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Tarfumes.com - BRK Brands 7010B Hardwire Smoke Alarm with Photoelectric Sensor and Battery Backup
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List Price: $34.99
Our Price: $25.00
Your Save: $ 9.99 ( 29% )
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Manufacturer: BRK Brands
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Binding: Tools & Hardware
Brand: BRK Brands
EAN: 0029054112019
Feature: 120-volt hardwire smoke alarm with photoelectric sensor and battery backup
Label: BRK Brands
Manufacturer: BRK Brands
Model: 7010B
Publisher: BRK Brands
Release Date: 2007-05-02
Studio: BRK Brands
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Features
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120-volt hardwire smoke alarm with photoelectric sensor and battery backup
Features convenient silence/test button, dust cover, 85-decibel alarm
Alarm indicator identifies which unit triggered alarm
Inter-connectable with BRK and First Alert hardwired smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
9-volt battery included; 10-year limited warranty
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Editorial Reviews:
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Features include: Photoelectric sensor, which is more effective at detecting smoldering fires, that smolder for hours before bursting into flame. 120V VAC inter-connectable (with maximum 18 compatible devices). The alarm can be interconnected with up to 1
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Most bang for your buck
Comment: If you need to mount a fire/smoke detector in a hallway, near a bathroom, than this is the detector for you. I've had zero false alarms. The price was lower than most other detectors. It seems to be working well.
-J19
Customer Rating:
Summary: This alarm does mostly everything right
Comment: Spoke to tech support. Suggested that it would be nice to have a switch so that you could run this smoke alarm as an AC only, in case:
1.) the battery is low, you don't have a 9V battery on hand, and it starts to chirp at 3 AM in the morning, in which case, you'd have to:
a.) shut off power at the circuit breaker box (...and who knows what else this will shut off, if you're not on top of this...)
b.) remove the battery
c.) press and hold the Test button for 10 seconds to discharge the branch circuit . . . or
2.) you're not extremely concerned about the added safety of battery backup, but would still like to have this as an option, in case you change your mind
As long as the AC power is on, this unit will chirp, if the battery is low, or if it has been removed.
It appears that to avoid any headaches, one has to change the battery at least annually - ok - combine this with doing the necessary annual maintenance (dusting with compressed air).
One might be able to save some money with the 10-year (shelf life) battery (actual life 3 to 5 years), but in my opinion, chances are that it will die at 3 AM in the morning.
For no headaches, and having the battery backup option, it appears that you cannot get around having to replace the 9V battery annually . . . and this is not a bad thing . . . !
Reason: Besides the battery, smoke alarms need maintenance - like compressed air used on them at least annually, especially on the sensor . . . I didn't know that . . . I am replacing an AC only ionization . . . it never chirped, and I never dusted it in 16 years! I also didn't know that you are supposed to replace the entire unit every 10 years (every 5 to 7 years with smoke and CO combination detectors). Is this supposed to be common knowledge?
My experience: If you never have to look at an alarm, and haven't figured out how to use a calendar software program to keep track of it (I use Calendarscope, it has some good printing options), you will forget about the alarm, and neglect to do some potentially life-saving maintenance
CONS: Maybe this smoke detector could be improved if it took AA batteries instead of 9V (6 AA batteries x 1.5V each = 9V) . . . I have a "battery only" CO detector that only takes 3 AA batteries, could this smoke detector run on 3 AAs? . . .
With five smoke detectors, replacing the batteries annually, you end up with five partially unused 9Vs. What can be done with these? Not much. You have to throw them out. The only place one might use these where it wears out is on an outside garage door opener. If I had a bunch of partially unused AA batteries (6 AAs x 5 smoke detectors = 30 batteries annually), I could use them in devices where they could wear out, such as in flashlights that take AA batteries, or a weather station base, weather station probes, remote control for DVD player . . . I would seek to only buy devices that take AA batteries - they can sit around until I completely use them up. A digital multi-meter to measure their voltage is essential in this process. I will be looking for a smoke detector that takes AAs in the future.
Annual cost to replace the batteries in 5 smoke detectors (9V vs. if the smoke detector took AAs):
A 4-pack of 9Vs is $9.97, a 2-pack of 9Vs is $5.94
9.97 + 5.94 = $15.91
A 16-pack of AAs is 9.97
9.97 x 2 = $19.94
Extra amount spent on AAs:
19.94 - 15.91 = $4.03 . . . and I'd have two extra, fresh AAs
Customer Rating:
Summary: smoke
Comment: BRK Hardwire Smoke Alarm with Photoelectric Sensor and Battery Backup #7010B bought three first time installed fairly easy and came with extra such as wire connector and dust cover.No problems.
Bought a second set of three with no problems.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Works
Comment: Works well with no false alarms yet. Had a bunch of smoke coming from the toaster once and it went off in a timely manner, which means it works as it should.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Frustrating Alarm
Comment: I got eight of these alarms. They were hard wire with backup batteries. Every alarm needed a replacement battery after I installed it. They all gave low battery alarms after I installed them. Occasionally one of them (I don't kow which one) keeps chirping. Drives me crazy.
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