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A hard-wired smoke detector in the home draws power from your circuit breaker panel. In contrast, a battery-operated smoke detector will be self-contained and won't have any exterior wiring. Hard-wired detectors have two installation methods. Each is user-friendly when it comes to disconnecting the wires from the smoke detector.

1. Set a ladder beneath the smoke detector, if applicable. Make sure the ladder is on a firm and level surface and that the weight requirements have not been exceeded. Climb the ladder to get the smoke detector within a comfortable reach.

2. Confirm whether the smoke detector is battery-operated or hard-wired. Grasp the detector in your hand and twist the unit in a counterclockwise rotation. This will free the body of the detector from the mounting bracket. Gently pull it away from the bracket when it is free. If there are no wires connecting it to the ceiling or wall, it is a battery-operated unit and there are no wires to be removed. If there are connecting wires, it is a hard-wired unit and the wires can be disconnected.

3. Dismount from the ladder and flip the circuit breaker switch that controls the smoke detector. If there is no obvious marking on the panel that designates a switch for the detector, throw the main breaker to the 'Off' position.

4. Mount the ladder, and ensure that the power to the smoke detector has been shut off by using a noncontact circuit tester.

5. Inspect the detector wires. Depending on the type of detector you have, the wires will either be connected with a plug and socket or they will be connected with wire nuts.

6. Press a small screwdriver against a retaining tab on the plug-and-socket type of connection. The tab will jut out slightly from one side of the plug or the other. The plug will release from the socket.

7. Unscrew the wire nuts from the wires if they are connected that way. When a wire nut is unscrewed, pull the two wires apart that were joined by the wire nut. Then screw the nut back onto the wire that leads out from the ceiling or the wall. Do this with each wire that has been nutted.

Things You Will Need

• Small screwdriver

• Ladder, if applicable

• Multimeter

Tip

If you are replacing the detector, you must use a similar brand that connects in the exact same way that the old one did. The plug socket must be identical to the original or the plug from the wall or ceiling will not fit.

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110-Volt Hardwired Smoke Alarms

This page is intended to help you replace hardwired 110-120-volt electric smoke detectors. These residential smoke alarms are required for fire protection by building codes in cities in the United States, and are typically installed during the construction phase of a new house.

Different types of smoke detectors can be easily identified by removing the unit from the base plate or wall mounting bracket. Look for these indicators:

• 2 or 3 fairly heavy-gauge wires, usually coming out of a metal or plastic junction box, and usually connected with wire nuts. These mean the unit is most likely a 110-volt electric smoke alarm, and this article will help you replace it.

• 1 or 2 small-diameter wires coming from a junction box or hole in the drywall. Wiring connects to screw terminals on the detector. This indicates a low-voltage smoke detector tied to a home alarm system. For more info on this type, see Home Smoke Detectors.

• No wires at all will be present for battery operated smoke detectors.

Replacing a 110-volt fire alarm isn’t difficult, and can be done in 30 minutes or less by following the instructions included with the new detector.

Changing out multiple electric smoke alarms could take a few hours or more, depending on how many you have and how hard they are to reach.

All types of smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years, or when recommended by the maker.
If you’re not sure how old a detector in your house is, check the back for a date stamp.
Smoke detector manufacturers typically stamp the date of manufacture somewhere on the back of the unit.
If the date is 10 years old or older, or if you can’t find a date stamp, the unit should be replaced.

I’m replacing an old smoke detector in my own house for this project. When the home was built, just one wired-in electric smoke alarm was installed; I added the low-voltage combination smoke and heat detector in the same location when I installed my monitored home security system.

If you have a similar situation, be sure to call the alarm monitoring station and put the system in “Test” mode while you’re working on the change-out. I did this just to be safe because, even though I wouldn’t be working on the monitored detector, any dust or vibration I might cause near the unit could possibly set it off.
Since the existing System Sensor low voltage unit is a photoelectric smoke alarm, I decided to use an ionization type smoke alarm for the new unit.

The new smoke detector being installed here is a First Alert smoke alarm, Model SA9120BPCN. It is a 110volt ionization type with battery backup, and is a good general purpose hardwired detector for most homes.

If you have gas appliances, or for some other reason want CO (carbon monoxide) protection, you might consider the First Alert Model SC9120B combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarm.

With that out of the way..Let’s get started!

Steps for Replacing Hardwired 110-volt Electric Smoke Detectors

1) Turn off power at the circuit breaker panel

Most 110-volt hardwired smoke detectors have a light that stays lit constantly. Have a helpful assistant turn off breakers, one by one, and watch for the light to go out.

If you aren't sure which circuit breaker controls your smoke detectors, turn off the 'Main' breaker. This will likely cause clocks in some appliances like microwaves and ovens to lose their time settings, so do this when you have time to reset them.

Also, plan on doing this project during daylight hours, since throwing the main breaker will kill all inside lighting.

2) Remove the old unit from the base plate
Electric smoke detectors can consist of a main unit with a removable cover, or a main unit and a detachable base plate.

For the first type, the cover simply twists off or can be popped off by pulling on it.

Electric smoke detectors with a detachable base plate will come off when twisted, usually to the left or counterclockwise.

If you can’t get the unit apart easily, check the plastic housing for an indication of how to remove the unit. Some electric smoke detectors have a tab that must be pressed before the housing can be released or turned.

Once the unit is apart, look for two mounting screws holding the main unit or the baseplate to the wall or junction box. In most cases, these only need to be loosened; the housings and base plates usually have slotted holes that allow them to be removed while the screws are still attached to the junction box.

3) Compare the wiring connected to your old electric smoke detector to the smoke alarm wiring diagram supplied with the new one

Pull the house wiring out of the electrical junction box until there is enough slack to work with. There should be 2 or 3 wires of the old smoke detector that correspond to the wires on the new unit.

Electric smoke detectors usually have a black “hot” wire, a white “neutral” wire, and a third colored wire (usually red, orange, or yellow) for other interconnected smoke alarms. If your house has only one electric smoke detector, the third wire is not used.

If there is a bare copper “Ground” wire, it is not needed and it can be tucked out of the way.

If you have trouble keeping track of which wires go where, you can use masking tape to label the house wires that are connected to each colored wire on the old smoke alarm.
Or, take a photo of the connections with your smartphone or other camera.

4) Disconnect the house wires from the old smoke

There will probably be a plug-in connector tied to the house wiring. If this connector matches one of the adapters included with the new detector, connect it now.

If none of the adapters fits the existing connector, remove it by taking off the wire nuts; just twist them counter-clockwise to remove.

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Thread the house wiring through the center opening of the new base plate, then mount it to the junction box. Fasten the base plate using the existing screws or the new hardware supplied.

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Connect the “Hot”, “Neutral”, and, if used, 'Interconnect' house wires to the matching wires on the new detector pigtail harness. Refer to the supplied smoke detector wiring diagram and, if needed, your labels and/or photo to match up the correct wires.

The First Alert smoke detector shown here came with 2 adapters that will fit many older Kidde, Fyrnetics, Lifesaver, and Firex detector harnesses. As mentioned above, if your new smoke has an adapter that happens to fit your existing harness, just snap the connectors together and skip dealing with the wire nuts.

If you need to use wire nuts, hold the wires to be joined so that their ends are even. Then, screw on the wire nut by twisting to the right or clockwise.

When wiring smoke alarm connections with stranded wire, twist the strands clockwise into a tight bundle to make installing the wire nut easier.

If you’re not using the third interconnect wire, make sure it is factory insulated. If it's not, wrap the end with electrical tape or screw on a wire nut to insulate it.
If you are using the third wire, be aware that these are usually factory insulated. Use wire strippers to expose the bare copper wire on the new harness, then use a wire nut to connect it to the house third wire.

Note: You may have noticed that the wires shown here appear silver, while bare copper is usually yellowish in color. This is because the wire was 'tinned' during manufacture.

Tinning is simply a coating of solder applied to the wire. Its purpose here is to make connections easier and more secure.

6) If the new unit only allows access to the backup battery from the back, install it now

7) Push the smoke detector wiring back into the junction box, and install the smoke alarm onto the base plate

8) Install the backup smoke detector battery, if you didn’t do so in Step 7

This detector has a convenient swing-out door on the battery compartment, making battery replacement easy. This might be a feature you want to look for when shopping for replacement smoke detectors.

9) If you are replacing multiple hardwired smoke alarms, proceed to the next detector and repeat the removal and installation steps

10) When all smoke detector installation is complete, turn power back on at the electrical breaker box
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11) Test the new smoke detector(s) according to the smoke alarm manufacturer’s instructions

For most units, you’ll need to press and hold a smoke detector “Test” button until the detector (and other interconnected smoke detectors) sound an alarm.

If any unit doesn’t test properly, turn off the power and check that the connections are all wired correctly and are secure.

Maintenance

• Replace the smoke alarm battery every year, or when chirping indicates a battery problem.
• Replace the smoke detector every ten years.
• If you have several electric smoke detectors to replace, you can save money by shopping for multi-packs. Many detectors are available in packs of 2, 3, and 6.
  

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