Homes and Retreats
Mortblanc
Posts: 224 Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2015 5:03 pmLocation: Kentucky Mountains, USA
Post by Mortblanc Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:25 pm
Arzosah wrote: jansman, do you know if smoke alarms can use rechargeable batteries?
Why? Some things simply demand the extra few pennies cost of a new battery.
The batteries in my smoke alarms last for 6 months easily and have gone for more than a year at times when I forgot about them.
The last place you want to risk the failure or shortened life of a recharged battery would be in a smoke detector!
Yorkshire Andy
Posts: 9888 Joined: Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:06 pm
Post by Yorkshire Andy Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:27 pm
Arzosah wrote: jansman, do you know if smoke alarms can use rechargeable batteries?
Ideally not they are often a lower voltage than a standard alkaline....
best bet is to either replace the alarm with a 10 year one (or ring your local fire service and they will come and fit them for you usually free of charge)
or get a lithium 9v cell
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lithium-Ultra-B ... rm+battery If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
jansman
Posts: 13692 Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:16 pm
Post by jansman Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:14 pm
I put new batteries in each time we change the clocks. Never a problem.
In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: It goes on.
Arzosah
Posts: 6915 Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:20 pm
Post by Arzosah Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:09 pm
Mortblanc wrote: Arzosah wrote: jansman, do you know if smoke alarms can use rechargeable batteries?
Why? Some things simply demand the extra few pennies cost of a new battery.
The batteries in my smoke alarms last for 6 months easily and have gone for more than a year at times when I forgot about them.
The last place you want to risk the failure or shortened life of a recharged battery would be in a smoke detector!
Why? Because I like to lower my energy footprint ... And the risk of failure is why I'm asking somebody (jansman) that I trust
Arzosah
Posts: 6915 Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:20 pm
Post by Arzosah Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:11 pm
Andy, jansman, thanks - twice a year is probably too often for mine, it was installed before I moved here 5 years ago, and has only just given out. I like that 9v lithium one tho! Nice and efficient!
pseudonym
Posts: 5516 Joined: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:11 amLocation: East Midlands
Post by pseudonym Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:35 pm
jansman wrote: I put new batteries in each time we change the clocks. Never a problem.
Same here and I test them monthly. Overkill maybe, but I feel better.
Two is one and one is none, but three is even better.
