SELECTING THE RIGHT SMOKE ALARM

What to look for in a smoke alarm

Emerald Alarms are reliable and designed to be quick and easy to install and interconnect.

When choosing smoke alarms, it’s easy to get lost in the available options. We’ve outlined some of the key recommendations below.

Interconnected smoke alarms are best practice

Interconnected smoke alarms communicate with each other so when one smoke alarm activates all the smoke alarms in the home activate. This gives occupants the best chance of taking action in the event of a fire.

Choosing radio frequency (RF) smoke alarms will make interconnecting alarms easy, without the need for wires.

RF enabled smoke alarms communicate with other inter-connected Emerald RF smoke alarms wirelessly via an electronic signal.

Compact, convenient wireless radio frequency (RF) modules make interconnection easy

We’ve listened to customers and designed compact optional wireless radio frequency (RF) modules – no more bulky bases attached to ceilings.

Emerald’s RF enabled smoke alarms can be conveniently controlled by the addition of our RF smoke alarm controller or SafeLink smoke alarm Wi-Fi gateway.

Setting up a wireless RF interconnection

It’s as simple as:

Activate the smoke alarms by pressing and holding the HUSH button for 4-5 seconds.

Choose a central smoke alarm and activate the pairing mode by pressing HUSH 3 times.

Pair the remaining alarms by pressing the HUSH button on each alarm 3 times. They will emit a short beep to confirm pairing has been successful.

You can connect up to 40 alarms in one network for maximum coverage.

How to identify a triggered RF Emerald Smoke Alarm in the home.

The triggered alarm will sound unique, displaying a prolonged alarm sound.

The activated smoke alarm network can only be silenced by pressing the HUSH button on the triggered alarm.

Once the network has been silenced, the triggered alarm will flashing with a red LED light for either 24hrs or 48hrs.