On Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 9:17:34 AM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

In a modern house with multiple ones, it can take some time to locate
which one is beeping. My beef is I've seen new ones that are AC
wired with battery backup where the things start chirping in about
a year. I don't understand that. You would think the battery would
be there only if the AC is lost, and that the battery would last many
years. Given the choice, I'd prefer ones that are just AC.


Except when the power is out is when some people need it the most.
They bring in the charcoal grill and kerosene heater to get by.


If I remember correctly it was 1994 and the Southeast was hit with
a huge ice storm and brutal temperatures and loss of power. In my
case it was two weeks without power and though I had gas heat even
then my furnace has an electronic ignition.

But I digress. A man was house sitting for a friend who was out of
town. He was there to see that the ostrich eggs the friend was
hatching were ok and he brought along his brand new puppy, too. He
started the generator in the basement/garage and he, the puppy, and
the eggs were found dead the next day due to carbon monoxide poisoning.