Well, it probably gets way worse: if it's a "permanent" battery, it will be harder to find, and harder to replace... ----- Original Message -----
From: "William Herrin" <bill@herrin.us> To: "jra" <jra@baylink.com> Cc: bzs@theworld.com, nanog@nanog.org Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:52:47 PM Subject: Re: End-user Alert Delivery (was Re: NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert Study)
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 7:58 PM Jay R. Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
Last time I looked, consumer residential smoke detectors were still running off 9V alkaline batteries, which are expected to run the device for 6 months of 1/99 duty cycle (or less, probably *way* less).
Ordinary ionization-based smoke detectors use a 10-year lithium battery, which is about the same lifespan as the americium-based detector circuit as it begins to decay into neptunium.
You may now resume your argument over how much battery drain is too much.
Regards, Bill Herrin
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