(A) A minimum of one 120-volt outlet shall be installed outside each sleeping area in each dwelling unit within single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, apartment houses, condominiums and/or town houses for the connection of approved fixed automatic smoke detectors (non-plug-in) as required in the State Building Code.
(B) Automatic smoke detector outlets are required in residential dwelling units. The outlets shall be located on or near the ceiling in accordance with the listing and the instructions of the manufacturer of the approved automatic smoke detector.
(C) Exception: the 120-volt outlets specified in this section shall not be required when an approved automatic smoke detecting system is installed which provides equivalent protection and whose primary source of power is 120-volts. (Note: the wording in this section is identical to the wording contained in § 210-71, state amendment number one to the 1984 and 1987 State Electrical Code. This wording is also identical to the wording contained in § 210-27 of both the 1978 and the 1981 editions of the State Electrical Code.)
(D) Local exception No. 1: a battery powered, approved automatic smoke detector may be used in rental residential dwelling units constructed prior to 1-1-1975 in lieu of the 120-volt automatic smoke detector outlet required in this section.
(E) Local exception No. 2: a 120-volt (plug-in-type) automatic smoke detector may be used in residential dwelling units constructed prior to 1-1-1975 in lieu of the 120-volt automatic smoke detector outlet required in this section.
Penalty, see § 152.99