Fire alarm system: Nest Protects with heat sensor in kitchen

[bmj1]

Hi all,

 

I'd quite like to install wired Nest Protects in our new build, I've just hit one snag...

 

We need a heat sensor in the kitchen, and I understand that it needs to be connected to a central alerting system...

 

So.. I'm wondering what people think of the following:

 

- Custom modifying a single Nest Protect unit to disable the built in smoke sensor, such that it becomes a 'dumb' heat sensor. I've got a buddy who is handy with electrics..

 

That way, I get a nice interconnected fire alarm system, with dedicated heat sensor in the kitchen. And save myself the expense of a more enterprise-y fire alarm system.

 

Thoughts ?

Edited January 4, 2023 by bmj1

[ProDave]

And the rest of us just go and buy AICO alarms who will do a nice heat sensor without any butchering to integrate with all their other various types of smoke and CO alarms.

 

Yhey even do a combined heat and CO sensor which was perfect for our kitchen / diner with a wood burning stove in it.