Home Maintenance & Repair Tips : How to Change the Batteries in Your Smoke Detector

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Jun 30


Changing batteries in a smoke alarm should be done every six months and requires removing the device’s face plate. Keep a fresh supply of batteries when using battery operated smoke alarms and change them regularly with advice from ahome repair specialist and remodeling contractor in this free video on home improvement. Expert: Tim Gipson Contact: www.inhisstepsremodeling.com Bio: Tim Gipson is a home repair specialist and remodeling contractor in Franklin, Tenn. Filmmaker: Tim Brown

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12 Responses

  1. puthenkalam Says:

    thank you sooo much…dam thing kept me awake for an hour at 2 in the morning when i jus got to sleep for class the nxt day…

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 11:11 am

  2. breerbear Says:

    Thank you, thank you!!! It’s 5am and hubbys at work….couldn’t figure out how to open it without getting electricuted!!

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 12:11 pm

  3. betfairbulgaria Says:

    thanks – great help – my alarm was driving me crazy

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 12:11 pm

  4. smleclerc Says:

    Thank you so much! I searched through a few other less-than-helpful videos before finding this one. This was clear and exactly what I needed.

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm

  5. aramalmmg Says:

    there are many type of detectors, After an hour try and seeing so many demo videos in U Tube, finally, I managed to open, it has a small lever on the side & just push it opens like a door & replaced the battery, Regards, A Ram

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 1:07 pm

  6. hjs812 Says:

    stupid design, don’t use this kind of detector.

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm

  7. prez624 Says:

    please help!! i can’t get the connector out of the detector and it’s driving my crazyyyy and still dangling from my wall… it will not budge, please please help

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 1:37 pm

  8. lezlyeyayoi Says:

    Thank you very much this really helped.

    The beeping sound was very annoying thanks again :D

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 2:26 pm

  9. davidbravotyes Says:

    woot! got mine out i hate the beeping sound!!!!!!!

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 2:59 pm

  10. lemverb Says:

    thank you!

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm

  11. Jackierg Says:

    This is an awesome video. Just what I needed. Thank you so much!

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm

  12. islamonly1 Says:

    Thank you the birping sound was driving me crazy…

    Posted on April 23rd, 2010 at 3:32 pm

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