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Re:Nest introduces their Smoke Detector by smoyer on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @12:26PM (#6516019)
The middle part of my house was built in 1920 and didn't have electricity at the time, then it had uninsulated wires on insulators, then it had wiring with crumbly insulation (the natural rubber gets hard).

When we added onto the house, we put in smoke detectors (in every bedroom and hall) that are powered by the AC mains, have backup batteries and if one goes off, they all go into alarm.

If my house is ever destroyed, it will probably be an electrical fire, but my family will know about it early.

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