On Oct 24, 10:06*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 24, 10:26*pm, Smitty Two wrote:

In article
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*RicodJour wrote:

http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PD...mokeAlarms.pdf
From page 59 of that report:

"Aging Home Smoke Alarms

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*Zero* mention of any scientific evidence *whatsoever* that age alone
would render a smoke alarm inoperative. Absolutely NOTHING to suggest
the rationale behind the guideline of replacing them every ten years.

Are you *quite* sure about THAT? *Perhaps *you* could contact the NFPA
(already capitalized) and ask to SEE their data. *I'm *sure* that
statistically SPEAKING one could determine the *likelihood* of HALF of
the *inoperative* smoke DETECTORS being over TEN *YEARS* OLD. *It is
*very* UNLIKELY that it would be a *random* occurrence.

Your words carry no more weight with the unseemly emphasis than
usual. *The NFPA - silly folk with a predilection for creating
arbitrary standards - have absolutely no data with which to back up
their recommendation. *You should write an angry letter. *Use a lot of
emphasis to show you really mean it.

R

Then you must also recommend, and we of course know you practice,
replacing motion sensors every 10 years, now that must then mean my
alarm panel shoud be trashed, and keypads, after all electronics dont
last forever, as you said. You do do this dont you.