Place’s new line of smart alarms incorporates many of the best features of Google’s discontinued Protect, adding indoor air ...

When you turn back the clock this weekend (officially at 2 a.m. Sunday) and change the batteries in your home's smoke detectors, you might consider changing the detectors themselves. The ...

Photoelectric smoke detectors have a small light inside. When something enters the detector and reflects the light onto a sensor, the alarm is triggered. Notice how both of these types of ...

Jemay Smoke Detector, 10-Year Photoelectric Technology Smoke Alarm, 9V Battery Operated Smoke Detector Fire Alarms with Test Button & Low Battery Signal, Fire Alarm for Home, Bedroom, GS528A-C, 4-Pack ...

First Alert Hardwired Photoelectric Sensor Smoke Detector Best Buy “This First Alert detector features wireless technology that allows the device to connect with up to 18 other First Alert ...

A local automotive supplier is expanding its consumer product line with a new smart home safety system. Gentex recently launched Place, a suite of advanced smoke and carbon monoxide alarms with ...

Photoelectric smoke detectors are best at detecting the large particles typical of smoky, smoldering fires, but they’re poor at detecting fast, flaming fires.

St. Tammany Fire District #1 Chief, Chris Kaufmann, explained there's two types, ionization and photoelectric. Photoelectric smoke detectors use LED light.

Photoelectric smoke alarms contain a light source and a light detector. During normal operation, the light source does not point at the light sensor. However, ...

Q: About 10 years ago, I replaced the original wired smoke alarms in my home with wired dual sensors that use both photoelectric and ionization technology. Because I’ve read that in-home smoke ...