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Alarm Systems

Houses 2014: Fixtures and Materials

April 23, 2014

The best products for the best projects
Q&A: Clearing the air around smoke alarms

November 12, 2009

Expert advice on when and where to install smoke alarms and what types of smoke alarms work best for different rooms of the house
Range hood sucks smoke from the fireplace

November 1, 2006

Q: When we built our new home, I bought a 48-in. gas range and vent hood. The problem is that the vent hood sucks smoke from the fireplace and draws ashes…
Maintaining battery-powered smoke detectors

May 1, 2004

Every year, people who have battery-powered smoke detectors in their homes are put at risk because the batteries die and nobody bothers to replace them. I think it’s because the…
Fire-Safety Alarms

May 1, 2002

An electrician describes what kinds to get, where to put them and how to wire them to save lives and homes
Hot tip

November 1, 1992

Recently I had to repair the circuit board in my smoke alarm. For a job of this delicacy, I needed. a soldering iron with a small-diameter tip, but all I…