Happy April Fools Day

It’s April Fools aka Battery Replacement Day!

Every year on April 1, April Fools’ Day DFES promotes the day as a reminder to regularly change smoke alarm batteries at this time each year using a high-quality, long-life battery.

Do your Smoke Alarms need their Batteries replaced?

Smoke alarms powered by 9V ALKALINE BATTERY require you to replace the battery every year.

Smoke alarms powered by a 10 YEAR NON-REMOVABLE LITHIUM BATTERY do not require you to change the battery each year. Do not try to remove these batteries.

MAINS POWERED (HARD WIRED) SMOKE ALARMS are powered by an external power source. These alarms also have a battery back-up for periods of mains power outage. Many models have a rechargeable (nonremovable) battery and do not need replacement. Refer to the manufacturer’s instructions to see if you need to change the battery. Where you need to change the battery, DFES recommends you do this on April 1st.

There is helpful information regarding smoke alarm maintenance on the DFES website at the following link:
Change your Smoke Alarm Batteries (dfes.wa.gov.au)

If your house doesn’t have smoke detectors, give us a call and we can install them for you.

How about your Investment Property? Have a look at our Investment Property Smoke Alarm and RCD Legal Requirements post to check if your rental meets legislation.

It’s a good idea to change all the other batteries around the house today too! Wireless keyboards, tv remotes, even the kids’ interactive toys (or not 😅)