• CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    This is a shitshow, probably illegal and the “10” years smoke detectors never last more than 6, like i know a German Youtuber did some magic math and testing, the 10 years is even under laboratory conditions basically impossible, in the real world the thing may go off once or twice, and are tested if they work, already taking out at least 1 year of time…

    I fucking want my 9V powered smoke detectors back.

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      1 year ago

      The smoke detectors in my house are hooked up to the main power, but they still take a battery and beep when the battery is dead. I thought the battery was backup, but they die after about 2 years, so it can’t be backup, it must be used for something.

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      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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          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.