DICON

Welcome to the Smoke Detector cross reference page. I will assume you have made it to this page because you entered the word DICON into GOOGLE. The reason you did that is because your 15 year old smokes are beeping. This beeping sound probably started around 3 a.m. and will just not stop

Relax, its OK now

In a nutshell, if you see the word DICON on your smoke it is pooched and they ALL SHOULD be replaced. I carry Dicon replacement units that use the old DICON mounting bracket on your ceiling, spin in spin out, you must replace them all otherwise they will not work. The Smokes I have are made by a Company called American Sensors, they are approved for sale in the U.S. As of October 2007 I am the only company in North America that has these snap in smokes, only 3800 left and going fast (American Sensors was bought out by another company who discontinued them), so if you want to replace your smokes and fed up of reading, this is what you want: MODEL SA379

APRIL 2010 SPECIAL: SA379UL (U.S. Certified Smokes) are 20$C(20$ish US), normally 25$, BUT the free-freight on a box of 6 or more: forget it, but you still save bigtime

I have been getting numerous phone calls regarding a web based smoke detector store in the U.S. that appears not to be shipping product. I cannot mention their name. I ship product, no nonsense here, you want smokes, I have them, I have children to send to university !! Most smoke orders are shipped the same day, serious. Im Canadian, you can trust me.

FREE SHIPPING on orders of 6 smokes or more....talk to your neighbors

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Dicon Smokes, the ones making the noise, have a 10 year warranty, but thats long gone expired. Dicon went out of business 15 years ago, they no longer exist. I sell replacement DICON Smoke Detectors, made by a company called DiconGlobal, go figure that one. Some can be intermixed with existing Dicon units, others not, generally, replace them all, the mountings are the same as the current DICONS you have, so generally you snap out the old ones and snap in the new ones. Bingo ! Bida-Bang-Bida-Bing

You cannot rebuild these units, you cannot go to Home Depot and find a substitute, I do not know where you can purchase these units locally. If you drop in another companies product, they will all beep, just like they are right now

If you live in Canada, I ship you Canadian approved units(ULC). In the U.S., I ship you U.S. approved units(UL). The difference is that they have a different sound, and your Fire Department is happy. For freight charges click here. It takes 2-8 business days to reach you. Im in Toronto, North of Buffalo. If your address is off the beaten track, 6-8 business days You can order directly from us using our easy Quick Order screen.

If you are replacing the DICON smokes in YOUR house, then the odds are on that your neighbour has the same smokes, in the same place, and they are probably about to die. See if he needs any, heck, sell him some, Your freight comes down, Your neighbor is happy, I can add wieners to my KD tonight, buy my kids shoes, it works well EVERYBODY WINS !!

It appears that legislation in some areas of Canada/U.S. now require 9v batteries in the 120VAC powered smokes.

Odds are you have a DICON 370LBX, 330L, One with and without battery backup. Replace with SA379 and SA360. Upgrade to the SA379 with the battery, cannot lose.

Smoke detectors should be connected to a primary electrical circuit, which means that the smokes are on the same breaker as a major/primary/attention getting circuit, such that if the breaker blows and you lose that function, you will fix the problem quickly and bring the Smoke, Carbon Monoxide detectors back online. Are you with me ? They should not be on an independent breaker/fuse/circuit.

Make sure you know how many you need. If A new smoke when installed goes off, remove all the old smokes first, from obscure places: the attic. Heck, one customer had one boarded into his wall. Perhaps a renovation trick. You may laugh, because I did but, He is not alone.

Condo Corporations: Send a FAX or Email us for you requirements, we have volume pricing on 100+ piece orders, immediate delivery, well almost immediate

The smokes connector harness will be either 3 wires or 6 wires. The extra wires are connected to a relay inside the smoke, FORM C. If you have a 3 wire unit it does not matter. A 3 wire harness connected into a 6 wire smoke would imply the relay on the smoke is not being used, therefore a 6 wire to 6 wire imples a relay is in use, This relay may control a valve, a siren, something, investigate.

......From my experience: Count 5, order 6, a box of them

Two types of Smoke Alarm Technology

Ionization: Smoke alarms respond earlier to fast flaming fires. A flaming fire devours combustibles extremely fast, spreads rapidly and generates considerable heat with little smoke. Ionization models are best suited for rooms which contain highly combustible materials. These types of materials include: cooking fat/grease flammable liquids newspapers paint cleaning solutions.

Photoelectronic: Smoke alarms respond earlier to slow smoldering fires. A smoldering fire generates large amounts of thick smoke with little heat and may smolder for hours before bursting into flames Photoelectric models are best suited for living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens. This is because these rooms often contain large pieces of furniture, such as sofas, chairs, mattresses, counter tops, etc. which will burn slowly and create more smoldering smoke than flames. Photoelectric smoke alarms are also less prone to nuisance alarms in the kitchen area than ionization smoke alarms

Did you know, that depending on where you live, there is either a mandated law, a by-law, law, in-law, building code law, provincial. state, or regional law that you are to have a Carbon Monoxide Detector on each floor, or outside each bedroom door ? Just like smoke detectors. Up until 2006, Carbon Monoxide units were really expensive, and consumed a lot of power, but capitalism and free enterprise has prevailed again, and they changed the technology, so they work on a 9 volt battery for more than 10 minutes. They also come as plug-ins to the wall, with battery backup, and some of them can be connected to your alarm panel. And they dropped the price, big time, as in half. So now you know, you have been told, your life, think of the children, I know a low-blow, but it probably is the law where you are sitting, and laws are good for us, unless of course you want to get a Darwin Award this year

There is another solution: Put in a Dual Smoke Monoxide Detector, the COS2010. Its also cUL listed, which means its been tested by UL to comply with the UL2034 standard and the Canadian CSA 6.19. The unitis a 4 wire setup, and you may only have 3. If you have a 4 wire harness, such as the ESA5011 then this solution is a go, or just string a 4 wire cable

For situations where a device such as a sprinkler is triggered by a smoke then you need to read this manual and get this gizzy, the CB570 Actually this little unit allows you to integrate many different types of sensors. Use your alarm panel, plus a relay, to flip them. What a perfect little automation device. The things people make. Here is an interesting application, a A smoke detector, Pull Station, and the gizzy Combo. The alarm goes of when smoke is detected OR the pull station is tripped. In some jurisdictions this combo is required on apartments/rentals of a certain size, but you could put one in your garage