pirating@lemmy.world to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · edit-217 days agoToday I replaced the battery in my smoke detector. (Updated-no longer dull)message-squaremessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1152arrow-down1message-squareToday I replaced the battery in my smoke detector. (Updated-no longer dull)pirating@lemmy.world to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · edit-217 days agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
I even used a ladder. Update: it started beeping again, so this is no longer a dull topic. My apologies everybody.
minus-squarechalupapocalypse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 days agoDo they even have batteries anymore, I thought you were supposed to replace them after 10 years and they all have built in batteries now
minus-squaresmeenz@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoDepends on how dusty the room is. Every time a bit of dust gets in there, it has to power up and check whether it reaches the threshold. All that powering up can drop a supposedly 10 year battery down to just a couple of years in a dusty environment
Do they even have batteries anymore, I thought you were supposed to replace them after 10 years and they all have built in batteries now
Depends on how dusty the room is. Every time a bit of dust gets in there, it has to power up and check whether it reaches the threshold. All that powering up can drop a supposedly 10 year battery down to just a couple of years in a dusty environment