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First the story:
there is 9 smoke alarms in this house, and about every 6 months one of them will start beeping low battery, this is the most obnoxious things in the world. you can hear this low battery signal in your Brain, but determining which unit it is from is hard because of the short high-frequency peircing sound. a few days after replacing that battery, another one will start its incessent beeping, waking people up and all.
its like the house from hell
as you can be sure that you will be woken up by some obnoxious beeping from something , be it the UPS (power supply), the phone, or the smoke alarms.
SO
replacing all the batteries, even if they have a few more months of life (or not) has to be done about 2 time a year. no big deal right? well it isnt always 6 months, and sometimes one will have beeped all night, and when it warms up, it will stop beeping , but only when your Looking for the dang thing.
The Test Subjects:
these are AC&DC smoke alarms, that are "Ganged" meaning chained together via wiring in the house, a 3rd wire is a trigger wire that triggers EVERY smoke alarm in the place when only one goes off (from smoke), another nightmare trying to figure out WHICH one of them is going off.
they aparentally are testing the battery to death, as i suppose would be fine, beings the smoke alarms are important safety items.
we were using fresh alkalines in them of brand names, like energyser, ray-o-vac max, and duracell.
the Change:
better make that the Dollers i spent neer $70 on Ultralife Lithium 9V cells, to See if i could get a temporary reprieve from this constant. i made sure it was from a reliable source, and not a knock off.
the lithium cells have the features of long shelf life, a tiny bit more capacity, and could have had a slightly better voltage holding.
Some Results:
The replacement to Ultralife lithium was done in 1/11/07 (december last year) and the first one went belly up, in only 5.5 months, the second in only 7.5months.
Some starting conclusions:
IF your smoke alarms suck up batteries for lunch
IF your smoke alarms use batteries up in less than a year of time
Then, putting in a $7 battery in is a waste, i would have been better off replacing Every one every 6months, than to waste this kind of money trying to extend the time.
its not over yet, but this is the SAME loop i was put into with alkaline, and now it woke me up beeping again twice, %&*!#, so i am not impressed.
Disclaimer, your results would definatly vary, if your smoke alarms last longer between battery changes. this post is the opinion of the poster, who mearly cataloged the times for his own purposes, use the above information at your own risk.
there is 9 smoke alarms in this house, and about every 6 months one of them will start beeping low battery, this is the most obnoxious things in the world. you can hear this low battery signal in your Brain, but determining which unit it is from is hard because of the short high-frequency peircing sound. a few days after replacing that battery, another one will start its incessent beeping, waking people up and all.
its like the house from hell
as you can be sure that you will be woken up by some obnoxious beeping from something , be it the UPS (power supply), the phone, or the smoke alarms.SO
replacing all the batteries, even if they have a few more months of life (or not) has to be done about 2 time a year. no big deal right? well it isnt always 6 months, and sometimes one will have beeped all night, and when it warms up, it will stop beeping , but only when your Looking for the dang thing.
The Test Subjects:
these are AC&DC smoke alarms, that are "Ganged" meaning chained together via wiring in the house, a 3rd wire is a trigger wire that triggers EVERY smoke alarm in the place when only one goes off (from smoke), another nightmare trying to figure out WHICH one of them is going off.
they aparentally are testing the battery to death, as i suppose would be fine, beings the smoke alarms are important safety items.
we were using fresh alkalines in them of brand names, like energyser, ray-o-vac max, and duracell.
the Change:
better make that the Dollers
i spent neer $70 on Ultralife Lithium 9V cells, to See if i could get a temporary reprieve from this constant. i made sure it was from a reliable source, and not a knock off.the lithium cells have the features of long shelf life, a tiny bit more capacity, and could have had a slightly better voltage holding.
Some Results:
The replacement to Ultralife lithium was done in 1/11/07 (december last year) and the first one went belly up, in only 5.5 months, the second in only 7.5months.
Some starting conclusions:
IF your smoke alarms suck up batteries for lunch
IF your smoke alarms use batteries up in less than a year of time
Then, putting in a $7 battery in is a waste, i would have been better off replacing Every one every 6months, than to waste this kind of money trying to extend the time.
its not over yet, but this is the SAME loop i was put into with alkaline, and now it woke me up beeping again twice, %&*!#, so i am not impressed.
Disclaimer, your results would definatly vary, if your smoke alarms last longer between battery changes. this post is the opinion of the poster, who mearly cataloged the times for his own purposes, use the above information at your own risk.
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