Testing Every Home Smoke Alarm with Solo A4 Smoke Detector Tester
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I am actually really glad I did this. With most smoke alarms such as these pushing the test button tests the alarm and not the smoke sensing chamber. I was actally suprised at how fast these went off when I tested it with the fake smoke.
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Different Smoke Detector is hooked into One. So all the Smoke Detector goes off when one gets activated! Nice Job! 😄
@AA-777-
Жыл бұрын
they are hardwired, that why.
At 4:16 all the alarms going off at the same time sounded like a sick Wheelock NS
@automotiverobloxfoundation8684
4 жыл бұрын
So true
@alexandersalarms5380
2 жыл бұрын
@ian rodregez no
Thank you for this video! BUT it's recomended to place smoke detectors at least(!) 50cm away from the wall. In corners there is no moving air. I had my smoke detectors at the wrong place (like you) for 17 years... oops.
@RossiZockt
6 ай бұрын
I was thinking exactly the same thing.
That first few detector in the video doesn't comply with British regs. It probably wouldn't work in real fire conditions because it's placed to close to wall. If you look at how smoke behaves it rolls around corners. The British recommendations say 500mm from any wall. This is due to cold air that pushes smoke away from surfaces. BS5839 if your interested
The first detector's temporal pattern actually sounds similar to the temp 3 code on the old FCI 7200 panels
nice video! btw I would be surprised if they had a sync module for smoke alarms
I used to have these exact BRK 4120B smoke alarms in my house. But in 2013 they went off constantly for like 4 hours straight which it happened multiple times which one of them was in the middle of the night so had to call an electrician to come replace them with Kidde/Firex i4618 hardwired ionization alarms. It turned out to be that the wire plug to the one in my room went bad and it was getting so hot that it made that smoke alarm go off and then the others responded through the interconnecting. It was a nightmare because I couldn’t sleep. Although I kept 6 of the old BRK’s. Although I had a Kidde KN-COPE-IC in my upstairs hallway that looks exactly like that KN-COPE-I in your hallway. But I moved it downstairs the other day to replace one that kept draining batteries even though it was only a couple months old. Now my upstairs hallway has a First alert SC9120B and a 4120B just like the ones in this video since there are two wire boxes and two sets of wires with BRK first alert harness. Originally in that hallway there was a 4120B and a CO5120B which that CO5120B is now In my collection. One of the wire boxes is has interconnect wires and the other one is stand alone. The interconnected one I wired in a brand new first alert harness because the Kidde one was damaged. I’ve replaced a bunch of the other Kidde harnesses with first alert ones because I was afraid those were going to cause false alarms and overheat the alarms. There’s still one old Kidde harness left that I need to replace which I will do at some point. The standalone still has the original wire harness. That one at the very beginning of this seems to have the slowest code three I’ve ever seen. I have no idea what brand or model it is because the only one I’ve seen is this specific one in this video
@firealarmsofnorthwesternmi799
3 ай бұрын
The first one is a First Alert SA773CN. It’s dual ionization and photoelectric
@elevatorswithESH
3 ай бұрын
@@firealarmsofnorthwesternmi799 I had been wondering what that first one was. Thanks
@firealarmsofnorthwesternmi799
3 ай бұрын
@@elevatorswithESH you’re welcome! I got one a few years back on clearance so when I saw it I immediately knew what I was
I love the BRK ones because they have a hushButton and a test button
Can you test a gentex with a smoke can? Gentex goes off automatically if it detects smoke
I'd love to get one of those big red A4 dispensers.
@arlowavesYT
2 жыл бұрын
They are on Amazon but kinda pricey
Fast man loves black eyed heat stud textures.
what make and model are the smoke alarms inc the heat detector ?
The first smoke detector you tested it sounds a little sick!
Cool video!
We have FireX 120-1072B smoke alarms. Some people have had the horns on theirs die, but our work perfectly fine. With the test button, that is.
@luigikoopa8771
Жыл бұрын
you can test it with incense or a humidifier
SOLO GOOD STUFF! I got 7 cans of Solo a4
What's the model for the first one? I saw these when I was younger
Sounds like that stuff is useful for checking the accuracy of these things
Is there any way to sync smoke detectors so they all sound at the same time?
@ArgoSAABArgoFireSecurityMan5
4 жыл бұрын
Rodj no. They usually have a delay on sounding times and some horns usually have a longer or shorter temporal 3 beep.
When you tested the first smoke detector, everything started going insane. LOL
What Do you think was wrong with the Kidde I19010? It wasn’t beeping when the fake smoke hit it.
@G4M846
Ай бұрын
Dust
I have system sensor 2wta-b wired smoke along with system sensor COSMO 2 wire.
I have the exact same BRK alarm except mine has a second button
Cool test
I used to have the smoke alarms that are in the majority of the video. They are super sensitive and mine always went off since we had one right outside of our kitchen
@pugerific563
Жыл бұрын
Same except I don't remember mine but our house roof is slanted so the steam sets them off
Cool! Nice video! I'm thinking of getting a smoke alarm for the new addition of my house. Do you have any recommendations?
@Smurdle450
7 жыл бұрын
Hey right here. I'd recommend a first alert alarm with a dual sensor. (Ionization and photoelectric) these alarms respond well to both fast flaming fires and slow smoldering fires. They may. Be more expensive, but it'll pay for itself many times over especially if it saves your life.
@Dave-ji1hv
7 жыл бұрын
Don't buy First Alert they are junk. Both alarms and extinguishers. Buy a Kidde.
@ironmatic1
7 жыл бұрын
1: Get an alarm that will interconnect with the others in your house. 2: There is a reason ionization has not been used in commercial systems for a long time. They don't work well.
@american0153
7 жыл бұрын
ironmatic 1 yes.. I can agree. slow response to smoke and that's why my fire alarm system has photoelectric type.
@RandomElectronics1
6 жыл бұрын
I recommend the kidde p12040 smoke alarm. It is sensitive.
Awesome!
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!!
And wow how big is your house and you have a lot of alarms
Cool test!!
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
I like fire alarms and smoke alarms and smoke detecters :)
@crystalgamming2545
6 жыл бұрын
CoolestGamer2006 Sebas if u go to my chan I be doing a vid on my smoke alarm
@biggoril
6 жыл бұрын
CoolestGamer2006 Sebas i like co alarms
Could you possibly make another security system video?
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
eeh
Excellent
the one ay the beginning beeps slowly
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's fine
why does the smoke/co alarm keep beeping long after the others stop?
@carmenrodriguez755
Жыл бұрын
beacause its newer orn they designed for it to do that
NICE!
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
At 4:12 I heard fire fire
@crapcopter
5 жыл бұрын
From the kidde alarm at 3:51
does'nt testing smokes with solo malfunction the alarms?
@jaredthompson3011
4 жыл бұрын
If you use excessive amounts it can but a little isn't going to hurt.
Nice!
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
S.E.R sir
Weird how the 2 smoke alarms downstairs were a FAIL!
What’s that Can spray called
that is really awesome!!
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@catofthesirens2132
7 жыл бұрын
+S.E.R. Safety (Grant Bansemer) Do you have a pet parrot? I heard a parrot noise at 0:02
@kel7149
4 жыл бұрын
/ Cat of the sirens恥ずかしそうな猫 why do you keep asking that.
I've tested a kidde I9010 before it was LOUD!!!!
what are your smoke detectors? plz reply ser safety
can someone tell me the type of smoke detector at 1:05 because I have two of them in my house in fact there the only two detectors in the house we live in a very small apartment
@ariannadamian1955
4 жыл бұрын
BRK 4120B
Can you offer me a first alert 4120b smoke detector for an installation?
I have a first alert smoke alarm with a voice and when I push the test buton the voice says there's a fire but when I do it with smoke it does not
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Weird
@SafetySecurityAlert
7 жыл бұрын
yea I just tried it again with mine and I just let it go for a long time and after a very long time the voice will say the message
@boss_diamondz1783
7 жыл бұрын
Safety Security Alert That's weird. When I grow up, I'm gonna install every co sector in every bedroom.
Next video try to make xp65 sound
Yeah sick ns boi
How old are the alarms in your old house just for curiosity
@212Elevators
4 жыл бұрын
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 years old.
@MisterBrownJack
4 жыл бұрын
@@212Elevators Imposable because smoke/Heat detectors where invented around the 1900s also 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 years ago houses didn't exist dinosaurs didn't exist And in general they would be 5 or 8 years old
@1mikogabby
Жыл бұрын
@@MisterBrownJack Honestly they are like 10 or 20 years old and I found some that are on sale
Wait... so you can connect Kiddes and BRKs together?
@HappyJigg
7 жыл бұрын
Do you know it they both communicate with 9 volts?
Why sid i hear a chorp at 0:02? was there a parrot?
@missionman1439
4 жыл бұрын
Ik
@missionman1439
4 жыл бұрын
idk why did it do that the S.E.R safety?
@ArgoSAABArgoFireSecurityMan5
4 жыл бұрын
That was a squeak
Is the smoke alarm wirelessly interconnectable?????????
@MP-ph6ob
8 ай бұрын
These ones are hardwired but they do make some that interconnect wirelessly
I need to get some test smoke. Besides I hope my home's Alarms gets replaced by photo electric models which work better.. Problem is the ionization alarms in the house does not work even when there is smoldering food from the stove. That is a safety hazard.
@LunaReviews
5 жыл бұрын
watertakken because its ionization, it detects flaming fires. Photoelectric smoke alarms detect smoldering fires.
It's weird how to smoke and CO alarm keeps going off after the first alert alarm stop
@MisterBrownJack
4 жыл бұрын
Because its newer or they designed to do that
@gamewell.
3 жыл бұрын
And its weird to see a comment from a Google account that I've been locked out of for a very long time. Grrrreat job cringy younger me!
@gamewell.
Жыл бұрын
hi 2 years younger me
Why did that one smoke detector keep going off when the other ones were off?
@ArgoSAABArgoFireSecurityMan5
4 жыл бұрын
Noahandrews Andrews it took a while to reset.
@noahandrewsandrews7830
4 жыл бұрын
@@ArgoSAABArgoFireSecurityMan5 okay thanks why are you inactive?
@ArgoSAABArgoFireSecurityMan5
4 жыл бұрын
Not upload
@ArgoSAABArgoFireSecurityMan5
4 жыл бұрын
Noahandrews Andrews I only do it a few times but don’t after a while
@ArgoSAABArgoFireSecurityMan5
4 жыл бұрын
Because I was told to F myself
i saw the first detector was triggered way before it beeped. Alarm verification?
@Liftmaster-sw2zy
7 жыл бұрын
sort of, it was making sure it was real smoke, not fake smoke by cooking
@Winlonghorn_iso
7 жыл бұрын
By fake smoke he means steam
How many smoke alarms do u have
@metro_ken
6 жыл бұрын
Dude, count!
@Dr-Random
2 жыл бұрын
@@metro_ken otay, 1,2,3 😆 It is spelled okay, it was just a movie reference.
very cool but you did not give the 1 in the basement very much time thats why dit did not talk
Wow
Yes!!! The BRK 4120B!!!!
@DerpyFireAlarms
7 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! You have a ton of them! I only have 6.
@sirenfreak57
7 жыл бұрын
Derpy FireAlarms I had like 9 of them in my old house and those things were crap. They would false alarm all the time even though wasn't any fire, smoke, steam, etc. My family eventually found out later that a voluntary recall had been issued for them, and we had them replaced in say 2012 or so with Kidde ion detectors. The only time these ever false alarmed was once compared to the tons of times the 4120Bs did. I live in a newer house now that has Kidde FireX ion detectors and one CO smoke combo that's also ionization and is also by Kidde. Lived here for 2 years now, and not a single false alarm. They're all interconnected; even the ones at my old house were.
@DerpyFireAlarms
7 жыл бұрын
Cool. All the 4120Bs are connected together at my house and they have only had 1 false alarm.
@sirenfreak57
7 жыл бұрын
Derpy FireAlarms Well it's good to hear not all of them malfunction.
@safetyzone2962
3 жыл бұрын
@@sirenfreak57 I have one that's 21 years old and still detects smoke and still sounds correctly. It's Ionization too, which makes it even more impressive.
What model smock alarm ?👍 nice
@G4M846
4 ай бұрын
Most of them are first alert 4120B's one of them is kidde kn-cope-ic his room has a first alert SA773
can i have one of ur fire alarms not the smoke detector nor the pull station plzz
@alexandersalarms5380
5 жыл бұрын
non copyrighted j-house vlogs probably not he doesn’t give away alarms unless you buy it from his eBay page
Nice tested my alarm today
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@RaceGaming-gw5se
7 жыл бұрын
+S.E.R. Safety (Grant Bansemer) hi
@RaceGaming-gw5se
7 жыл бұрын
+S.E.R. Safety (Grant Bansemer) if I have your email I can send you the videos
The first smoke detector tho... Worries me how slow it is. You can connect kiddes and brk's together via a brk 4 relay.
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Its fine
@blank20245
7 жыл бұрын
what is the first one
@suzanmoore4992
7 жыл бұрын
Dcsyhh
@suzanmoore4992
7 жыл бұрын
Luke Bennett i
@FireDetection101
6 жыл бұрын
HammerGamez BRK Smoke/Heat alarm
i like the kidde smoke detector
Why is that SA773 so slow?!
@jaredthompson3011
5 жыл бұрын
That's just the way it is. There's nothing wrong with it.
@1mikogabby
Жыл бұрын
Wait so Grant Got The Model Mixed Up In the first alert smoke alarm set up video
nice
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Can you make a fire hidrent video
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
I wish
ummmmm dude how do you have all those brks interconnected with the kiddes
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Ways...
@yabbadabba1970
7 жыл бұрын
Ik brent
@ironmatic1
7 жыл бұрын
Kiddes can technically interconnect with BRKs.
@american0153
7 жыл бұрын
ironmatic 1 yes some need a special type of relay
@gamewell.
3 жыл бұрын
@@american0153 no you don't.
Cool
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!
I do it the same way in my house.
@MisterBrownJack
4 жыл бұрын
Good
nice smoke detectors
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
You can use fake smoke or any, it photo smoke
I sometimes like your vid sometimes I don't cuss I don't remember it lol love your vids
I had the same kidde smoke alarm at 0:18, But 2 years ago, It chirped.
@kel7149
4 жыл бұрын
That’s not Kidd’s...
@1mikogabby
Жыл бұрын
It's a first alert sa773
Is there a KIDDE smoke detector?
@audrieajones
6 жыл бұрын
irgendwerausbayern - someguyfrombavaria is call voice smoke alarm
@audrieajones
6 жыл бұрын
irgendwerausbayern - someguyfrombavaria yes there is kiddie smoke alarm
@nws_of_cushing_ok7188
5 жыл бұрын
Ya stupid
What are the alarms?
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Not sure on the models
@firealarm251
7 жыл бұрын
Google helps. BRK alarms (the ones with two LEDs on each side) are 6120s. The Kidde's are KN-COPE-ICs (assuming they have CO detection as well, most do). The first alarm is unknown to me however.
@1mikogabby
Жыл бұрын
Real models First Alert Sa773 (First Alarm) Brk Electronics 4120b Kidde Kn-Cope-I (Talking One) Kidde I9010 (The Faulty One) First Alert PC900V
cool but LOUD!!!!
Great video! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
@myraqueljarlegothomas7017
2 жыл бұрын
You know, our smoke alarm only says fire once.
@myraqueljarlegothomas7017
2 жыл бұрын
That smoke alarm says fire two times.
@myraqueljarlegothomas7017
2 жыл бұрын
I see, that, there are smaller smoke alarms.
the first one downstairs doesnt work
@followerofchrist1961
5 жыл бұрын
He fixed it..
1:46 what detector is that?
@aviation_cvg
4 жыл бұрын
Jacksonjack9000 BRK 4120b
@carmenrodriguez755
2 жыл бұрын
yeah jacksonjack
Loud
woaw
@SERSafety
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I know right! Its pretty cool!
I came from a similar video with ugly floor to this with ugly ceiling. I’m afraid the next is gonna e ugly walls...oh well
Thay first alarm sounded like it was in slow motion
3:58 I have those same alarms all mounted on the wall in my house. can someone tell me the model number or at least the brand? i feel like they're rare.
@gamewell.
3 жыл бұрын
BRK 4120b. And yeah they are rare asf
@hampton-roads-bus-guy
3 жыл бұрын
oh wow thanks
@1mikogabby
Жыл бұрын
@@gamewell. bro no they are not rare
@hampton-roads-bus-guy
Жыл бұрын
i have never seen it anywhere else
@1mikogabby
Жыл бұрын
@@hampton-roads-bus-guy bro search up smoke detector beeping wires
I do that to every once a week
@watermelon2650
5 жыл бұрын
elijah guzman don’t you think that’s a little too frequent?
@jaredthompson3011
4 жыл бұрын
@@watermelon2650 According to the NFPA, its recommended that you test your alarms weekly.
@watermelon2650
4 жыл бұрын
Jared Thompson Yea but wont that drain the battery faster?
@jaredthompson3011
4 жыл бұрын
@@watermelon2650 Sorry for the late reply. I rather change my batteries to see if it works then not testing them and they don't work.
0:24is where it starts at
Is it me or its a lettle loud
The first one I love how SER starts coughing on smoke before the smoke alarm even sounds
Do the nest protect alarm
Wow that one smoke detector that doesn't stop when it's supposed to is a salvage
You should test the by using the test button not the solo A4 you silly
You should replace those 4120Bs.
@1mikogabby
Жыл бұрын
He dosent live there anymore
@1mikogabby
Жыл бұрын
So he can't do anything about it now
well... its just faulty
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@boss_diamondz1783
7 жыл бұрын
We have about 9 alarms in our house...
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