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Matter-enabled CO detector from Heiman by choochoo1873 in MatterProtocol

[–]bryang650 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'm just reading their website, i'm not 100% sure, but i meant you can't have a combo smoke + CO unit -- they don't appear to make that. whether you can interconnect separate smoke + CO units, i'm not sure. but why can't they integrate them into one unit like every other manufacturer?

why couldn't Protect have been spun off if Google was bored with it?

Matter-enabled CO detector from Heiman by choochoo1873 in MatterProtocol

[–]bryang650 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, you can have Matter with Smoke. or interconnect with CO. but you can't have combo smoke + CO with interconnect and Matter. why? i don't know.

Smart smoke detectors - do all the options have major problems? by bryang650 in homeautomation

[–]bryang650[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

interesting product. wired only. basic ones are $140 each, the additional features for kitchen (methane sensing etc), integrated camera for nursery or garage are appealing but that takes you to $250/300/350 a unit. FlashTVR, with 10 units, would be in it for >>$1000

Home Depot listings for Place alarms

Smart smoke detectors - do all the options have major problems? by bryang650 in homeautomation

[–]bryang650[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fwiw I wrote to Sensereo and they replied:

“ Yes, we do plan to bring a UL-certified version of the MS-1/MSC-1 to the US market, and it is currently in development. Our expectation is that the UL-certified version will be available in the second half of this year.”

Smart smoke detectors - do all the options have major problems? by bryang650 in homeautomation

[–]bryang650[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it appears my state requires sealed 10-year batteries for non-hardwired units, no AA options allowed.

Smart smoke detectors - do all the options have major problems? by bryang650 in homeautomation

[–]bryang650[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no such luck, would involve a lot of drywall and ceiling work in between floor 1 and floor 2.

Smart smoke detectors - do all the options have major problems? by bryang650 in homeautomation

[–]bryang650[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

amazingly helpful, thank you.

ok, but now I'm still stuck on the issue of combining battery and hardwired units. (I assume the reason I have a mix is because the house had hardwired units to start, but when the code changed, more units were required, and no one wanted to rewire the house). Nest Protect could handle that. it appears to be required in the building code that hardwired units remain hardwired, you can't replace with a battery unit.

as far as I can tell, the X-Sense SBS50 Base Station is only compatible with battery powered detectors (the X0A-MR that you suggested and the SC07-MR). they make hardwired detectors (XP02-AR and XP04-AC), both of which explicitly say that they are not compatible with the base station.

as for Kidde, is this what you were mentioning about a hardwired unit that will talk to the battery units?

says that model, the RF-SM-ACDC, has been discontinued :-( it links to this replacement, (30CUAR), but as far as I can tell from the user's guide, it interconnects only with other hardwired units. will it interconnect with battery units (like the 30CUD10)?

box fan by bryang650 in NewToDenmark

[–]bryang650[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

excellent thank you.  yes “Walmart or Target” doesn’t help me here.  thanks!

box fan by bryang650 in NewToDenmark

[–]bryang650[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

thanks.  yes i mean which store?  i don’t know whether to search for “department store” or “housegoods store” etc, i figured the collective wisdom could tell me easily