•Pull out battery drawer makes it easier to replace the batteries. No need to remove from wall or ceiling. The competition’s battery access on the back of the unit.
•The SA520B hardwired alarm has the same contractor preferred features like a AC power quick connector, large opening in mounting bracket for easy access to wiring, keyhole slots in the bracket to eliminate the need to completely remove the electrical box screws to install the bracket and a universal bracket that fits any standard electrical box up to 4” in size.
•All smoke alarms have a
First Alert® OneLink® Competitive Comparison Summary
Feature
Competitive Wireless
| SKU Lineup |
| Smoke and CO alarms |
| Smoke alarms only |
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| (4 SKUS) |
| (2 SKUS) | |
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| Photoelectric |
| Ionization | |
| Patented Optipath 360™ Smoke |
| Yes |
| No |
| Technology |
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| Electrochemical CO Sensor |
| Yes |
| No CO Alarm |
| Pullout Battery Drawer |
| Yes |
| No |
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| Voice With Programmable |
| Yes (First Alert Exclusive) |
| No Voice |
| Location |
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| CO |
| Yes | No CO Alarm | |
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| Battery |
| 2 AA batteries |
| 9V and 3 AA batteries |
| Unique House Code |
| Automatic |
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| 65,000 unique codes |
| (manual) | |
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| Frequency |
| 915MHz with |
| 433 MHz w/o frequency hopping |
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| hopping |
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| Silence Feature |
| Nuisance and low battery silence |
| Nuisance only |
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| for up to 8 hours |
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| Mesh Network |
| Yes |
| No |
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**Interconnected alarms provide added warning as compared to single alarms.
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