When Do You Change the Batteries in Your Smoke Detectors??

[StickFigure]

Do you have a regular time period when you change them?

Or do you wait until they start beeping the "Low Battery" warning?

OR.....Do you continue to let it screach at you until it just becomes a part of your everyday life, like a certain friend I know????

 

[SheDragon]

Do you have a regular time period when you change them?

Or do you wait until they start beeping the "Low Battery" warning?

OR.....Do you continue to let it screach at you until it just becomes a part of your everyday life, like a certain friend I know????

really who? thats so bad! i change mine every month..

 

[StickFigure]

really who? thats so bad! i change mine every month..

I can't give the name. I have to protect the guilty.

 

[SheDragon]

I can't give the name. I have to protect the guilty.

thats right! innocent until proven guilty dammit! LOL!!

 

[StickFigure]

thats right! innocent until proven guilty dammit! LOL!!

The proof is all but out in the open for everyone to hear.

 

[SheDragon]

someone should lock this thread

 

[StickFigure]

someone should lock this thread

COTB threads cannot be locked by anybody but the thread starter or the digger.

~~sticks tongue out~~

 

[SheDragon]

oh so now you're taking advantage of an ordinary ef member? what happened to "am i my brothers keeper?"

 

[pintoca]

after a fire.

it's a pain to get the battery cover after it's melted though

 

[Smurfy]

ideally you should test them monthly to ensure they are still operating properly. then change the batteries about every 6 months or so to be safe.

 

[StickFigure]

oh so now you're taking advantage of an ordinary ef member? what happened to "am i my brothers keeper?"

I only take advantage of the willing

 

[SheDragon]

after a fire.

it's a pain to get the battery cover after it's melted though

so you're the guilty one!

 

[StickFigure]

so you're the guilty one!

 

[SlimJim52]

Local Fire authorities recommend you change the batteries once/year and suggest you do so at the end of Daylight Savings Time in October. This gives you a specific time of year to do so.

I find the batteries last at least 2 years but then you tend to forget when to change them. Either way, pick a day you will remember and change them at least every 2 years.

 

[StickFigure]

after a fire.

it's a pain to get the battery cover after it's melted though

Lmao!! how did I miss this reply?

 

[Cutiebaby]

my mom does it every time the clock changes. I havent changed mine been here 1 1/2 years. I test it often and it will alarm me when batteries die.

 

[digimon7068]

Annually. . .our fire department has an ad in the newspaper every year to remind you.

 

[heatherrae]

after a fire.

it's a pain to get the battery cover after it's melted though

rofl

 

[SheDragon]

Lmao!! how did I miss this reply?

cause you were busy replying to the 3 word thread..LOL!

 

[hamstershaver]

ive taken the batteries out before to use in the remote

 

[SheDragon]

ive taken the batteries out before to use in the remote

thats actually a valid excuse!

 

[musclemom]

ive taken the batteries out before to use in the remote

I've been known to take the batteries out because it was chirping that they were dead ... and uh, forgetting to put new ones in ... in fact I think I've got one in that condition currently *sigh*

 

[StickFigure]

cause you were busy replying to the 3 word thread..LOL!

I'm admitting to nothing

 

[wootoom]

when they go dead u fuckin spinless fuckin non educated american

 

[big4life]

I replace them after every fire.

 

[StickFigure]

when they go dead u fuckin spinless fuckin non educated american

STFU before I tell Bush that we need a bigger back yard you fukkin canuck