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Re: Smoke Detector Dead Batteries
Posted by: jgmcfps (IP Logged)
Date: April 16, 2007 09:26AM

UL 217 (smoke alarms) requires a low battery alarm to sound for at least 7 days. Regardless of this low battery requirements, for smoke alarms the householder is required to regularly test the device using the built-in test feature.


Our firm has done considerable work with smoke alarm cases, and dead or missing batteries have always been considered to be a maintenance issue, not product defect.

James G. Munger, PhD, FIFireE, CFPS
www.qdotengineering.com
W3NFA

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