Hello All,
As I read through this forum, I keep absorbing so much information - it's great. That said, I am now very confused on the standards for fire/smoke/co/ror, etc. In a fairly spread out two level house that is only occupied part time, with a workshop that holds several vehicles, etc., I very much want to cover all my bases.
From some recent thread, it sounded like 120v hardwired smoke detectors were required by code, yet they seem to be a rarity in the HA crowd. At this point I am strongly leaning towards an M1 purchase in the next month or so, and was hoping I could find some integrated detectors that would handle smoke, ror AND co in one unit. This would (presumably) be 12v and driven by the M1. However, as I learn more about the way the M1 is configure, it sounds like this is not possible/practical, and that separate detectors (of different kinds) should be installed, each on it's own address [??] (does that determine/become a zone?).
I guess the benefit is that you have precise information (too much CO in this area, smoke at that unit, high rate-of-rise at another), but this sounds like I am going to need a lot of detectors and have to pull a LOT of additional cable.
Is there such an integrated unit that works with the M1? If not, can I at least get everything from a similar family of products so that I don't have 3 different looking objects on my ceilings? Oh, and while I am at it, why not an integrated speaker? Am I really smoking the pipe now???
Thanks!
As I read through this forum, I keep absorbing so much information - it's great. That said, I am now very confused on the standards for fire/smoke/co/ror, etc. In a fairly spread out two level house that is only occupied part time, with a workshop that holds several vehicles, etc., I very much want to cover all my bases.
From some recent thread, it sounded like 120v hardwired smoke detectors were required by code, yet they seem to be a rarity in the HA crowd. At this point I am strongly leaning towards an M1 purchase in the next month or so, and was hoping I could find some integrated detectors that would handle smoke, ror AND co in one unit. This would (presumably) be 12v and driven by the M1. However, as I learn more about the way the M1 is configure, it sounds like this is not possible/practical, and that separate detectors (of different kinds) should be installed, each on it's own address [??] (does that determine/become a zone?).
I guess the benefit is that you have precise information (too much CO in this area, smoke at that unit, high rate-of-rise at another), but this sounds like I am going to need a lot of detectors and have to pull a LOT of additional cable.
Is there such an integrated unit that works with the M1? If not, can I at least get everything from a similar family of products so that I don't have 3 different looking objects on my ceilings? Oh, and while I am at it, why not an integrated speaker? Am I really smoking the pipe now???
Thanks!