The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoI even remember taking batteries from a smoke detector once.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down111
arrow-up1438arrow-down1imageI even remember taking batteries from a smoke detector once.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareFredy1422@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agothey have, although some do take AA or AAA batteries but its very uncommon. some especially carbon monixide dectectors have internal batteries that require replacement.
minus-squarevariants@possumpat.iolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·6 months agoWe just bought new smoke detectors and they take AA, I bought a 9v just out of assumption and got home and was blown away
minus-squareGladiusB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·6 months ago9v are just two AAs wrapped together. So not surprised.
minus-squarerandombullet@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoEh not quite. AA are 1.5v so two would only be 3v. You might be thinking of the big 6v lantern batteries. They’re usually 4 x 1.5v cells together.
minus-squareGladiusB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI thought I watched some YouTube video where they linked them and it worked. But who knows how accurate the numbers were. I guess not since you know.
Haven’t they always taken 9v?
they have, although some do take AA or AAA batteries but its very uncommon. some especially carbon monixide dectectors have internal batteries that require replacement.
We just bought new smoke detectors and they take AA, I bought a 9v just out of assumption and got home and was blown away
9v are just two AAs wrapped together. So not surprised.
Eh not quite. AA are 1.5v so two would only be 3v.
You might be thinking of the big 6v lantern batteries. They’re usually 4 x 1.5v cells together.
I thought I watched some YouTube video where they linked them and it worked. But who knows how accurate the numbers were. I guess not since you know.