[Boatanchors] OT: Replace your batteries

[lee]

Phil,

I have 13 smoke detectors!  I just bought some of the 9 volt batteries from 
Walmart at about $6 plus for two of them in a pack.  I bought the rest from 
Amazon.com (Eveready) for around $1.50 each in a pack of 18, I believe. 
Seems like Sam's doesn't sell 9 volt batteries in their own brand.  However, 
I think Costco does sell their own brand at a good price, but they are too 
far away from my QTH to make the trip worthwhile.  What astonishes me is the 
detector manufacturers tell you to replace the detector every 10 years.  (I 
know there is some radio active material in them).  I also found they 
sometimes will act up and give an alarm when the battery is OK or if the 
battery is replaced.  I found, sometimes blowing the thing out with a blast 
of air from a compressor helps stop false alarms.  (All my units are run off 
of AC with battery back-up).  Lets see, at around $20 each times 13, I need 
to invest $260 every ten years for new detectors.  Good news is they come 
with new batteries if you do this!

Bet you never thought you would get a discussion going on your smoke 
detector reminder!

Happy New Year.

Lee, w0vt

-----Original Message----- 
From: Phil
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 8:49 PM
To: Boatanchor List
Subject: [Boatanchors] OT: Replace your batteries

Happy New Year and just a small reminder, New Year's is a good time to
put new batteries in your smoke detectors.

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