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$1 Smoke Alarm Battery from Battery World

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SmiTTy on 27/03/2013 - 11:02 batteryworld.com.au (1622 clicks)

It's that time of year again (to change smoke alarm battery), so pop in to your local Battery World store and get an Extra Heavy Duty 9V battery for just $1*

Battery is BW1604G for $1

Battery World stocks many types of batteries suitable for smoke alarms so please check the type of battery specifically suited to yours. *$1 applies to BW1604G shown above. *Limit up to 5 per customer. Offer available 18/3/2013 to 14/4/2013 or while stocks last. Raincheck available if individual store stocks are depleted before 14/4/2013.

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  • jv on 27/03/2013 - 11:08
    -4

    how much is postage?

  • Moots on 27/03/2013 - 11:09

    How do the know it's that time of year again, when do they sit down and say. OK. It's now time to change your battery in smoke alarms?

    • jv on 27/03/2013 - 11:10
      +20

      end of daylight savings…

      the longer days over summer wear out the batteries…

        • retiredfeline on 27/03/2013 - 13:16
          +4

          Whoosh! :)

          It's just an updated version of the DST wears out curtains faster joke.

        • ilikebargains on 27/03/2013 - 13:17
          +1

          oh………right

          can't say i saw that one

        • altomic on 27/03/2013 - 21:55

          you like bargains, not day light savings logic. eh

        • [Deactivated] on 28/03/2013 - 22:15

          u …and me:)

    • D1977 on 27/03/2013 - 11:11

      I thought the general guideline was to do it around the time we change time due to daylight savings? That's in just under 2 weeks time.

      JV is too quick and got in just before I responded :-)

    • SmiTTy on 27/03/2013 - 11:12

      Daylight savings (for those states that have it anyway). so april.

      • rifter on 27/03/2013 - 21:39

        Batteries last longer in Queensland.

    • WillyWinky on 27/03/2013 - 11:18
      +3

      I think it was a Government campaign slogan.
      "Change your clocks, change your smoke alarm batteries"

      • danyool on 27/03/2013 - 13:23

        And also not a bad idea to have new battery leading into cooler months when heaters/fires would be used more.

    • rock7 on 27/03/2013 - 22:13

      I thought a long time ago they had an ad on telly saying to change your battery on april fool's day and don't be a fool for not changing it - thus getting into trouble for being one.

  • nowlan on 27/03/2013 - 11:13
    +2

    I think all modern homes need smoke alarm wired into mains.
    But $1 is cheap.

    • dmb0312 on 27/03/2013 - 11:20
      +8

      I think mine is wired to the mains but has a battery as a back up in case of power failure.

  • bargaino on 27/03/2013 - 11:21
    +3

    Or you could pay a couple of bucks more for an alkaline battery that might last a few years before you get the low-battery warning beep.

  • retiredfeline on 27/03/2013 - 11:22

    Or you can just buy a new one, hang on to it, and change the old one when the alarm starts beeping, or before you go away on holiday (in case it runs out during). That way you get the max life out of the old one.

    • OzzyBrak on 27/03/2013 - 13:02

      If no one is in your house, why does it matter if the battery dies? Just do a test when you return from your holiday.

      • retiredfeline on 27/03/2013 - 13:17

        I said you are on holiday, not nobody is at home. You may have a housesitter and you don't want to burden her with looking for the replacement battery. Pay attention to the wording! :)

        • Car-la-la on 27/03/2013 - 13:52

          sexist, men can be house sitters too

        • retiredfeline on 27/03/2013 - 14:31

          Actually what's not to like about getting free accommodation? :P

          Oh all right, the sitter-critter then. Now the anti-creationists will come after me. :)

  • unity1 on 27/03/2013 - 11:24

    I have seen at a few post offices I have been to where they are selling a Toshiba 9V battery for $2 and have a BOGOF offer so you get two batteries for $2. No idea what the quality is like though.

  • grog on 27/03/2013 - 11:40

    In W.A the dept of fire and emergency services have been advertising for years suggesting that people change smoke alarm batteries on april 1st each year.

    Also a good quality battery should last a year protecting you, some of the el cheapo batteries are pure junk.

  • Lenneth on 27/03/2013 - 11:41

    Most alarms will beep to tell you early on that the battery is about to die so there is no need to actively do it. Theres also a button on the smoke alarm that you should press every so often to test that everything is working fine.

    • Cluster on 27/03/2013 - 11:56
      +1

      Murphy's Law says the smoke detector starts beeping a low battery warning when you're out for the weekend (neighbours start to wonder what's going on), or at 3am in the morning waking the whole house up. Both situations have happened to me. Cheap heavy duty batteries generally last 18 months in my smoke detectors. Changing a $1 battery every 12 months isn't so bad.

      • retiredfeline on 27/03/2013 - 11:59
        +1

        When it starts beeping it's just a chirp every so often. Only later does it get more urgent. So you still have time before people get annoyed. Unless your detector is the super-annoying variety.

  • [Deactivated] on 27/03/2013 - 11:47

    The whole idea is to get a long lasting battery so you don't have to get up on the ladder every 3 months.

    I bought some GP 9V batteries from china at $2.20 each and they don't last very long…

    I'm currently using a brand-name battery. (Un-named as I don't want to be seen as cross-selling).

    • [Deactivated] on 27/03/2013 - 18:07
      +1

      GP are great, you maybe got fake

    • [Deactivated] on 27/03/2013 - 18:07
      +1

      doop

      • [Deactivated] on 27/03/2013 - 21:26
        +1

        GP - alkalines - ARE great (particular if you buy at a clever price). Their AA Ultras actually came out top (by quite a margin) in a Choice mag test a while back.

        • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2013 - 18:14

          Yes, most likely. x_X

  • noz on 27/03/2013 - 11:55

    I saw these at my local Battery World store.
    It seems to be a loss leader, so you may be tempted to buy their other not so cheap goods :)
    They do have good service though, and allow you to freely recycle all types of batteries there too (including SLAs) without requiring purchase.

    • retiredfeline on 27/03/2013 - 12:00

      You can also recycle household batteries at Aldi.

    • Binchicken22 on 27/03/2013 - 14:11

      Not if your a business, though I would not expect them too either, but we just dropped off a fair load of 'D' sized batteries from work for re-cycling, cost about $900. I was a bit shocked I expected a fee, maybe $50 or something, but woah I reckon it cost about as much to buy them as it did for us to 'recycle' them.

      • altomic on 27/03/2013 - 21:58

        most council tips have a free battery disposal area.

  • [Deactivated] on 27/03/2013 - 12:00
    +1

    Maybe somebody can confirm, but unless my memory is on the fritz previous battery BW 9volt battery promotions have been for alkaline batteries.
    I have left an alkaline in one of my smoke-alarms previously to see how long it takes for the low battery chirps to start. Three years almost exactly.
    When was the last time you heard any fire department smoke-alarm campaign that suggested you replace your battery with anything other than an alkaline?
    Extra heavy duty batteries have about a third of the mAh capacity, so if you want your smoke alarm to be functioning properly AND to sound long enough towards the end of the twelve month period to actually wake you up in the event of a fire, think twice.
    Zinc carbon/chloride electrolyte batteries also lose charge much faster when exposed to heat than alkalines do. Hot climate, and/or uninsulated roof, and/or hot kitchen meaneth 'extra heavy duty' = extra risk. Sermon endeth.
    Edit: Starting with manic's comment, I was typing this while most of the above were posted!!

  • Crownie on 27/03/2013 - 13:29

    The battery seems to be a Zinc-carbon type:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc%E2%80%93carbon_battery

    which isn't the best 9v battery to use:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-volt_battery

  • smellfry on 27/03/2013 - 16:19

    Anyone else see big w somewhere in the post?

    • TWASUS on 28/03/2013 - 12:28
      +1

      just bought from k-mart 6 for $5.

  • hamza23 on 27/03/2013 - 17:52
    +1

    Just make sure you only use these for smoke alarms, the guy in Battery World said they were rubbish and don't use them for anything else as they will die quickly.

  • missspeckles on 27/03/2013 - 21:23
    +1

    heaps of stock at cannon hill store in Brisbane. the guy said i could get as many as i wanted, so I got 5. When trying to pick them all up as well as having bub, keys and wallet in the other arm, he offered to get me a mini wheelie bin to carry the batteries in.. so got me a free pen holder too! (technically the Battery world branded mini wheelie bin is for putting dead batteries so you can return it when its full to recycle household batteries) pretty handy if you ask me.

  • ricodbn on 27/03/2013 - 22:47

    Bought these last year on the same offer. Was skeptical about the quality- but put in 3 and all still working so they fit for the purpose.

    I change the batteries on April 1. Use the old ones in toys etc until they die.

    • jv on 27/03/2013 - 23:00

      Use the old ones in toys etc

      my kids have a lot of toys, but none use 9v batteries… :(

      • [Deactivated] on 28/03/2013 - 02:42

        need more RC toys then ;)

  • [Deactivated] on 28/03/2013 - 12:01

    Just be careful..most new generation smoke alarms require an alkaline cell and recommend a decent branded one…touch wood, but I'd hate for someone's house going up in flames becos they were stingy over a 9V battery…There are some things that you can be a TRUE OzBargainer about and there are some that should not be improvised…

    • jv on 28/03/2013 - 19:06

      As long as it's 9V, it doesn't matter what the chemical composition is…

  • machej on 28/03/2013 - 22:14

    Luckily mine are connected to the mains power. :D

    • jv on 29/03/2013 - 22:25
      +1

      So how do they work when the power goes out ?

  • mysocu on 01/04/2013 - 02:54

    I think it was not only a Government campaign slogan, but also work for my family beacuse my father always smoking at home, so I think it is working at my home. I want to stop my father to smoke !!!

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