mysoulishome@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoFirst Alert smoke detector...non replacable battery supposed to last 10 years...dies after 2...for warranty contact, the verify you're human puzzle does not work on 3 different browsers I triedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down19
arrow-up1193arrow-down1imageFirst Alert smoke detector...non replacable battery supposed to last 10 years...dies after 2...for warranty contact, the verify you're human puzzle does not work on 3 different browsers I triedlemmy.worldmysoulishome@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareAlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBut how would they sell more smoke detectors that way?
minus-squareobviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoDoesn’t the isotope in the detection chamber degrade and needs to be replaced in 10 years anyway? https://www.epa.gov/radtown/americium-ionization-smoke-detectors
minus-squareryannathans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThe half life of americium is 432.2 years, so no
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThose detectors are inferior to optic detectors and should not be used any more.
But how would they sell more smoke detectors that way?
Doesn’t the isotope in the detection chamber degrade and needs to be replaced in 10 years anyway?
https://www.epa.gov/radtown/americium-ionization-smoke-detectors
The half life of americium is 432.2 years, so no
Those detectors are inferior to optic detectors and should not be used any more.