Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'd just like one that wasn't scarey to change the battery in - and wasn't all the way up on the ceiling where it can't be reached

If the battery were easily visible from the exterior - maybe on a slide tray or something, so you didn't have to get up there, twist/pull/poke/which? then hold it (while wobbling on the ladder) and remove the old battery/get the new one in, then get it all lined up again and twisted back into position .... before you fell off the ladder from wobbling too much

The trouble with hard-wired systems is you're up the ladder, you've got the new battery in one hand (or your teeth) and you're gripping onto the detector that you've managed to unscrew from the ceiling. Now, while holding that detector fairly close to the ceiling still (it's hard wired remember), you've got to swap the battery out .... and all without dropping the detector or the new battery .... balanced/wobbling.... all the way up there at the ceiling! There's nowhere to "put things down", you have to hold onto everything and think what you're doing and achieve it.

I have a feeling that it's the bases that are hard wired on those. So you can take the alarm off completely to change the batteries.

It doesn't annoying beep either. It sense ms when you go to bed at night and glows green for happy battery and yellow when it starts running down, but gives you plenty of notice to find a friendly neighbour or whatever.

mystic_trev

Doozergirl wrote: »

I note they're got around building regulations by not putting a door on the 'area', thus making it all one room and therefore still having a window, apparantly.

They'll be using private BC for that. I bet LABC wouldn't let it past them.

These are amazing smoke alarms. I've just fitted 19 into a house. They'll be going in our new house. They talk to you, light your way, warn you before they go off if they think you've burned the dinner. Alert you via app if your house is on fire. Every single one is a CO alarm as well.

You can turn them off via an app.

Bargain at the price of £89.

https://nest.com/uk/smoke-co-alarm/meet-nest-protect/

Thanks Doozergirl. I'm just refurbing my new home, so I'll get two or three of those.

Doozergirl

mystic_trev wrote: »

Thanks Doozergirl. I'm just refurbing my new home, so I'll get two or three of those.

That makes me happy. Can't put a price on staying alive!

PasturesNew

mystic_trev wrote: »

Thanks Doozergirl. I'm just refurbing my new home, so I'll get two or three of those.

How many fires are you planning on having?

cells

PasturesNew wrote: »

How many fires are you planning on having?

Id want at least one near miss to justify the £89 x 19 units one poster says they installed considering they last only 10 years!

If I were that concerned about a fire I think the nearly 2 grand would probably be enough to fit a sprinkler system.

GDB2222

You can get 10 year smoke alarms For around £10, too. Plus a little man to swap them every 10 years.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

I notice NDG hasn't been around for a few months?

Anyone know if she's OK and/or still posting anywhere?

vivatifosi

silvercar wrote: »

New build flats and refurbed blocks all have hard wired smoke alarms.

Yep, and that's exactly what failed when I had a fire in my storage heater a year or two ago. It failed because it was the wrong type of fire and my hard wire system didn't pick it up (aiui from the "firies" it was very hot but not very smoky).

I still want my window... Once bitten and all that.

I've also changed the storage heaters to a more modern model (my house is all electric). It has two thermal cut outs rather than one. It was the thermal cut out that failed on the old one... it just got hotter and hotter, then the wiring all melted and it caught on fire. Thankfully for the most part the fire was contained in the unit. Still v scary though.

Doozergirl wrote: »

I note they're got around building regulations by not putting a door on the 'area', thus making it all one room and therefore still having a window, apparantly.

They'll be using private BC for that. I bet LABC wouldn't let it past them.

These are amazing smoke alarms. I've just fitted 19 into a house. They'll be going in our new house. They talk to you, light your way, warn you before they go off if they think you've burned the dinner. Alert you via app if your house is on fire. Every single one is a CO alarm as well.

You can turn them off via an app.

Bargain at the price of £89.

https://nest.com/uk/smoke-co-alarm/meet-nest-protect/

I've looked at Nest alarms and would be interested to know how you get on with them. It helps that they are rather beautiful too.

Meanwhile the FB installed a new non-hard wired optical alarm for us.

michaels

I need to make sure there are lots of clicks and password required before anything gets purchased as somehow despite having 3PCs, 2 laptops, 2 netbooks, 2 laptop/tablet hybrids and upteen andoid devices (tablets, phones, set top boxes) and even one apple device, each one seems to be used by everyone rather than any of them being mine...

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

michaels wrote: »

I need to make sure there are lots of clicks and password required before anything gets purchased.

All ours are set up with one click buying...

If anyone ever broke in to our house and started shopping online I'd be screwed - and end up with a house full of stuff I had no need for!!! :rotfl:

On a positive note it's super convenient, the downside however is 'shopping while inebriated', as it turns out that some of the things which seem like a really good idea after a few beers just aren't.....:o