• zer0@lemmy.ml
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      Looks more like an overflow issue so there is probably a bit more to it

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    This is a shitshow, probably illegal and the “10” years smoke detectors never last more than 6, like i know a German Youtuber did some magic math and testing, the 10 years is even under laboratory conditions basically impossible, in the real world the thing may go off once or twice, and are tested if they work, already taking out at least 1 year of time…

    I fucking want my 9V powered smoke detectors back.

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      Even the 9V ones didn’t last forever.

      I found that out one very exciting morning, when it decided to sing me the song of its people. If you’ve never stumbled down the stairs at 4am looking for a fire with your bollocks flapping about, I heartily recommend it.

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          The battery was fine. It was the alarm that had degraded to the point that it always “detected” smoke.

          Turns out smoke alarms should be replaced every 10 years or so.

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      The smoke detectors in my house are hooked up to the main power, but they still take a battery and beep when the battery is dead. I thought the battery was backup, but they die after about 2 years, so it can’t be backup, it must be used for something.

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    To be fair, if you tried three different browsers on iPhone, it doesn’t really make a difference. To the website, they’re all Safari

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    Get a bot to do it for you, I heard that they are now better than humans at solving them.

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      Depressed? Smile more.

      Poor? Just have money.

      Have OP’s problem? Just do what this guy advised you to

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    I just used the phone number on the back of the device to call them. I found them rather pleasant to deal with and they sent me a free replacement within a couple of days. Good luck, friend.

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    I had a whole house of this brand of smoke detectors (5) and bought them back in 2019 and my wood burner had wind blow back down the chimney. It filled my house with smoke and the only one that went off was the smoke detector that i had taken down an set on my table that was the previous i was replacing . this should be illegal to sell something that is this important to someones safety. regardless to say im never buying first alert again

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      I’m not an expert and it’s definitely possible they’re shit, but I remember doing research for buying new smoke detectors and finding out about all the different types of them. Like some don’t even care about smoke, they only care about heat. And others use different methods of detecting smoke that can be better for different types of fires (kitchen grease fire vs electrical fire).

      Anyway I had no idea there was more than one type, I feel like that should also be made more obvious when buying new ones.

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      Two different types of sensors. Photoelectric use light and are good for detecting thick smoke(produced by smoldering, incomplete combustion) like you’re describing, which is likely what your old one was. Ionizing sensors use radiation and detect small particles more common in active fires(complete combustion).

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    They never work for ten years. Never. Don’t rely on cheap things when your life might depend on it.

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      Might as well call them and tell them they stopped working already because they definitely won’t last more than 3 years

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    add some css to the wrapping box like

    (put the selector here) {
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