Can a Kidde 21006931 be used to replace one bad 1276 in a house where we have 6 smoke alarms?
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To be absolutely sure, go to the Kidde website and select "contact us". Their customer service folk will know for sure. I would not risk my life or property on a non-Kidde employee answer.
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Yes you can replace a bad 1276 with the 21006931. That is exactly what I did. I had one that wouldn't quit squeaking and had to be disabled. I replaced it with the one I ordered from Amazon.
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Yes. This is exactly what we did. We had several smoke detectors and one went bad.
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I would think so. It worked just fine for me. We have multiple smoke alarms as well.
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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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I do not see why you couldn't use two units. The downside would be that if you receive an alarm, you will not know which unit is calling you, unless you program each unit to call different phone numbers.
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You can not just replace one of the detectors with this model. All of your smoke detectors must be the same model. Because each one talks to each other. If they are NOT the same, the units will NOT perform effectively. In short, all detectors must be the same model.
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I don't see why not, but remember, it takes two AA batteries and not a 9v. I wasn't aware they made 10 yr smoke detector batteries in anything but 9v. Anyway, since the battery is not recharged by the detector, it should take any AA battery. I guess the replacement frequency would really depend on how often your power goes out and how well the battery holds a charge.
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Yes. The manual says: "Your Smoke Alarm requires one standard 9V battery. The following batteries are acceptable as replacements: Duracell #MN1604, (Ultra) #MX1604; Eveready (Energizer) #522. You may also use a Lithium battery like the Ultralife U9VL-J, U9VL-J-P for longer service life between battery changes. These batteries are available at manylocal retail stores."
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Hi Gilbert, Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately you would not be able to use those sensors with the alarm system. If you wanted to replace them, we have smoke detectors and heat detectors for this alarm. Just let me know.Sincerely,Andrew
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Just link them up and set the voice ID per the directions (so you know where the issue is if an alarm triggers). I have 8 smoke alarms and 3 CO/smoke alarms in my house. I did have problems with one of the CO alarms, but this turned out to be a defective unit, it was triggering false alarms on the system on very humid fall days when we had the windows open and there was fog outside. I've had these in play for almost 2 years now, and they've been working fine.
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The SA521CN has a third wire on the power connector to support that. BUT it will only work if the rest of your smoke alarms are also First Alert SA521CN's (one's made recently) or a similar model (the First Alert website lists which other models that the SA521CN is compatible with). It might not work if have SA521CN's that are several years old because some design changes might have been made (you will need to check with First Alert). The later happened to me with another brand of smoke alarms. It definitely will not work if your other smoke alarms are made by another company like Kiddie.
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If your BRK is battery only and there is no house voltage run to the smoke detector location then you will have to get an electrician to install the circuit. Otherwise purchase a Nest battery only model that does not require house voltage.
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Go here for the specifications and you will see the answer is no: http://www.kidde.com/home-safety/en/us/products/fire-safety/co-alarms/kn-coeg-3/
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Hello. I don't remember the model of my old smoke detectors but 4120B sounds familiar. I had to remove the old mounting plate but that was as simple as loosening the two retaining screws, removing the old mounting plate, installing the new mounting plate and tightening the two screws. The hardwire plug was identical. I did eight detectors in 30 minutes and that includes setting up a very tall ladder. Good luck.
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I would check with Warn as this 1 may not work but they have different models 4 different machines,
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I would not because my units were part of a system that was wired into an existing home security system. I had to find the replacement model for the existing units because 1): some were missing and 2): wanted to do it right the first time. BRK was very helpful with finding the correct upgrade for the orignal units. hope this answers your question
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I answered this several weeks ago, and I just checked the site and for some reason Amazon didn't post it; their bad! All of my smoke alarms were hard wired as per code. But if the 9v back up battery in one died, all of the alarms went off; I was up all night one night. Anyway, my old ones were not Kidde, but the Kidde replacements fit perfectly.Go to: www.kidde.com and find their Customer Support 800 #. They were very helpful when I called them. Good luck, and I am sorry my first answer was not posted; I have no idea what happened. navydoc
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These are designed to connect to each other not to other brands and types of alarms. We have other existing units which will be triggered their own by smoke but will not chain react with the kiddes. The units are bought of same brand and set up to trigger each other from a different part of house or close houses , garages or sheds...So a garage unit could alarm in your home to notify you if as soon as a fire was causing smoke and before your car burned up.
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Yes this replaces 6128 or you can replace it with 6150 witch has panic buttons