No, not the batteries. The whole smoke detector. Yes, all of them.
They’ve got a useful life span of about ten years. Smoke Detector Life Expectancy – Consumer Reports. And unless your house is less than ten years old, you’ve never replaced them.
And you’re supposed to test them once a week. You do test them once a week, right? Yeah; me, either. I replaced six and two of them were completely inoperable.
And they’re inexpensive. The new ones have a ten year battery! Cheap 9-volt batteries are about $2 each; I got six First Alert alarms with ten year battery backup for $62.
Replace your smoke alarms, and save money. And maybe someone’s life.
Hey, somebody’s gotta be the dad! 🙂 Doing great. I hesitated about pulling the Australia trigger for about a year… but it’s done. Gonna do it!
Thanks, Dad x2. Hope you’re good Tim!
Great point. We bought our home 7 years ago and we bought all new smoke detectors for the whole house. Now, do I test them once a week? Not a chance… but my husband does press the button on the one at the top of the stairs to test it every couple of days when he passes it. I’ll put a reminder in the calendar that in another 3 years we need to order more 😉
Thanks, Dad.