Fire

Comparing the fire alarm to the manufacturer’s website, the fire alarm is a model 7010. http://www.brkelectronics.com/products/hardwired/smoke-alarms

There’s something that resembles a battery compartment, but I can’t open it. How do I open it to change the battery? Thanks.

Of course it has a battery backup. A smoke alarm would be pretty useless if it didn’t work when the power went off. The advantage of hard wired is just a much longer battery life.
That unit it kind of hard to replace the battery in. You’ll need the detailed instructions in the manual.
http://www.brkelectronics.com/pdfs/2008/10/13/e458e660.pdf

2 Responses

1. Jim Says:
   April 1st, 2010 at 5:09 am

   It doesn’t have a battery. "Hard wired" means it’s wired to 110 volts. ‘Must have a problem in the circuitry of the alarm itself.

   Good luck.
   References :
   http://www.brkelectronics.com/products/hardwired/smoke-alarms

2. Nomadd Says:
   April 1st, 2010 at 5:14 am

   Of course it has a battery backup. A smoke alarm would be pretty useless if it didn’t work when the power went off. The advantage of hard wired is just a much longer battery life.
   That unit it kind of hard to replace the battery in. You’ll need the detailed instructions in the manual.
   http://www.brkelectronics.com/pdfs/2008/10/13/e458e660.pdf
   References :

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