Interlinked Carbon Monoxide alarms

[wonkywinch]

No connection to the business but this just popped up in my email and I thought it was a really neat idea I haven't seen before. Interlinked CO alarms that use wifi, not cable. Very useful for boats. Normally I wouldn't consider Black & Decker as an alarm manufacturer but the wholesaler is reliable so they clearly think they're decent enough to stock them.

BLACK+DECKER RF Interlink Carbon Monoxide Alarm - 10 Year Sealed Battery - £21.59 inc VAT

 

[Minerva]

There’s a whole raft of suppliers now that, by law, every home in Scotland have to have interlinked smoke, heat and CO alarms.

A good thing indeed

 

[ylop]

There’s a whole raft of suppliers now that, by law, every home in Scotland have to have interlinked smoke, heat and CO alarms.

A good thing indeed

there's no requirement for the CO alarm to be interlinked in Scotland. Fire and smoke alarms: the law

 

[Minerva]

there's no requirement for the CO alarm to be interlinked in Scotland. Fire and smoke alarms: the law

Perhaps so, but when I was shopping around, most “packs” of interlinked alarms included a CO alarm…

 

[Mistroma]

Perhaps so, but when I was shopping around, most “packs” of interlinked alarms included a CO alarm…

I was lucky in my last house as supplier sent networked CO alarm with the smoke alarms. I'd ordered standalone one but they sent the much more expensive one by mistake. They said to keep it as it wasn't worth the hassle of swapping. New place has wall to wall coverage. About 12 smoke, 1 flame and 1 combined CO and smoke. Monthly testing will be time-consuming.

 

[Boathook]

I test my wireless interlinked alarms at home on a regular basis.

Normally When I'm cooking steak, as I like it well done on the outside and rare inside so it needs quick high heat cooking ..

A bit noisy with both bleebing away !

 

[AntarcticPilot]

My house, built in 2011, has interlinked CO and Smoke alarms throughout. I presume that's to comply with Building Regulations. They work - every time we fry sausages it sets them off! My dog usually goes mad when that happens.

 

[Plum]

No connection to the business but this just popped up in my email and I thought it was a really neat idea I haven't seen before. Interlinked CO alarms that use wifi, not cable. Very useful for boats. Normally I wouldn't consider Black & Decker as an alarm manufacturer but the wholesaler is reliable so they clearly think they're decent enough to stock them.

BLACK+DECKER RF Interlink Carbon Monoxide Alarm - 10 Year Sealed Battery - £21.59 inc VAT

Really useful to know, thanks, but so far I can't find wifi ones that meet the marine standard BS EN 50291-2

 

[PaulRainbow]

Really useful to know, thanks, but so far I can't find wifi ones that meet the marine standard BS EN 50291-2

You are not required to fit either unless you're on inland waterways, so does it matter ?

 

[Plum]

You are not required to fit either unless you're on inland waterways, so does it matter ?

You are right, not a requirement, but I want the best for my safety. I have a co detector where I sleep forward and another in the locker where the Eberspacher is fitted at the aft end of the boat which I may not hear if sound asleep so would prefer the best standard of detectors and a wireless link so they both sound if either sense Co.

 

[PaulRainbow]

You are right, not a requirement, but I want the best for my safety. I have a co detector where I sleep forward and another in the locker where the Eberspacher is fitted at the aft end of the boat which I may not hear if sound asleep so would prefer the best standard of detectors and a wireless link so they both sound if either sense Co.

I've been using decent domestic Co alarms for 10 years, tested regularly, they work fine. There was some discussion on here a couple of years ago regarding some alarms that were not "rated" for marine use and the reasons were trivial, but i forget what they were.

There are interconnectable, marine rated alarms, but not many. How about :

FireAngel Pro Connected Radio-Interlinked Carbon Monoxide Alarm - FP1820W2-R - £58.07 inc VAT

 

[LittleSister]

This interlinking is new to me.

What does it do - set off every alarm if just one detects CO, smoke or whatever?

Presumably can't be anything more fundamental than that, bearing in mind something would need to work even if wifi was off.

 

[PaulRainbow]

This interlinking is new to me.

What does it do - set off every alarm if just one detects CO, smoke or whatever?

Exactly that.

Presumably can't be anything more fundamental than that, bearing in mind something would need to work even if wifi was off.

They pair with one another, no external wifi is needed. If you only had one it would work stand alone. I have one in the engine room and another over the galley, without the link there's not much chance of us hearing the one in the engine room.