Glasshouse Home Safety Blog

There are two main types of smoke alarms and it is important for your safety and for standard compliance to know the differences. The two types of alarms are ionisation alarms and Photoelectric alarms.

Safety switches are installed in the switchboard of your building. These switches, also known as residual current devices (RCDs), protect you and your family against electrocution and fires caused by electrical faults. The safety switch should trigger when the electrical current is detected as being interrupted, meaning the current is flowing through someone or something and the flow is not its natural and balanced state.