Page 51 - Professional Remodeler Magazine (January 2020)

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Smoke Sensing Technology Reduces Nuisance Alarms

A New Safety Standard Successful passing of four fire tests will

be required to continue manufacturing
Homes today are built tighter, materials are more
synthetic and overall fire loads are heavier now smoke alarms after June 2021.
then when traditional smoke alarms were originally
developed. For this reason, the Standard for Single
and Multiple Station Smoke Alarms, UL 217, 8 th Synthetic Cooking
Edition, will utilize new fire and nuisance tests that all
Materials Nuisance
manufacturers must meet in order to be compliant.
Kidde alarms with TruSense technology meet these
new standards which help recognize real fires and
prevent nuisance alarms often caused by cooking. Wood & Flammable
Paper Liquid
The TruSense sensor is the first to meet the new UL
requirements for smoke sensor technology.
Current ionization and
photoelectric type smoke
sensors WILL NOT PASS the
new UL fire tests.

A Decade
of Protection
CIRCLE 776