Battery powered smoke detectors have been an essential home safety accessory ever since they were first commercially popularized in the 1970s. But even though the blinking device is fastened to ...

No one tells you what those different beeps or on-off lights on your smoke detector mean. Here's what you need to know.

The Kidde Ring measures 1.8 by 5 by 5 inches (HWD) and weighs 1.3 pounds. It’s a hardwired device that contains black (hot) and white (neutral) wires, as well as a red wire used to interconnect ...