Is Your NJ Smoke Detector System Able to Protect Your Family and Business?
NJ smoke detector system laws have many details you should know to keep your family and business safe.
Vetter Electric can replace your NJ smoke detector in your home or business, and offers an affordable rate to replace all your smoke detectors. We also offer a testing and inspection service for smoke detectors, which is particularly important for detectors that are discolored, missing covers, painted on, or going off repeatedly when there is no smoke. Something as simple as positioning a smoke detector near a draft, where it does not get access to any smoke from a raging fire, could be a deadly mistake.
Does Your NJ Smoke Detector System Meet Safety Codes?
We will also check to see if your home or business meets local smoke detector safety codes. You may be short one or more detectors–in New Jersey, you must have a smoke alarm in every sleeping room. You may also need to hard-wire and interconnect them. This is another New Jersey law, which ensures that all alarms go off when there’s a fire–not just the smoke alarm in the affected room. Hard-wired smoke detectors also require battery backups.
Did you know that 65% of reported fire deaths in homes occur in residences with either missing or defective smoke detectors? Many multi-level homes only have NJ smoke alarms on one floor–this will not always alert you before the fire is out of control. You need a smoke detector on every floor of the house, including the basement.
The Life of Your NJ Smoke Detector
Your NJ smoke detector is only specified for a life of 10 years. Make sure you know how old yours are. Of course, just knowing the age of your smoke alarm is not enough. You have to regularly clean the dust from your home or office nearby your smoke detectors and check the batteries once a year. Another check you can do by yourself is to make sure that your ceiling-mounted alarms are a minimum of 4 inches from the wall, and wall-mounted alarms 12 inches from the ceiling.
Why Choose Vetter to Install My NJ Smoke Detector Systems?
Vetter Electric Company has 60 years of experience with electrical fire prevention in New Jersey. We can install any NJ smoke detector you may require, including ionization smoke detectors and photoelectric smoke alarms. We will also make sure your entire system is hard-wired with a battery backup, and that all your alarms are functional and positioned in effective locations to protect your family.
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