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News Release from: Aico | Subject: Ei RadioLINK wireless smoke alarms
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 March 2006
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Vale of Glamorgan Council has switched to new Ei RadioLINK wireless interconnect mains powered smoke alarms from Aico .
Vale of Glamorgan Council has switched to new Ei RadioLINK wireless interconnect mains powered smoke alarms from Aico as it completes its ongoing programme of installing quality protection for its tenants
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The unique new RadioLINK system works by interconnecting smoke alarms within a property by wireless rather than by conventional hard wired means.
Should one alarm on the system detect smoke, it immediately sends a radio signal to all the other alarms on the system, triggering them into alarm mode.
Vale of Glamorgan Council has always insisted on specifying the highest level of safety technology for its properties.
The Council started out originally fitting Ei150 Series mains powered alarms and then switched to Ei160 Series Easi-fit alarms.
Both feature ten year plus rechargeable Lithium cell back-up technology.
The Council has also gone to great lengths to ensure maximum coverage within a typical two storey property, installing optical type alarms downstairs, ionisation alarms upstairs and a heat alarm in the kitchen too.
All three alarms are interconnected to give the earliest possible warning.
Despite the Council's commitment and best intentions however they found that a number of tenants resisted the installation of smoke alarms because of the associated disruption.
They were wary of carpets and flooring possibly needing to be pulled up and all the other disruption associated with installing interconnected smoke alarms.
Aico suggested they trial the new RadioLINK wireless interconnect system instead.
The Council agreed, seeing that they could get more tenants to accept smoke alarms this way as there would be far less disruption involved.
They also liked the idea that installation was easier and quicker, and that the RadioLINK system utilised the Ei160 type alarms they were already familiar and happy with.
RadioLINK was trialed on a scheme comprising some 20 properties and results were positive.
Tenant opposition was minimal and the time spent installing the alarms by independent contractors was greatly reduced.
Ei RadioLINK with 160 Series alarms are now being specified by the Council on all future installations as it begins to complete its programme of comprehensive fire safety coverage for its tenants.
All Ei fire safety products are distributed exclusively by Aico .
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