Yesterday while cooking I set off the smoke detector, no I did not burn anything. They go off when I cook over a high heat. And yesterday once they started going off they would not stop. I ended up having to disconnect them all (they are hard wired with an interconnect) and I replaced them this morning. Aaaaaaaand let me tell you, I had a sleepless night last night knowing there were no detectors installed.

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  • Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    It’s more to do with improved battery technology. New detectors have lithium batteries that last the same ten years as the detector.