platoonDaddy
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Are we required to replace all of our smoke alarms with the new 10 year battery by 1 Jan 2018?
The news report confused this oldMan.
The news report confused this oldMan.
Smoke Alarms in AA County
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Only if your current ones are more than 10 years old.
platoonDaddy
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That is what I thought I heard, oh shit!
Mine are 20 years old and assume if I want my insurance to cover any accident, I will have to change mine. Dang and double dang.
What about people who don't have the funds to replace, just doesn't seem right!!
KevinK
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Hardwired (not battery only) units are exempt.
platoonDaddy
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Mine are 20 years old and battery operated, that I faithfully change twice a year. ****ing gov!
PD......if they are 20 years old, they may not work in an emergency. The sensors get "dirty" with dust, etc, and should be replaced.
Fire house may help you out...check your local one.....
Let us know...
R
Fire house may help you out...check your local one.....
Let us know...
R
10 years is the accepted life expectancy of smoke detectors. As w2kbr posted, the detector may fail (or have a delayed alert) due to poor/lack of maintenance. Here's a link for more info: http://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/By-topic/Smoke-alarms
Early warning is one of the keys to surviving a structure fire.
I thought that was just for Rentals?
I had to upgrade mine in a rental.
It came down to this:
Hard wired AC Powered with 9V battery backup -> Replace with the same
Battery only w/ 9V Battery -> Replace with 10 yr Battery unit.
Home depot, the sealed lithium 10yr units were not cheap. Like $30
You can now get them on amazon for $15.
If you add up the cost of 9V batteries, the 10 year units are worth it for the once and done aspect.
If you have gas/oil, you need to get the carbon monoxide detector also.
I had to upgrade mine in a rental.
It came down to this:
Hard wired AC Powered with 9V battery backup -> Replace with the same
Battery only w/ 9V Battery -> Replace with 10 yr Battery unit.
Home depot, the sealed lithium 10yr units were not cheap. Like $30
You can now get them on amazon for $15.
If you add up the cost of 9V batteries, the 10 year units are worth it for the once and done aspect.
If you have gas/oil, you need to get the carbon monoxide detector also.
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- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,963
Same with hard wired SDs. Ten year life span. The sensors get old and stop working.
JPG
Ultimate Member
If rental has to be done at change of tenancy. As of January 1, at the sale of property the new smoke detectors need to be in place.
Also, as of April 1, 2018, Carbon Monoxide detectors need to be installed, so you might want to look in to getting a Smoke/CO combination detector.
Info on both laws attached.
- Jan 30, 2013
- 34,002
Every one I've ever owned or bought says to replace after 10 years, regardless of the battery. It's the unit's sensor life.
That's separate and apart from the MD law.
That's separate and apart from the MD law.
platoonDaddy
Ultimate Member
Part of the Maryland Smoke Alarm Law requires those with battery-powered smoke detectors and those with no detectors to install tamper-resistant alarms by Monday. The law will affect 800,000 homes, according to the Maryland Office of the Fire Marshal.
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ac-cn-smoke-alarm-law-20171227-story.html
So the Nest protect CO & smoke alarms that have the replaceable batteries will not satisfy this new law based on the "tamper proof" clause. This is BS.
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,963
From the linked article:
BS You can still find these in many stores. I don't know about AA county, but 2 Home Depots near me still had them.
So many articles the way they are written read ambiguous and people who have removable battery alarms which are also AC powered are thinking they MUST replace them because they are focusing on the removable battery part.
It sounds like it does.
I just replaced the old ones in the house with units that take AA batteries and not the ones with 10 year batteries.
They way I interpreted the linked articles is that detectors with replaceable batteries are a no go after Jan 1st.
That's the thing , its units with ONLY replaceable batteries. not ANY unit with replaceable batteries.
I talked to a county inspector and he is seeing people pulling the AC powered ones that link to each other (alarm goes off downstairs and then the up stairs one goes off also cause they are linked) then replacing them with 10 year battery ones that are not linked. He's then rejecting them and then telling the owners to go out and get the linked ones with the replaceable batteries.
Believe they are still allowed sale of battery replaceable units till the end of the year.. after that they suppose to take them out of shelves. (from recollection)
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