Electrician with Sunday hours?

[Sherifftruman]

Originally Posted by MikeJaquish

I think you are trying to borrow trouble where none likely exists.
Do the batteries and tests, and IF one fails, make your plans.

Smoke detectors pass tests for much longer than their service life expectancy. Their "failure" is generally failure to detect fire, not a failure to sound the alarm when you push the button.

That inefficiency is why they tend to have a 10 year service life recommendation.

Another big reason is that they tend to get dirty and start having false alarms as they age. That encourages people to pull the batteries or remove them, so the NFPA started recommended the 10 year replacement, though they will last much longer.

[zitsky]

What we will probably do is make a list of any defects and schedule replacement sometime. I don't work at home but I can if I need to let in a service person.

[m378]

I haven’t heard of a hardwired detector without a harness - I would hire an electrician to install harnesses so you don’t need to worry about it in the future. I really don’t think it’s a good use of money to have an electrician on standby on the weekend.

[zitsky]

Originally Posted by m378

I haven’t heard of a hardwired detector without a harness - I would hire an electrician to install harnesses so you don’t need to worry about it in the future. I really don’t think it’s a good use of money to have an electrician on standby on the weekend.

I'm not trying to be funny but now you have.

[m378]

Originally Posted by zitsky

I'm not trying to be funny but now you have.

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[zitsky]

Originally Posted by zitsky

I'm not trying to be funny but now you have.

Originally Posted by m378

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I'm not sure what that means. You said you never heard. I gave you an example.

[m378]

Originally Posted by zitsky

I'm not sure what that means. You said you never heard. I gave you an example.

Oh I gotcha - sorry I misunderstood. Yeah I would think it should be relatively easy for an electrician to just add harnesses, that way going forward you can replace them yourself and not have to worry about junctions or splices or whatever they're called.

[Starglow]

Originally Posted by zitsky

I know it's not very common but I'd like to find a company that works on Sunday. We are going to change batteries and test smoke detectors this weekend. If we find any not working it would be nice to have someone who could replace them same day. Otherwise we just call someone on Monday.

Michael & Son is open 24x7, but weekend rates probably won't be cheap.

https://michaelandson.com/

[gemstone1]

Originally Posted by zitsky

Have you ever heard of hard wired smoke detectors?

And no, you cannot just unplug ours.

Yes, I installed them in my Yuma home, where they had to be wired with 12ga wire, a real pain....but as mentioned before... do the battery test/change, then proceed as required

Again, as mentioned before, perhaps you are overly concerned (which is certainly your prerogative) about safety the battery backup in the detector gives you....after all, the batteries in a hardwired smoke detector are in place to account for commercial power failures . The average US home is without power for less than 5 hours annually...which equates to a reliability of 99.94%.

Regards
Gemstone1

[zitsky]

Originally Posted by Starglow

Michael & Son is open 24x7, but weekend rates probably won't be cheap.

https://michaelandson.com/

I have seen good reviews about this company. Didn't realize they were 24x7. Thanks.