Smoke Alarm

STBRetired wrote:
My new smoke and CO detectors have a non replaceable 10 year battery. At the end of the 10 years, the unit is due for replacement anyway. No more late night chirping. Manufactured by Kidde, which is a reputable firm.

I got one of those for $25; heck of a good deal over the ten years.

My new smoke and CO detectors have a non replaceable 10 year battery. At the end of the 10 years, the unit is due for replacement anyway. No more late night chirping. Manufactured by Kidde, which is a reputable firm.

I'll follow the same battery schedule as I did for buildings I managed. All supers were required to give a battery status report every Memorial and Labor Days and a memo was sent to all residents advising them to check their unit's smoke/CO2 detectors at the same time; simplified all our lives.

Yup. Part of my pre-trip routine is to check the detectors.

For what it's worth, many of the current smoke detectors use AA batteries.