BRK Brands HD6135FB Hardwire Heat Alarm with Battery Backup

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 16.8 x 6.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000Q6LXW2
• Item model number: HD6135FB

By : BRK
List Price : $38.99
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Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The BRK hardwire heat alarm is ideal for use in attached garages and other locations where standard smoke alarms are not suitable. The unit alarms if either the temperature reaches 135 degrees Fahrenheit or the temperature rises more than 15 degrees Fahrenheit in one minute.
The HD6135FB hardwire heat alarm includes these features:

• 120-volt AC/DC with 9-volt battery backup
• 135 degrees Fahrenheit fixed rate and rate-of-rise temperature sensing
• Microprocessor controlled for fewer nuisance alarms
• The test/silence button both silences a non-threatening alarm or low battery warning and allows you to test the unit's functionality. Silencing and testing functions can be run by most household remote controls such as the ones used for the television, stereo, and VHS or DVD players.
• Latching alarm indicator which automatically identifies which unit initiated the alarm.
• 120-volt AC inter-connectable (with maximum 18 compatible devices). The alarm can be interconnected with up to 12 other compatible smoke alarms and six compatible devices like bells, horns, repeaters and door closers. If one unit triggers an alarm, all smoke alarms in the series will sound. Power indicators show which unit in the series initiated the alarm.
• 85-decibel horn.
• Meets UL requirements.
• 10-year limited warranty.

--Bree Norlander
What's in the Box One heat alarm, one 9-volt battery, and user's manual

Wire-in, 120 volt AC, 60Hz single or multiple station heat alarm. 9 volt battery backup. Microprocessor controlled, thermistor heat sensor, features fixed rate and rate of rise temperature sensing that allows unit to alarm prior to reaching the fixed temperature setting of 135 degrees F. IR remote control silence/test uses most remote controls to temporarily quiet unwanted alarms and test alarm functions. Two silence features can silence the low-battery chirp for up to eight hours or temporarily silence an unwanted nuisance alarm. UL Listed. 10-Year Limited Warranty.

Technical Details

• 120-volt hardwire heat alarm with battery backup
• Interconnectable with BRK and First Alert hardwired smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
• Senses and alarms at 135 degrees Fahrenheit
• Remote controlled test/silence feature; latching alarm indicator
• 9-volt battery included; 10-year limited warranty

Customer Reviews

The HD6135 Heat Alarm by BRK is easy to install. If you already have a hardwired BRK alarm it just plugs right in. If you do not then the included plug simply connects to your power and then plugs into the alarm.
The IR remote control silence/test feature is cool in that you can use your TV's remote control to test the alarm. We have not had a problem with remotes inadvertantly setting off the alarm, but it has been installed in the furnace room away from TVs.
We have had no false alarms, and, thankfully, no real alarms either.
I have copied the specs from the BRK website:
» 135F Fixed temperature and Rate-of-Rise
» Thermistor heat sensor
» 9V Battery Backup
» IR Remote Control Silence/Test uses most remote controls to temporarily quiet unwanted alarms and test alarm functions
» Latching alarm indicator - remembers which unit initiated an alarm
» Two silence features - can silence the low-battery chirp for up to eight hours or temporarily silence an unwanted nuisance alarm

[This is the same review that I posted for the BRK 9120 smoke alarm, except for the information beginning with "NEW."]
I have a house that's ~14 years old, with an interconnected Kidde smoke and heat alarm system. One of the alarms started going off randomly, and since I couldn't detect the culprit, I decided to replace all of the alarms. Turns out that smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years anyways. Doh!
I bought six of these smoke alarms and three heat detectors; these detectors will tell you which one sounded if they are triggered, and they are very inexpensive. I am assuming that they'll work in a real emergency. :)
The installation was quick, about five minutes per alarm. For each alarm, I removed the Kidde alarm entirely (alarm + mounting plate + three-wire connector) and then installed the BRK alarm (three-wire connector + mounting plate + alarm). The BRK alarms do not come with mounting screws or wire nuts, but I already had these from my prior alarms, so not a problem.
With regard to battery backup, you only need one 9-volt battery for an entire interconnected system. The BRK heat alarms I got have battery backup, so I didn't need battery backups on the smoke alarms.
Note that Kidde and BRK alarms are not compatible on an interconnected system, so you have to go all Kidde, or all BRK/First Alert alarms (the same company makes both BRK and First Alert). Also, the Kidde and BRK three-wire connectors are different, so you cannot reuse the connectors.
The only possible gripe I have is that once the BRK connectors are plugged in, they're very tough to unplug. Perhaps this is a good feature with regard to safety!
[NEW] While not entirely a gripe, the foam label on the back of the heat alarms surprised me since it made inserting the alarm into mounting plate difficult. On my first heat alarm, I trimmed the foam off, thinking that it was a production mistake, but then the heat alarm didn't entirely lock well into the mounting ring. Since the other two heat alarms also had (what appeared to me to be) oversized foam labels, I left those labels as is, for a friction-based attachment to the mounting ring (versus a locking attachment). Not a big deal in any event, just leave the foam label intact.
And finally, I wrote the installation month and year in black marker on one of the alarms, to aid in reminding me when to replace them, although I probably should have used their "born on" date, June 2011, or better yet, written "6/2021" as the expiration date.

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