Garage smoke detectors and home insurance for home charging.

[agmonaco]

I had my home security company place a smoke and heat detector in my garage. The installer told me there are insurance companies requiring fire detection in garage if you have an electric car. Has anyone been told this by their Home Owners Insurance company?

 

[ev919]

I'm checking with my local State Farm agent.

But also reached out to CPI for estimate on adding one in the garage.

 

[walla2]

I had my home security company place a smoke and heat detector in my garage. The installer told me there are insurance companies requiring fire detection in garage if you have an electric car. Has anyone been told this by their Home Owners Insurance company?

Yes. I had to install a heat detector n 2019, but it was regardless of electric car use or charging. It was required back then and likely randomly required by various insurance companies.

 

[bruce4000]

If your EV shares a garage with an ICE car, will the exhaust fumes of ICE set off a smoke detector?

 

[Scubamikey]

I had to install in bedrooms and hallway for my Tesla solar roof and added one in garage for the charger

 

[Vines]

I had my home security company place a smoke and heat detector in my garage. The installer told me there are insurance companies requiring fire detection in garage if you have an electric car. Has anyone been told this by their Home Owners Insurance company?

Look into a heat detector as most smoke alarms cannot be installed in a garage per their listing. The smoke of combustion may trip then inappropriately, and most smoke alarms are not designed for hot and cold unconditioned spaces.

Look into Omni Shield wireless heat detectors or Residio ProSIX central monitored system.

 

[bmil03]

It wasn’t required by my insurance company, but I did recently install a Kidde heat alarm. It is hardwired and in sequence with the smoke/CO2 alarms that are inside the house. That way if the heat alarm in the garage goes off, the smoke alarms in the house go off too (and vice versa) for maximum alert.

 

[agmonaco]

Posi

If your EV shares a garage with an ICE car, will the exhaust fumes of ICE set off a smoke detector?

Possibly especially if the door was closed.