The start of the new year is the perfect time to double check your home's smoke alarms to be sure they're properly installed ...

Your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors quietly decide how much time you have to escape a fire, yet the tiny date code that ...

There are four Place smoke and CO detector models, purpose built for the kitchen, nursery, garage, and outside sleeping areas ...

Your smoke detector’s beeping is supposed to protect you, not confuse you. Yet there are moments when a chirping alarm is a ...

Properly installed smoke detectors are often the first line of defense against a house fire, keeping the homeowner informed and ready to take action. However, it's important that the smoke detector ...

Fig 1. Fires follow a progression from start to full involvement, with both temperature and smoke content rising rapidly once full combustion is underway. Fig 2. Traditional optical smoke detectors ...

Q: My carbon monoxide detector keeps beeping over and over again. How do I determine what the beeps mean? A: Your carbon monoxide detector is beeping for one of three reasons: It’s detecting a ...

Window sensors are a critical part of any home security system. When cameras fail, a window sensor becomes your last line of defense. Install them on all your windows, and you will know when an ...

It happens to everyone: the annoying low-battery chirp that seems to go off only in the middle of the night, or the smoky dinner dish that trips the sensors on your smoke detector. Consumer Reports ...

Our market is flooded with cheap and cheerful AC/DC Multi-Tune Musical doorbells. Most of these doorbells are built around customized microcontrollers from China, and usually run on two penlight (1.5V ...

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 300,000 residential fires cause nearly 2,600 deaths and 11,000 injuries every year. Almost two-thirds of all fire-related deaths ...

The idea behind this compact and economical Vibration Sensor Alarm is very simple. It uses a cheap and cheerful vibration sensor to drive a piezo-sounder. As can be seen in the circuit diagram, it is ...