New House Life Safety Inspection - Smoke Alarms 

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@@tonymam86tm Go spam somewhere else.

evan, this is just the defect model just about every one of these style alarms were defective ones from the 70, 80, 90s etc are usually faster at detecting smoke than even the best modern ones from my own testing also in addition smoke alarms that need to be replaced every 10 years is just a gimmic developed by BRK electronics in 1997 with the release of the sa10yr and prior to that most smoke alarms could theoretically could last the half life of americium (about 455 years) or untill a hardware problem

Yeah I definitely think the 4/6 and 5/6 piezos were more effective than code 3. Moreso, the old AC buzzers and DC squeelers were shrill and sure to wake you up. They never should’ve done away with them

Were they legally required to change it to code 3? Or was it just herd behavior?

@@expgretaillegacy Legally required

@@DanTDMJace thanks

Or unless the kidde firex dowstatmanages to wake him up

That's obviously more than 10 years old!

Yeah

Channel isn’t dead.. thanks for coming back! 🙂

@@TheFirePanel what’s the name of the security system? and why is it not wired up?

@@KevinLyons-gn7eu It was ripped out by the previous owner before we moved in. No clue what was there before. The heat detector isn't hooked up still, but we did install a Ring alarm system (the existing wiring was no good on the old system, I didn't have the time or energy to pull new lines) so now Z-Wave smoke/CO combo units are hooked up to the system and monitored for automatic dispatch.

@@TheFirePanel why did the previous owner ripped out the security key panel?

@@KevinLyons-gn7eu I have no idea why they removed it.

Yep. Still there today. Was tied to a security system which was ripped out before we moved in. Maybe one day I'll do something with it.

@@TheFirePanel what’s the name of the security system keypad that was there before you moved in?

@@KevinLyons-gn7euThere wasn't one. It was all ripped out before we were there.

Zachary Fleck No I just never finished the video in its entirety lol

Well the one downstairs was new

Wouldn't they recall them?

​@@TheFirePanelno it is a Kidde i4618ac

nfpa recommends replacing your fire detectors every 10 years

If they don’t wake you up, they aren’t safe

Everyone of the alarms was rumbling except for the kidde firex alarm

Those ones in particular are not 19 years old.

Firex adc or pad

@@calebculwell7340 mk

Why use a test button when I can test with actual smoke? The smoke provides a more realistic scenario.

Zachary Fleck Good on you for doing that to keep everyone safe!