Don’t these things run off of decaying isotopes? I don’t think you can fix that
Comment on And now I'm reminded I have two of these to repair.
cosmicpancake@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Oh hell, that picture hit me in the gut. I have two of those exact things sitting in my closet and every time I think about fixing them I just want to cry. Whoever designed these clearly hated future owners.
Parts are impossible to find, the screws strip in 0.3 seconds, and of course the cheap plastic decides to crumble right where it matters. I swear manufacturers do this on purpose so you buy a new one.
I’ll probably procrastinate for a month, then tear one apart at 2 AM with a soldering iron and too much coffee. If it works, I pretend it was a planned restoration. If not, well, eBay scavenging spree it is.
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
SGforce@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Don’t know what it’s like where you live but around here if they are old enough to fall apart they aren’t to code anyway. They need replacing like every two years, I think.
shalafi@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Our floor plan + regulations made for a stupid setup. All three bedrooms and hallway require an alarm. All 4 are within 8’ of each other.
And there isn’t one in the kitchen!
lovely_reader@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Afaik, it’s not recommended to have them in kitchens, because harmless culinary mistakes can set them off so people end up disabling them in annoyance. You have to have one in a common area on every floor, but ideally not the kitchen.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours ago
Parts?
Anyhow, they have a 10 year lifetime. You can’t repair it.