The RE46C180 is a CMOS programmable ionization smoke detector ASIC with interconnect, timer mode and alarm memory. This device will provide all the required features for an ionization type smoke ...

BARRE, Vt. -- When a fire killed a mother and four children here in 2005, there was something peculiar: As firetrucks arrived, the apartment was full of smoke and had a working smoke detector, but it ...

Consumers should remove the alarm from the wall/ceiling and visually inspect it through the opening on the side of the alarm for the presence of a yellow cap. Consumers should not attempt to take ...

PITTSBURGH — Target 11 is sounding the alarm about something you may have in your home. An estimated 90 percent of us have ionization smoke alarms in our homes. While it does alert you to danger in ...

Plaintiffs argue that millions of U.S. households unknowingly rely on alarms that cannot provide timely warning in the most deadly scenarios.

Ionization smoke alarms use a battery and two metal plates, called electrodes, to create an electrical circuit. Ions are tiny, electrically charged particles that flow through the circuit and between ...

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 300,000 residential fires cause nearly 2,600 deaths and 11,000 injuries every year. Almost two-thirds of all fire-related deaths ...

The RE46C126 is a CMOS ionization smoke detector application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) with interconnect up to 40 detectors. This device requires low power and few external components. It has ...