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> Could I build my own out of a Pi and some scavenged components? Sure – but I can’t be bothered More importantly, no insurance company will cover costs from a
by dustinmoris 6y ago
> Could I build my own out of a Pi and some scavenged components? Sure – but I can’t be bothered
More importantly, no insurance company will cover costs from a fire if they find out that you had a self built smoke detector which didn't pass standard quality checks. I think in the UK landlords must do a yearly smoke detector check as part of home owner regulation so a self built device might have failed at that point as well.
- Nextgrid 6y agoA workaround could be a completely separate device placed next to a standard, certified smoke alarm that just listens for the alarm. That'll cover the "remote alerts" part at least.
- dementik 6y agoThat was my solution as well. I have required smoke detectors connected to powerline 1 per 60m2 or so and then have multiple Heiman zigbee detectors, connected to Home Assistant.
- alkonaut 6y ago> More importantly, no insurance company will cover costs from a fire if they find out that you had a self built smoke detector which didn't pass standard quality checks. Is this a thing? Where? Are there similar things for burglar alarms where your insurance doesn’t pay or has a more expensive premium because of lacking alarm systems? Making a fire alarm smart should never affect the normal functionality. They should of course always be certified the same way. One thing that could be worse is battery time, especially for high power wireless like 802.11, but a workaround for that could be to have two separate batteries and let it fail to a dumb alarm when the IoT battery is dead.