Solarbird 
okay so I guess there are literally no good smoke detectors anymore? or is it just hardwired ones that are all fucking garbage?
Brad Devereaux9 escape early-morning fire at Michigan group home
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The Victorian NewsChange the clock ... replace the smoke detector battery
#ausnews #vicnews #DaylightSaving #SpringForward #SmokeDetectors
DroppieLater today, if i can be arsed, i should do my six-monthly check of the 9V batteries in my two smoke-detectors. Increasingly though i begrudge this task, suspecting more & more it's pointless. These are wired detectors, powered by AC, so that the batteries are only for the rare event of a blackout.
So, is there roooooly a point?
- No blackout = both units are powered
- Blackout = both units are dead, unless batteries, but...
...during said putative blackout, how would a fire even start? All the usual trigger modes are n/a, if there's no juice. There is one new potential source; a candle. However, i still query that... i would only use a candle in the room i would be occupying, & if i needed to move to another room, the candle would come with me. There's no conceivable way i would be in a different room to the candle. So, if said candle fell over or somehow did do something naughty, i would be right there, able to take immediate action. The s/d wouldn't even get a sniff [boom tish] of the adventure.
What am i overlooking? Have i been doing a pointless task for 20+ years? 🤔🤷
#smokedetectors
So, is there roooooly a point?
- No blackout = both units are powered
- Blackout = both units are dead, unless batteries, but...
...during said putative blackout, how would a fire even start? All the usual trigger modes are n/a, if there's no juice. There is one new potential source; a candle. However, i still query that... i would only use a candle in the room i would be occupying, & if i needed to move to another room, the candle would come with me. There's no conceivable way i would be in a different room to the candle. So, if said candle fell over or somehow did do something naughty, i would be right there, able to take immediate action. The s/d wouldn't even get a sniff [boom tish] of the adventure.
What am i overlooking? Have i been doing a pointless task for 20+ years? 🤔🤷
#smokedetectors
I really thought I'd finally found it, I really thought I'd found why the smoke detectors liked to go off for fun at random times, more memorably at night, most memorably around 1-3am, when I found that long-term defective connector but
GUESS NOT
"Anything to declare?" "Yeah, don't buy Kidde."
seriously, fuck kidde.
We're ditching all of 'em. every single one. fuck 'em. DO NOT BUY KIDDE, they don't even honour warranties.
Trying BRK this time, they're the same people as First Alert, but it's the contractor brand. Combo smoke/CO detectors. They're more expensive. Hopefully they'll also be better.
FUCK kidde.
sleepy62🍁🛠️ 🖥️ 🔬 🌞Hey I just want to give a shout out to #Kidde the smoke alarm people. I had a wireless alarm start chirping today and its less than a year old.
Bracing for chatbot hell I called the phone number on the back of the unit. To my surprise very nice lady with a Southern accent answered and helped me through the entire reset process.
An actual human, with a sense of humor rather than a nasty #chatbot
So Impressed 😃
Karl Voit 
Okay, one of my 10 #smokedetectors started its low #battery alarm tonight. They always start beeping during the night, don't they?.
Should I continue to buy cheap 9V blocks at the local discounter or switch to rechargeable batteries instead (edit: for the environment)?
Non-rechargeable: Duracell industrial (1,35€) lasted 3½ years. Cheap batteries (50 Cents) lasted 2 years.
The rechargeable ones (~5€) do seem to provide just 8,4V and store only ~300-650mAh. Charging via USB cable or proprietary charger. I'm afraid they don't last more than a year and replacing them frequently is tedious.
Do you have experience with that?
jack the nonabrasiveHey, did you know #SmokeDetectors only last 10 years? Check the manufacture date on yours—it’s on a sticker by the battery compartment.
Peter Kahn🏳️⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈Does anyone know why a bunch of networked #smokeDetectors would go off when there’s no #smoke, fire, or #carbonMonoxide?
My house is pretty humid. Could that be a factor?
I’ve tried vacuuming the detectors based on the theory that it might be dust inside the detector. That doesn’t seem to have done much.
Please let me know if you have a clue because this is super annoying