Smoke alarm batteries need changing? Seems like pretty good pricing to me. Enjoy :)
4x 9v TGGs in-store $4 (save $6)
4x 9v TGGs eBay $4 (save $6)
20x AAA TGGs in-store $5 (save $5)
20x AAA TGGs eBay $5 (save $5)
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½ Price or Better: 4x Philips 9v Alkaline Batteries $4, 20x Philips AAA Alkaline Batteries $5 @ TGGs & TGGs eBay
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Thanks TA. Perfect timing as I do need to replace my smoke alarm batt
Batt-? Batt what? Oh god, looks like the fire got him.
ALWAYS STOCK 9V in house!
Or else you'll be deadalready?
Because smoke alarm batteries typically fail in the middle of the night due to the temperature drop pushing them under the voltage baseline.
In which case, you simply REMOVE the old battery and it will stop beeping.
Not mains-backed smoke alarms, which are required in houses now
Yes, mains-powered smoke alarms - you deal with it the exact same way…
Just unlatch, swing it down, remove the 9V battery, and leave it OPEN. It cannot beep if it doesn't have the battery in it and it isn't connected to mains… in fact, without the battery most of then won't allow you to close them anyway.
@llama: Then the other smoke alarms in the house start beeping too. I suppose you could disconnect them all but that's even more effort.
That does not sound correct at all. My comments are based on normal mains powered smoke alarm that can be linked so that they all go off at once - my own house is sent up that way.
However the other alarms in the house cannot know that one has been removed or even how many are attached. They are not addressable, so in order to make others beep it would need to be connected to power (latched closed). It would be absolutely useless if all alarms beep like you sat, either in response to a failing battery or if ane was faulty or deliberately disconnected.
The exception to this would be alarms that are linked into the burglar alarm system, in which case you need to get it reprogrammed so that it acts more logically. The kind of behaviour that you are explaining is the exact reason that people disconnect alarms and chuck them in rhe garden… It's not good practice to make them annoying like that.
@llama: Mine are recentish (5yo house) and the base is hardwired into power and cannot be turned off. The base has a transformer to power the alarm part and is connected to the other bases somehow. The alarm part slides onto and off the base and holds the battery.
So if you unplug one then the others can know. Yes it's annoying. Personally I don't really care for smoke alarms but I guess it's better to have them.
Been waiting for something to use my eBay voucher, thanks OP!
But these batteries won't use your voucher for you. :)
That's a good one!
or rather a "bad" one for you!
Bah no stock locally for me. Delivery from GG site is $8 flat, and ebay's just stacks to $14 :|
No eneloops, no deal.
RIP Dick Smith
Thanks TA. Indeed, just in a nick to time to change my house's smoke alarm batteries.
Just in time not only for smoke alarm but also for my backyard garden tap timer.
Are the AAA and AA batts good value?
Good deals
$5 delivery
is there any other good deals to bundle to make the most out of postage?
Thanks ta did a Click and collect :) 9v will be good for my smoke alarms!
Just found AA 12 packs of these at Reject Shop for $2 if anyone's after those.
Alkaline?
Power Alkaline👍
Picked up at Oxley this arvo installed in 3 of my smoke alarms one is beeping every 30mins reckons low battery.. but it's new ! These batteries say exp 2019 so unsure why.. I did the test on the tongue and it seemed to have plenty of power, how'd everyone else go with smoke alarms?
Just got my order in the mail, only they've shipped me AA batteries instead of the AAA I ordered. :~)
loved the box that the 9v batteries come in,
better then that time officeworks were selling them
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/1562358/redirlol i remember that deal! i still have like 1 or 2 from that deal. but mine came in a box lol
postage makes this deal no good for me and no in store pick up for 100 Miles.. LOL
i bought the AAA -they come packaged in slots of 2 within the box. when i picked mine up, 2 was already melted, 3 of them did not have much battery left and only on the third set worked properly. so pretty low quality even through best before 06-2019
“smoke alarms"