Smoke Alarm Battery Dies: Throw it out?

PA Prius · 10-02-2009, 09:32 AM

Earlier this week I visited a landfill for the first time in decades. Quite depressing.

Remember, you can never throw anything away. You are simply re-locating it.

PA P

ShellyT · 10-02-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by qbee42

You should at least test them. Smoke detectors have a limited life span. Yours may be nothing but a placebo.

Tom

Mine have expiration dates on them.

jayman · 10-02-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tripp

or sent to a large dump in liberia, where some poor bastard will try to extract metals from it and perish in the process.

More likely China

Much toxic computer waste lands in Third World

Actually quite smart on our part. Not only have we exported all our "dirty" manufacturing to the Third World, we've also exported our dangerous used electronics

This way we can pretend to be "green" and even pout when we hear of a natural disaster in some foreign locale

ctmurray · 10-03-2009, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by qbee42

You should at least test them. Smoke detectors have a limited life span. Yours may be nothing but a placebo.

Tom

I agree. Our dectectors wen't off (on the coldest night of the year in Minnesota) and the fire department also said these need to be replaced every 10 years. So we replaced the with units that don't need to be disconnected from the house power wires (the battery is in a side compartment that slides out). But having a battery that actually would last 10 years saves me from the annual ritual of replacing them.

DaveinOlyWA · 10-03-2009, 04:13 PM

is it better to have smoke detectors that might not work anymore or live in a house with smoke detectors sitting in the pantry uninstalled?

parents of 4 year old twin girls living in Yelm, WA probably have a pretty good answer to that question right now.

jayman · 10-04-2009, 03:33 PM

Oh FFS! Who can have children in a house and NOT have working smoke detectors? I have them more to protect my cats!

qbee42 · 10-08-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jayman

Oh FFS! Who can have children in a house and NOT have working smoke detectors? I have them more to protect my cats!

I have them to keep my cat from smoking in the bathroom.

Tom

dogfriend · 10-08-2009, 10:56 AM

I have one so I can tell when the food is done in the oven.

jayman · 10-08-2009, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by qbee42

I have them to keep my cat from smoking in the bathroom.

I'm going to have to have a word with you about how you've raised your cat

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Originally Posted by dogfriend

I have one so I can tell when the food is done in the oven.

I see we share the same virtually nonexistent cooking skills

dogfriend · 10-08-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jayman

I see we share the same virtually nonexistent cooking skills

Its not just that I don't have the skills, I don't have any interest either.

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