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Comment on First Alert smoke detector...non replacable battery supposed to last 10 years...dies after 4...the verify you're human puzzle does not work on 3 different browsers I tried

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Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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.

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CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
No of course not, but you didn’t need a completely new smoke alarm when the battery is empty.

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- Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  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.
  
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