Originally Posted by Festus

chaikwa, I'm going to be far more conscientious (sp?) about checking them everytime I return home for days off from now on!

Originally Posted by Hoss

Okay...I'm guilty. I know for a fact that at least ONE of the smoke detectors in our house does not have a battery.

To my credit though (or really the credit of my home builder), all of our smoke detectors are hard wired so the battery is really just a backup. They are also all wired together so that if one goes off they all go off.

I really do need to get some batteries and replace them all though...even if they are hard wired.

By the way, we don't have a smoke in every room of the house, but we do have one in every bedroom, two in the living room (that also cover the kitchen) and one in each of our hallways going to the bedrooms. I'd really like to wire one into the attic and the garage too. I think those are the most likely places for a fire to start.