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Ease of use Smoke alarms come packed with the latest technology nowadays, and Martyn Walley aims to ensure that technology is both easy to understand and use
directions, accessing the internet, paying for goods, controlling your heating at home... the list goes on. Making a call is one of the last things you actually use your phone for, if you’re of a certain generation. Advanced technology is seeping into all
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electronic devices, including those in the trade sector. A domestic smoke alarm still performs its fundamental life saving task of detecting smoke, but now comes with a host of added features and functions designed to further enhance the safety of residents, whilst adding fl exibility into a system. However, such features are only benefi cial if you truly understand their purpose, and how to fi t, apply and use them. For some contractors and specifi ers, the
array of different smoke alarm features and functionality can seem overwhelming. Gone are the days when you simply had to decide which alarm sensor type – ionisation, optical or heat – to use where. Now, multi sensors
20 FEBRUARY 2018
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O YOU recall when a phone was just a phone? Then came text messaging, taking pictures with your phone, getting
have been added to the mix, along with accessories such as alarm controllers and interfaces to third party life safety systems. You need to decide how to interconnect these alarms and devices, be it hard wired or wire free. And that’s just the beginning. Manufacturers have an important role
to play here. Firstly, they must ensure the technology incorporated into modern day smoke alarms is easy to understand, install and, importantly, use. Secondly, they should provide support, training and product information in multiple formats, so that you can pick one that fi ts your work schedule.
Child’s play?
In recent years, there have been some key technological developments in domestic smoke alarms and manufacturers have made them intuitive or, at the very least, easy to use. Wire free alarm interconnection has
arguably had the biggest impact in this sector. BS 5839-6 and Building Regulations
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