Smoke Detector Issue

RavensFan24 wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:

RavensFan24 wrote:
It had a good pop to it, so I figured it was still good. Looks like I'll be buying my

first 9v battery in about a decade.

10 year old battery? That should have been your first clue!!!:B

The fire department's recommend everyone replace them every year!
"The International Fire Chiefs Association....changing your smoke alarm batteries every November when you set your clocks back for DST."

I said in the original post that the RV and everything in it were manufactured in January or near there, so the battery and the smoke detector aren't that old. I said that I hadn't had a need to buy a 9v battery in about a decade, since nothing really calls for 9v batteries anymore. I Certainly would never expect a battery to last 10 years. The smoke detectors in my house are hardwired and don't have batteries, so unless I'm buying a piece of electronics from the 80s, there is never a need for a 9v.

Thanks for the thoughts.

I have a 2014 fiver. One of the first things I did was replace the cheap factory 9 volt smoke alarm batteries with good ones. I also added another smoke detector in my basement storage.

You should get your ladder out at home and inspect those "hard wired" smoke detectors. I think you will find that they do have batteries.