Smoke alarm

pennysmom09 wrote:

ksg5000 wrote:
I find that hardwired smoke detectors are unnecessary and often PIA. Suggest you toss and buy an inexpensive battery operated combo fire/CO detector - you have to change the battery once a yr. No big deal.

I agree. We did this too after being annoyed by the hardwired one.

I also agree,my hardwired one failed and the replacement was not being made anymore.

After a lot of research I settled on This one change out the batteries once a year.

Thank for your help!

That is an indication of "I'm too old" as well as "Dead battery". Like others said. Get a new one.

Stop by Home Depot/Lowes and just get the right thing. The ones with hard wires are standard home detectors. The only difference maybe the plug and every one I have bought comes with a plug that matches the new detector so you can change out the old plug if necessary. I'm pretty sure the heat and cold in a stored RV has a detrimental effect on detectors that, for the most part, expect to live in a climate controlled space. Myself, I don't mind having to replace them sooner than in a house (detectors should always be replace every 10 years) just to be safe.

garyemunson wrote:
Stop by Home Depot/Lowes and just get the right thing. The ones with hard wires are standard home detectors. The only difference maybe the plug and every one I have bought comes with a plug that matches the new detector so you can change out the old plug if necessary. I'm pretty sure the heat and cold in a stored RV has a detrimental effect on detectors that, for the most part, expect to live in a climate controlled space. Myself, I don't mind having to replace them sooner than in a house (detectors should always be replace every 10 years) just to be safe.

I doubt HD and Lowes have hard wired 12 VOLT detectors. From the OP post, he did not state if it was 120 hard wired or 12 volt Hard wired. The only Hard Wired I have seen in RV's was 12 volt. Doug