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It's getting cold, heaters will be coming on etc.....
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/video/news...lery_id=117156
Had'nt been for the neighbours, well.....
Seriously, they are'nt all that hard to put up and check. DO IT!
Ohh, and also, get insurance......now. This stuff does happen.
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Forum whore
Daylight savings = April 3rd = regular time to check smoke alarms.
How long would the average 9V battery last in a smoke alarm? Sorry, I know that's like asking how many km will i get from my bike tyres
Do I just test the battery every daylight savings change? Or do I need to actually change it with some regularity?
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I personally check mine every couple of months. Overkill, but just a good habit. Could'nt really say how long they last but they should beep often when going flat.Originally Posted by steve_t
Daylight savings = April 3rd = regular time to check smoke alarms.
How long would the average 9V battery last in a smoke alarm? Sorry, I know that's like asking how many km will i get from my bike tyres
Do I just test the battery every daylight savings change? Or do I need to actually change it with some regularity?
I think the current idea is to test every daylight savings, but personally I just do it whenever I remember to, which as I said is often. Would have to be one of the most preventable ways of dying now days I think.
A lot of people don't realise that we are programmed from the sleeping in caves with the fire going times to sleep through smoke and not wake to it.....and people think it will wake them.
Smoke alarms are like seatbelts, you should feel naked or unsafe without knowing they are in working order.
Cats land on their feet. Toast lands jamside down.
A cat glued to some jam toast will hover in quantum indecision
Curiosity was framed; ignorance killed the cat
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Oh yup. I remember now. They always start beeping 'low battery' in the middle of the night!
'Should' being the operative word. Unfortunately, for the vast majority, ignorance is bliss
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Absolutely, the stupid thing is, out west they are installed for free by the NZFS, all it takes is a phone call.......
I am of the opinion that there should be manslaughter charges against those who fail to install these inexpensive necessities in their homes and someone in their care ends up dying from smoke inhalation due to no smoke alarms waking them.....or at least some sort of repercussion.
I know losing everything is hard and a loved one is punishment enough, but still, what happens to the caregiver of a child who dies who did'nt have a seatbelt on? I don't see any real difference. The smoke alarm bit is actually worse really, that's something that just sits there happily functioning, with absolute minimal human interaction.
Well, that is just my opinion of-course.
Cats land on their feet. Toast lands jamside down.
A cat glued to some jam toast will hover in quantum indecision
Curiosity was framed; ignorance killed the cat
Fix a computer and it'll break tomorrow.
Teach its owner to fix it and it'll break in some way you've never seen before.
Rocket Surgeon
Daylight savings = April 3rd = regular time to check smoke alarms.
How long would the average 9V battery last in a smoke alarm? Sorry, I know that's like asking how many km will i get from my bike tyres
Do I just test the battery every daylight savings change? Or do I need to actually change it with some regularity?
Funnily enough we replaced all our smoke alarms with new ones about a year ago after some major renovations , some have needed replacing already (prob a rubbish battery supplied with the unit). Something to be wary of.
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A lot of the chicks I knew in Dunedin would ring up the fire service to come and tend to/mount their smoke alarms cos they wanted to perv at the firemen. I reckon it could be a good marketing ploy targeting housewives
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Strangely enough I had the "midnight beeping" the other night. Daylight savings must be about to end...
The Trusts have supplied every house in Waitakere with at least one alarm.
I use rechargeable 9v batteries from Dicky Smith and they last 6 months easily. They beep = they get recharged.
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Reminds me of this thread, still gives me a laugh!
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...8-Revenge...?h
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we had a close call a couple of years ago when a electric blanket controll shorted out, the blanket was off at the controll but on at the wall, it sparked out and set fire to a pillow next to my bed, luckily i rolled over and felt hot on my face and woke up, jumped out of bed and ran down stairs juggling a burning pillow, the 2 smoke alarms didnt go off unil i ran back upstairs to switch off the blanket
could catch a monkey
The Fire Service supplies them?
So I've been buying mine, like a schmuck?
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With Daylight saving ending over the weekend, I thought I'd bump this and remind people to check/change the batteries in their smoke alarms or put some up.
This happens to coincide with the lead page in the Herald this morning
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10716949 entitled "For God's sake, get a smoke alarm"
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They are cheap enough at about $10 from the supermarket too. Best price I can do is $13.99.With Daylight saving ending over the weekend, I thought I'd bump this and remind people to check/change the batteries in their smoke alarms or put some up.
This happens to coincide with the lead page in the Herald this morning
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10716949 entitled "For God's sake, get a smoke alarm"
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Hardcore Biker
+1 to that. We rang today and they're going to send a truck around to install a couple. Because we have young kids they're even going to install one of those 10 year photoelectric (I think) ones. Our 3 year old is going to explode from excitement when he sees the truck roll into driveway.
Thanks NZFS!
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Hardcore Biker
The guys have just been and installed 5 free smoke alarms. NZFS rocks.
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