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Good smoke detector for a house to replace First Alert
Hi, so the house my friend has been living in in Los Angeles area has a First Alert P1210 smoke/fire alarm that started chirping in the middle of the night. It's supposed to be one of these 10 year battery life type alarms.
He took it down from the mounting on the ceiling and deactivate it since it wouldn't stop chirping. The date on it says 2019 and it's now 2020, so it hasn't been 10 years. It also said that you can't replace the battery. This sounds like a bit of a profit scheme on the part of the smoke detector company, not sure.
Are there any good smoke detectors out there that fit the First Alert P1210 mounting bracket with a battery that he can change easily that aren't a "use once and discard" type smoke alarm? Or is there a good reason to use an alarm like First Alert? Thanks.