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" <b...@herrin.us> > To: "jra" <j...@baylink.com> > Cc: b...@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 <j...@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 > > > -- > Hire me! https://bill.herrin.us/resume/ -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
