We have a fire alarm that is linked to an monitoring center.
The central unit of this system is encased in an oversized smoke detector.
This unit was installed in 1992, and other conventionnal units were put in before that.
So we noticed that they might be overdue to be changed. Which we did.
Except the central unit, which the provider tells me it still works, that i should just make a little smoke around it to see if it's still working. I did not attempt the smoke test since it is located in a staircase which makes it easy to change batteries but not do anything else involving flaming objects.
So how proven is the "10 year between replacements" rule ? Should i, no matter what the testing does, request a replacement ?
The central unit of this system is encased in an oversized smoke detector.
This unit was installed in 1992, and other conventionnal units were put in before that.
So we noticed that they might be overdue to be changed. Which we did.
Except the central unit, which the provider tells me it still works, that i should just make a little smoke around it to see if it's still working. I did not attempt the smoke test since it is located in a staircase which makes it easy to change batteries but not do anything else involving flaming objects.
So how proven is the "10 year between replacements" rule ? Should i, no matter what the testing does, request a replacement ?
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