Do you know that household gas alarms have a shelf life? Your instrument needs to be replaced!

Household gas alarm is a gas safety "guardian", in recent years, the number of residents to install the use of household gas alarms continue to increase. However, we have considered, gas alarms also have a shelf life? Come together to take a look, your home instrument is not to replace it!

What is a home gas alarm?

Household gas alarm is mainly composed of sensors, sound and light alarms, power supply and other components, can be 24 hours to detect the concentration of combustible gas leakage. When the gas concentration to be measured reaches or exceeds the preset value, the alarm will immediately send out sound and light alarm signal. In addition to conventional alarms, the current popularity of users like the linkage model and networking models of instruments.

Linkage models of home gas alarms, in the sound and light alarm signal at the same time, can also be linked to the solenoid valve or cylinder manipulator action, cut off the gas source, to protect the safety of gas. Networking model gas alarm can send out alarm signals at the same time, the alarm information through the phone, SMS, APP timely push to the user, effective prevention of disasters and accidents. It is suitable for users who have old people and children at home or who are traveling for a long time.

What is the service life of home gas alarm?

The sensor inside the gas alarm has a service life. As the core component for detecting gas concentration, the sensor is often exposed to soot and other impurities during use, and is constantly aging and damaged. Therefore, the detector will be false or malfunction when it is overdue for use. Once the user is too dependent on the alarm to remind, did not realize the detection failure, very easy to accident.

Household gas alarm routine maintenance methods

We know the service life of the home gas alarm is 5 years, then, in the daily use of the process, how do we maintain the instrument, to protect its stable performance?

1, the user should often self-test, just press the instrument "self-test" button, when the detection of their own faults, the gas alarm will continue to flash yellow lights and alarm sounds to remind the user to replace.

2, the user should at least once a year to clean the gas alarm, so as to ensure normal use. Gas alarms around the sensing center of the mask although it can block the bugs, but the dust can get in, which will cause the delay of air movement, affecting the normal use of gas alarms. When cleaning the gas alarm, you only need to wipe away the dust on the surface of the alarm; for the oil on the alarm shell, gently wipe it with a semi-dry towel;

3, in the vicinity of the gas alarm, should be avoided as much as possible, there are irritating odor substances, such as pesticides, paint, flower water, a large amount of alcohol, etc., so as to avoid these irritating gases trigger the instrument to produce false alarms.

At the same time, the installation of the alarm should be avoided above or near the cooker and hood; also avoid installing it in damp places or vents, so as not to affect the normal operation. From public safety considerations, a family of gas hazards endanger the safety of the entire unit or even the entire building neighbors, so the installation and replacement of the expiration of the gas alarm is by no means a family of things, but all gas users should pay close attention to, should consciously and in a timely manner to replace.