Fire Alarm Battery?

[ashbeeigh]

Easy ain't it?

You know... you are not helping my cause at all! My first and only question was what type of battery do I need and can I fix it myself, which was answered quickly. Like I said before, now it's the principle of the matter.

[PM5K]

You know... you are not helping my cause at all! My first and only question was what type of battery do I need and can I fix it myself, which was answered quickly. Like I said before, now it's the principle of the matter.

Did you lick it before you put it in?

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Almost always.

[ashbeeigh]

Did you lick it before you put it in?

Of course. Not.

[PM5K]

Of course. Not.

I find that makes it easier to put it in, it's a little shocking though.....

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

[RashoFan]

The morons who built my place put the smoke detector in my bedroom at the very peak of the 28-ft high cathedral ceiling. WTF? I had to buy a $300 ladder just to be able to change out the battery.

Gee for about $10-15 bucks, you could have just installed a second smoke detector a little lower and say screw the 28 ft high alarm...and save a little

[Notorious H.O.P.]

He still would have needed the ladder to shut off the detector in the first place. Of course, then it could be immediately returned under the old "it's not tall enough" routine.

[ShoogarBear]

Gee for about $10-15 bucks, you could have just installed a second smoke detector a little lower and say screw the 28 ft high alarm...and save a little

Except I still would have had to get up there to disconnect the damn thing and stop it from beeping. (EDIT: like H.O.P. said).

What I think I will do is buy one of those alarms without the battery backup. I don't want to have to do that 6 months.

[2Blonde]

Except I still would have had to get up there to disconnect the damn thing and stop it from beeping. (EDIT: like H.O.P. said).

What I think I will do is buy one of those alarms without the battery backup. I don't want to have to do that 6 months.

We switched over to those kind. Much nicer. They are wired in to our home alarm system and that's only one gigantic back up battery at the control console that we have to change out about every five years.