Detectors
Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
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- Kidde — smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
- Battery powered standalone units and long-life models
- For any home, holiday house, office or rental property
- Shipped from Thessaloniki across Greece, with business invoicing available.
Why a smoke detector is not optional
A house fire does not wake people up. Smoke deepens sleep and renders people unconscious before anyone can react. That is why detectors exist — they provide the minutes needed to get a family out.
They cost less than a meal and are, by a wide margin, the device with the greatest value-to-price ratio in an entire home.
Smoke or carbon monoxide? You need both
They are two entirely different hazards and two different devices — one does not replace the other.
Smoke detector. It detects combustion particles. For fire.
Carbon monoxide detector. Carbon monoxide is odourless, colourless and lethal — you cannot smell or see it. It is produced by incomplete combustion: a gas heater, a stove, a gas water heater, a fireplace with a blocked flue, an engine in a garage.
If your home has any combustion appliance — gas, LPG, oil, wood — a carbon monoxide detector is not a choice. It is essential.
Where they go
Smoke detector: on the ceiling. Smoke rises. Fit one on every floor, in the hallway outside the bedrooms and ideally inside each bedroom.
Not in the kitchen or bathroom. Steam from a pan or a shower causes false alarms — and people end up taking the battery out, which is the worst possible way to solve it. Put it in the hallway, a few metres away.
Carbon monoxide detector: at breathing height. Unlike smoke, carbon monoxide mixes with the air. Place it in the same room as the combustion appliance and near the bedrooms.
The check that has to happen
Press the test button once a month. It takes three seconds and is the only way to know it works. A detector that has stopped announces it in no other way.
Detectors expire. That is not a figure of speech — the sensor degrades, and after roughly ten years the whole unit is replaced, even if it appears to work. The date is printed on it.
A chirp every few minutes means a low battery. Change it immediately — do not take it down.
Vacuum off the dust once a year. Dust in the chamber causes false alarms.
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Frequently asked questions
- Do I need both types?
- Yes. A smoke detector is for fire, a carbon monoxide detector for incomplete combustion. One does not replace the other.
- Where do I place it?
- Smoke on the ceiling, in the hallway outside the bedrooms. Carbon monoxide at breathing height, in the room with the combustion appliance.
- Why does it sound when I cook?
- Because it is too close to the kitchen. Move it to the hallway — never remove the battery.
- Do detectors expire?
- Yes. The sensor degrades and after roughly ten years the whole unit is replaced. The date is printed on it.
- How do I know it works?
- Press the test button once a month. That is the only way.
One smoke detector on every floor and a carbon monoxide detector if there is any combustion appliance. And test them once a month — three seconds.