mysoulishome@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agoFirst Alert smoke detector...non replacable battery supposed to last 10 years...dies after 2...for warranty contact, the verify you're human puzzle does not work on 3 different browsers I triedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down116
arrow-up1628arrow-down1imageFirst Alert smoke detector...non replacable battery supposed to last 10 years...dies after 2...for warranty contact, the verify you're human puzzle does not work on 3 different browsers I triedlemmy.worldmysoulishome@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoEven the 9V ones didn’t last forever. I found that out one very exciting morning, when it decided to sing me the song of its people. If you’ve never stumbled down the stairs at 4am looking for a fire with your bollocks flapping about, I heartily recommend it.
minus-squareCookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoNo of course not, but you didn’t need a completely new smoke alarm when the battery is empty.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe battery was fine. It was the alarm that had degraded to the point that it always “detected” smoke. Turns out smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years or so.
Even the 9V ones didn’t last forever.
I found that out one very exciting morning, when it decided to sing me the song of its people. If you’ve never stumbled down the stairs at 4am looking for a fire with your bollocks flapping about, I heartily recommend it.
No of course not, but you didn’t need a completely new smoke alarm when the battery is empty.
The battery was fine. It was the alarm that had degraded to the point that it always “detected” smoke.
Turns out smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years or so.