[Starlink] [Rpm] On FiWi

[Bruce Perens]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 12:19 PM rjmcmahon via Starlink <
starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:You’ll hardly ever have to deal with
the annoying

> “chirping” that occurs when a battery-powered smoke detector begins to
> go dead, and your entire family will be alerted in the event that a fire
> does occur since hardwire smoke detectors can be interconnected.
>

Off-topic, but the sensors in these hardwired units expire after 10 years,
and they start beeping. The batteries in modern battery-powered units with
wireless links expire after 10 years, along with the rest of the unit, and
they start beeping.
There are exceptions, the first-generation Nest was pretty bad.
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