Re: Smoke alarm goes off when it's cold (?)

On 12/5/21 10:01 AM, Dj Hueneburg wrote:
> Yup, i bought all new ones, these are going in the trash. We had a temp 
> change and the one with a brand new 10 year date alkaline is the one 
> that’s doing the low battery chirp. The bedroom is the other with a 2 mo 
> old brand new, name brand alkaline. Im done.
> 
I've been especially disappointed with the Kidde 10 year smoke 
detectors. Best one I had lasted about 6 years, worst was 9 months. They 
start going off for no reason.

Before Carrier acquired Kidde, a call or email to customer service got 
you a new one via FedEx in short order. Way, way back, they asked you to 
put their return label on the old one so their Quality Control could see 
what the problem was.

Last few years, they no longer ask for return of the old one. My theory 
on that is that they know the alarms are crap.

Since Carrier bought Kidde, it takes multiple requests until they get 
around to sending a new one- usually months later while you are without 
a smoke alarm on that level of your house.

I've started replacing the Kidde ones with First Alert brand. Hopefully, 
they're better...

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