Competition
Find out about Firex and your chance to win a Playstation
Interlinked mains smoke and heat alarms with reliable power backup should now be the norm for both existing and new housing. Kidde’s latest Firex range offers safety plus sustainability with low energy consumption. Find out more and you could win a PS4 Games Console, including wireless controller and game.
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he latest Firex range of cost- effective, mains, interconnectable alarms is exclusively manufactured
and supplied by Kidde. It offers much lower, maximum mains consumption, with substantial energy savings over previous models and significantly lower running costs. It actually costs less than £1 per year to operate a Firex alarm – a major benefit that installers can offer their customers.
Firex features Firex optical and ionisation smoke, and heat alarms also now offer options for long-life lithium battery back-up, alongside the usual loose battery and integral rechargeable battery versions, giving nine models in total. This innovation ensures reliable backup throughout the whole alarm life, without the need to change batteries, at a much lower price than rechargeable products. Other new Firex features include an Alarm Memory Function where a flashing LED continues after an alarm
essential facility. This is supported by different display messages on the 4MDCO model indicating ‘Fire’ or ‘CO’. So, without the need for any further operation of the system, Smart Interconnect automatically alerts occupants to the specific hazard that confronts them. Firex is manufactured and supplied
exclusively by Kidde Safety. For more information, call: 01753 766392, email:
sales@kiddesafety.co.uk or visit:
www.kiddesafetyeurope.co.uk
has been triggered to easily and quickly identify the source unit. A surface-mounting base allows simple installation, particularly for retrofitting with trunking or conduit. Accessories include a relay pattress to operate other devices – such as door-closers, warning lights, horns and warden-call systems – when an alarm is triggered. A wired Remote Test and Hush unit allows for system testing of interconnected alarms and to hush unwanted alarms from a single location. This is particularly useful for elderly or disabled people.
Smart interconnect Up to 23 Firex alarms can be interlinked to create a low-energy network for protection throughout the home. But they can also interconnect with Kidde’s 4MCO and 4MDCO mains-powered carbon monoxide alarms, using the unique ‘Smart Interconnect’ feature. Here, all the alarms sound when one is triggered with different, distinct alarm sounder patterns for carbon monoxide or fire – an
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How to enter
Simply read the article and answer each of the following questions with a number: A. What is the maximum number of Firex alarms that can be interlinked?
B. How many models are there in the Firex range?
C. How many £s per year does it cost to operate a Firex alarm? Then, email your answer – together with
your name, address and daytime telephone number – to:
jwilson@datateam.co.uk In the subject line of your email, write:
EW SEPTEMBER KIDDE COMPETITION. The closing date for receipt of entries is 30th September 2017. The first correct answer to be selected will receive the PS4 Games Console, including wireless controller and ‘Star Wars Battlefront’ game. This competition is only open to those
working in the electrical wholesaler trade who are aged 18 or older.
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