Very interesting that all the houses on the street have the same alarms where you are. Even if houses were built in the same time period over here at least, some houses would have variety to them.
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You would be amazed home many different houses I visit built in the same neighborhood or even by the same contractor/developer and they STILL use the same brand/type of smoke detector. It all boils down to whatever is the cheapest and what will pass the final inspection prior to occupancy. 
I think this is his only other one. I pleaded for my dad to let me buy it, but he said I should use my $20 for something else.
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That’s too bad, but it’s YOUR money.
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Exactly! I know its an old smoke alarm, but I still like it and thats what I want to spend it on. This will be the first vintage smoke alarm I buy online if I get it!
So I found this weird looking firex on a Fire Prevention Week pamphlet from 2014 which has three horn holes and a weird looking test button on the front. I doubt this specific unit exists and its probably some weird graphic design but I thought I would share this with you all because it looks dumb
Look what i won on ebay
The one in the middle on the bottom row looks like a smoke detector that we have installed in the entryway of our house. How old is it?
early-mid 90s
Then I guess it could be possible since we had ours put in after replacing the older ones in about 2000.
Look what i won on ebay
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The two older FireX’s and the 1839ACI make it worth it.
My house had 2 old firexes, and I took 1 apart
Okay I made my first smoke alarm video! Dear gosh its 11:00 at night.
You mean that it was 11 at night when you posted. Something tells me your family wouldn’t really take it too well if you did the test at that time. 
Look what i won on ebay
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The two older FireX’s and the 1839ACI make it worth it.
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Yeah it was a steal I got it for 20 buckaroos
The one in the middle on the bottom row looks like a smoke detector that we have installed in the entryway of our house. How old is it?
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it said on the back that it was from 99
so my detectors came today and I made a video on them check it out https://youtu.be/3jnrXwyyXX0
I saw. Cool!
When did the different Dicon smoke alarms come out?
does anyone know where to find a wiring harness for the firex fxw-1 or any other wiring harness that works with it?
you can get adaptors at the home depot and then get a normal wiring harness
Yay the forums back!!!
Statitrol SmokeGard 770 AC powered unit I received a few days ago. Bought this a while before the plague hit but it took forever to deliver. Yes I disinfected the packaging and the unit itself. It did come with its bracket and trim ring though not pictured. Essentially the same as the 700 except with a transformer slapped in where the batteries go and an LED indicator on the side. The test function doesn’t work anymore and it only barely senses smoke on the highest sensitivity setting. Still a very neat and very rare unit. Not bad for one of the first residential ionization smoke detectors ever made.
