- Author
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Lines, P. E.
- Title
- Domestic Fire Detection BS 5839 Part 6: Some Questions and Answers.
- Journal
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Fire Safety Engineering,
Vol. 3,
No. 2,
24-25,
April 1996
- Keywords
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fire detection
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fire alarm systems
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residential buildings
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smoke detectors
- Identifiers
- clause 5.7 silencing and disablement facilities; in the case of DC and AC smoke alarms with battery back up the code is more difficult to satisfy; Grade D: system of one or more mainspowered smoke alarms, each with an integral standby supply; Grade E: system of one or more mainspowered smoke alarms with no standby supply; Grade F: system of one or more battery powered smoke alarms