are credited with saving thousands of lives every year. Smoke detectors should be placed on every floor in your home to ensure adequate coverage.
Typically, smoke detectors have two standard parts that they are made up of; a sensor, or detector, which identifies smoke, and an electronic horn that emits a loud blast to alert residents. Photoelectric detectors and ionization detectors are the two main types of smoke detectors available on the market and are usually equipped to be powered by either a battery or from the house current.
Photoelectric detectors often have miniature cameras as well that are used to detect fire.
It'll work better than your nose - learn more about choosing the correct smoke detector by reading the articles below.
Smoke Detector Tips
Quick: what's the difference between an ionization smoke detector and a photoelectric smoke detector? If you don't know the answer to that, brush up on your knowledge with our simple collection of smoke detector tips. Some of this information might just save your life.
How Do Smoke Detectors Work?
Some smoke detectors use electric currents and others use light beams. Some are battery powered, others can shout at your children. If you're wondering how smoke detectors work, you've come to the right place. This is one occasion where curiosity might just save the cat.