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Michael
Joined: Thu, May 29 2008, 8:55 am EDT Posts: 202
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Posted: Fri, Mar 8 2013, 12:59 pm EST Post subject: Daylight savings time and smoke detectors |
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If you didn't change your batteries in your smoke and CO detectors in the fall, now would be a great time to do it. When you change your clocks, change your batteries! If you did change them in the fall, take a moment to test them as you go around and reset your clocks. Practice your escape plans and have a meeting place!
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anon-opp6 Guest
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Posted: Sun, Jun 2 2013, 6:10 pm EDT Post subject: Re: Daylight savings time and smoke detectors |
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Mike,
Thanks for posting.
Anyone,
Question on a smokie.
I was glad to see this post to remind me again. And as I look around the house a couple were unplugged since then for chirping - so that's really bad.
I neglected to do this in the spring. The house was hard wired for smoke detector so they said when we moved in. I thought the day of needing to change batteries in those disposable smoke detectors was over. But of course I was wrong.
So big question, does anyone know, can you put a rechargeable 9 V lithium for example in the hard wire detectors for the battery backup. I assume it would work, but will they charge?
And if anyone else hasn't reconnected them, changed battery backup, here is your reminder. Or am I the only one with the overflowing honey do list?
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anon-8670 Guest
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Posted: Sun, Jun 2 2013, 6:17 pm EDT Post subject: Re: Daylight savings time and smoke detectors |
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I saw on ask this old house that hard wired detectors have a shelf life. I believe a manufacturer tag inside says the mfg date. I believe this old house said it is 10 years. |
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anon-40n0 Guest
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Posted: Sun, Jun 2 2013, 6:46 pm EDT Post subject: Re: Daylight savings time and smoke detectors |
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Don't gamble with your familiy's life. Get one designed with rechargeable backup. Kiddie i12080 for about 50 bucks.
Home Depot has them or you can order them.
And if you have a larger home with many of them, you may want to do a few early one year and next year the others to spread the cost.
Not to mention I wouldn't get time to put them all in on one weekend anyway, so splitting the chore up makes sense.
Good tip on previous poster, but I worked for an electrical contractor and they were only good for 7 years now. In fact the newer generation ones start chirping with or without fresh batteries if the unit is reaching end of life. |
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