I've had several false alarms in last 24 hours, they are 12 years old BRK. Is the power/interconnect plug standard or will I have to rewire?
1187123
The plugs are standard. I replaced two existing ones with these and the old ones were a different manufacturer.
1187124
That's the reason I changed mine, they were 12 years old. I paid my electrician to connect these and he did not have to rewire, since this is exactly the same I had. I have no idea what a BRK is. Call first alert and ask them if the plug is standard.
1187125
Yes/ we too had the same symptons...ordered thiq model and it was plug and play.
1187126
If I remember correctly, I replaced all of them at the same time and I think the only thing I had to change might have been the plate because the form factor had changed, but if I did the same wires went to the same places, so no worries.
1187127
Sorry - I don't know - I ordered these for our Condo Association - the trustee that handles this stuff and has knowledge about all things electrical is out of the country and won't be back for the next 6 weeks.
1187128
The BRK detectors in my home were 10 years old when I replaced them with these and the plugs were the same. If you can, take a detector off and double-check the plug or detector base to see if it looks similar to the 2nd picture in the listing. The plug should have the two male/female leads grouped together at the bottom of the plug and one spaced further away than the other two.
1187129
They should have a standard wire harness...mine did and was around 10 years old.
1852950
This model ( BRK 3120B ), is a 'hard wired' smoke alarm, with a battery back up. I believe all dual sensor ( photo & ion sensor ) alarms are all hard wired as the photo sensor requires a constant electrical power supply for the light. All exclusive ion sensor alarms are battery only powered.
623253
I found that the connector on the wires was a little difficult to seat in the receptacle on the smoke alarm. You might look at the connector to be sure that the pins didn't bend. There is a "key" on the connector and the receptacle so that it should only mate one way.Also, did you put backup batteries in the alarm?Did the green light work in the old alarm?
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That's a question best answered by the manufacturer. I know that I replaced my alarms and the pigtail was different even though they were the same manufacturer, but I also changed out all 3 of mine as they were old enough to be of concern of not being set off in an alarm situation.Remember these things are only good for 10 years, the isotope's half life drops out of range for the reliability we expect from an alarm. I the I12060 are nearing that age it is time to upgrade them, to which the compatibility question is moot.
1044310
I had the 7010b's that we're terrible, which took 5 minutes each to swap out same fixture and same plug in. Can't speak to the Brk3 sorry
1833968
Jackie, they will work with any BRK or first alert alarm system. It also comes with it's own wire pigtail adapter you can use. I personally have them mixed myself. It will work fine. Ronnie
404455
Follow the instructions here:http://www.cooperindustries.com/content/dam/public/wiringdevices/products/documents/instruction_sheets/RECNIGHT-PTA%20%28REV.%20A%29.pdfIf that fails, contact cooper. Good luck.
1636461
if you are doing everything right there should be no alarm. i did find mine going off if the probes were not fully pudshed in at the meter end. hope this helps. the proper funtion for where vyou have the probes plugged in need to be the right selection .. like slelecting amps while pugged in to volts or visa versa ,will cause an alarm .
2027080
You'll need to contact the manufacturer for an answer to this question. The model that I own only has an alarm on the main control module which is attached to my router in the basement.
1758858
I had not any problem. Instruction manual is quite clear. I recommend only to connect AC power instead of using battery...I first tried with battery, and nothing happened: It was because the battery I had just bought was...empty ! (it happens sometimes, or China imported..) I connected it with my home tv, and have just to zap when door bell rings... Plse let me know what infos you need. And since my english is not very fluent (I'm living in France); what is the meaning of rerode ?? I have bought those items last October, and sincerely they work fine. Maybe only concern is to hire poeple to stay on stand-by near the TV .... Best regards.
609987
The house was already wired for the alarm. The old unit stopped working so I had to replace it. All I did was connect the 3-wire plug that extended out from the ceiling into the new alarm. I didn't need to use the 3-wire plug that came with the unit. Sorry I couldn't help more.
644360
They are hard-wired to start beeping at you after 10 years, which I think is a requirement for CO detectors (used to be 7). I see no reason to replace them sooner than that.
1733331
I don't understand what you want to do regarding a standard wall out let. This alarm horn operates on low voltage (12-16 volts) DC. Your wall outlet supplies 120 volts AC. The conventional connection is directly to your alarm system.
1487133
Yes. Onelinks link. As stated in one of the bullets: "Interconnects with other First Alert ONELINK enabled alarms to create a wireless safety network". Bear in mind that they do not link very far. IE, link them next to each other and then try a mounting location prior to drilling the holes in the wall. Items within the walls like wiring and ductwork block the wireless signal so a slight move may make a lot of difference.
1745736
If you connected to alarm panel bpard, you need to reset pn panel because this is wire run trou panel.
409909
I run 2 Servers in my home office (I am an IT Consultant), plus the rest of my home on this unit. About 5 months ago we lost power for 48 hours and we ran the generator using Natural Gas. I had a couple of hiccups with some of my UPS's due to voltage fluctuation. I think it has to do with the sensitivity of the units. My older UPS units did not have an issue. I have found out from others in my field that this is common with newer units. I have APC older units and they did beep every once in awhile, but the equipment stayed on all 48 hours. The newer units did not and once the battery was used up, the equipment turned off. I don't want to give out model #'s because just because mine worked, I can't guarantee it will work for you. Once it gets warmer around here I am going to try and put surge suppressors in front of the newer units to see if that helps. If not I would try to put cheap UPS's in front of the High Capacity units. Hope that helps. BTW, I have my generator connected using a manual transfer switch and when I lost power, I was able to be on generator power in under 3 minutes.... Power went out... I went outside, removed the cover, turned on the Natural Gas, turned the key... That was it. I use a battery tender always connected to the unit so the battery is always fully charged. Total install including the generator was under $2600.
860260
Robert needs to get out more! http://www.westmarine.com/buy/racor--alarm-sensor-12-24v--P006_180_003_551