It’s time to replace the smoke detector, aged out and it’s chirping like a 100 pound cricket. Has anyone used the home detector (smoke and CO) with the 10 year battery? Would you consider one for camper use?

 

It will work fine. I have used them in the past.

 

I've used them too.

I write the date it was installed and the battery life in a discreet place where I can see it without unmounting it.

I figure within the next ten years they might come out with 20-year units and I'd hate to have one go dead on someone while they (or me) assume it has a decade left.

 

Thanks. There was a discount at Costco for the 10 year smoke detector 2 pack and thought of using one.

 

That's very important. Just don't do it like this guy did.

 

I bought some 5 year first alerts with a lithium battery? Battery isn't removable and guaranteed 5 years. I thought 5 years was all the longer the detectors were good for? The LP detectors in the rv's seem to only last 5. Geez those suckers are loud, woke up the whole neighborhood at home. Gave em something to talk about watching me in underwear rolling around on floor trying to unscrew it and disconnect it.

 

LOL that's for sure.

 

Yeah there are ten year household units now. I'd swap a ten year household unit out at five years in an RV though, just to be safe. Yes, it's an arbitrary number but they're not that expensive. Lots more heat, cold, dust, and vibration in an RV than in most houses.

Then again they do sell them in California so maybe they're up to all that.

They should have an end of life date stamped on them, usually in a place that is hidden once it is installed. I always put a P-Touch label on the outside with the date so I can see it without tools.

I'm putting in a recessed switch in next to mine, lighted when bypassed. False alarms and end-of-life alarms in the middle of the night etc. are a royal pain. I've had a couple that get upset about excessive heat, like when the RV is unused and locked up on a hot summer day. It'll be handy to bypass that one easily. Boilerplate: Bypassing safety devices could lead to serious injury and/or death, professional driver on a closed course, use at your own risk, results may vary, past performance doesn't guarantee future results, yada yada.

LOL glad I can get to mine from the inside.

 

I figured out that I can kill the CO/Propane detector from bed using my VictronConnect app. I turn off the Victron Battery Protect device and the detector has no power. I did replace the device after that.