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On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:49:47 -0400, Fred McKenzie
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In article ,
Mercellus Bohren wrote:

do they ever need to be completely replaced?


The fire alarm people say yes. Apparently there is some radioactive
material involved, that deteriorates over several years.

Fred



That would be smoke detectors ..
Fire Alarms are the break-glass-pull-down thingies.


John-

You got me! I have smoke detectors here, but they give off an alarm.

I wonder which Mercellus meant?

Fred