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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have smoke/CO2 detectors that take replaceable batteries, they should be changed twice yearly when you set the clock back and forward for DST.

When they are beeping they are already operating sub-optimally and could fail to alarm in a fire. Something like 70% of American house fires involve disabled or malfunctioning detectors.

I’m paranoid about house fires since I was a kid and a neighbor died in one. These are the best detectors on the market according to my research - very unlikely to bother with false (cooking, steam) alarms and have built in batteries that last a decade. https://www.universalsecuritystore.com/store/category/smoke-detectors-and-fire-alarms.htm?gclid=Cj0KCQiAkeSsBhDUARIsAK3tieeVwYQJ8ejVqATO75leaDZn3QIjCqtunNBZJ0Fvw3Ug0MamBXMGC3oaAp7AEALw_wcB

I’m always mind boggled by people’s neglect of smoke detectors. Such a relatively cheap thing that can save your life.

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I do not worry about our smoke detectors because all we have to do to test them is cook bacon. If I make bacon without turning on all fans and opening a window and the smoke alarms doesn't go off at least once, I know it's time to replace the batteries. Otherwise not until the beep.[/quote]

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