Recent content by mrjsterry

Actually you can get interlinked wireless battery only alarms, I never said they were basic either. I cant tell from building regs if they are required to be mains linked or just linked in some way, hence looking at options.

Thanks for your replies. I believe it to be a separate circuit in that it has its own breaker in the consumer unit. From the above replies what seems to be the best advice is either insulate wires in a box and block or remove the breaker and initial wiring from the consumer unit and leave the...

They are battery powered, two separate sealed 10 year batteries. They were recommended by the fire service who I asked to do an inspection. Seeing as up until a few years ago I just had individual 10v battery ones I am comfortable with the choice I made. No wires at all are needed. I wanted to...

Firstly, i'm not an electrician, please bear that in mind if you are kind enough to reply. I had an extension built a few years back, we were told at the time that building regs required wired smoke alarms and heat detectors to be fitted throughout the house. So, we agreed and the electrician...