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Smoke Alarm Li-Ion Battery. Bucket Of Water Approach To Stop Ringing?
Hi,
Happy Holidays. Would like your opinions on this. Got my son and daughter-in-law a First Alert Smoke/CO alarm for their house. They are both as non-technical as you can imagine. Thought a bit about what to tell them to do if the Alarm goes off, falsely. Apparently, this is a fairly "common" occurrence. Alarm has a 10 year, non-replaceable, sealed battery. Did a Google search, and these batteries are apparently Li-Ion. The alarm also has a small slider switch, with a break-away tab in the back, to permanently disable the battery, and any ringing. My guess is that at 3:00 AM, it's not a very good option for them to start playing with. So, I told them to just dump it in a bucket of water. But, having found out that it is a Li-Ion battery, this doesn't sound like a good idea anymore. Explosion hazard in water, etc. ? Any thoughts on this bucket of water approach, etc. ? Other ? Thanks, Bob |
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