[TVARC] Combination Smoke/CO detecctors

[Daniel McKinney]

Great info George!!!!

On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 9:09 AM Tom Grosvenor <tgrosvenor3 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Thank you for the info.  Mine are hard wired and only beep when I test
> them every time the clocks change!
> I believe I’ll also call “CW” and see what they recommend.
> TNX fer heads up!
> Me, TG...
>
> Tom G... NV1U 😎
>
> Smile, it drives your enemies crazy!
>
> On Mar 23, 2019, at 7:38 AM, George <k2dm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Clubmates,
>
>
>
> Last evening one of our combination smoke/CO detectors started chirping
> sporadically.  We figured it was time to change the battery.  So we did.  I
> got out the step ladder, climbed up and changed the battery, climbed down
> and patted myself on the back for another domestic task well done.  Not so
> fast, big boy.  Still chirping intermittently.  So Karen got a different
> battery and swapped it into the detector.  Ten minutes later, chirp, chirp.
>
> Two batteries later, and after trying lots of tricks, it was still
> chirping with long and varying intervals between chirps.  So Karen called
> Community Watch and we went back to watching March Madness.  Next thing we
> know, the Big Red Firetruck is out front, and three of Public Safety’s
> finest are at our door.  Here’s what they told us:
>
>    1. The combination smoke/CO detectors are only good for five (5)
>    years, then they should be changed.  Ours are dated May 2012.
>    2. Use Duracell or Energizer batteries.  Don’t use those batteries
>    that ASI sends out each year.
>    3. The non-combo smoke detectors are good for ten (10) years.
>    4. Public Safety will do the actual swapping out of detectors if we
>    provide them.  All we need to do is ask.
>
> So we are off to Ace today.  If your detectors haven’t been changed in a
> long time, you might want to replace them also.
>
> 73,
>
> George K2DM
>
>
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