How Do You Change The Battery In A Smoke Detector?
Nearly 3,000 people a year die in house fires across the United States. Most die from smoke inhalation, at night while they are sleeping, rather than from a result of burns. The risk of dying in a house fire without working smoke detectors is twice as high as in houses with working smoke detectors. These tragedies could be avoided by testing and maintaining smoke detectors. Open the detector’s cover by pulling on the lip around the outside. Some of these will pop off entirely, while some others are hinged so be gentle so as not to damage the cover. Pull the old battery out of its retaining clip. This is easiest to do by placing a finger under the end that does not have wires attached and pulling outward. Detach the wire coupling from the battery with your fingernail. Be careful not to pull the wires out of the smoke detector and damage it. Line up the fresh battery with the battery terminals ensuring that the positive lines up with positive and the negative lines up with the negative.
