How does the cost of the Kidde Wireless System relate to that of a hardwired interconnected system?
New homes must have interconnected smoke alarms, and the cost of wiring that system is incorporated into the overall construction cost of the home. However, families that want to add a traditional, hardwired, interconnected system to an existing home will incur substantial costs due to the time and labor for rewiring. The CPSC has stated that wireless technology is a lower cost alternative to installing interconnected smoke alarms when retrofitting is involved.
