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Tammy Lankford,, Broker  GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville (Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668)

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Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
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I'm bad,  I haven't changed my clocks yet.  Thanks for the reminder!

Nov 01, 2015 06:50 AM
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David Gibson CNE, 719-304-4684 ~ Colorado Springs Relocation
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Tammy,

 

I find today’s batteries last longer than a year so I wait to change them until they “chirp.” They are back up anyway as my detectors are hard wired.

Nov 01, 2015 06:11 AM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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Hate to say it, but I don't. I can see by the green light that all is well. I replace when they start beeping and telling me to do so.

Nov 01, 2015 09:09 PM
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Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
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Good morning Tammy. The alarms at our home and office are hard wired, but we change the batteries in all our rental properties.

Make it a great week!

Nov 01, 2015 05:59 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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No I wait until they start to beep at me and my wife tells me to change them.

Nov 01, 2015 12:55 PM
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Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
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No, we didn't do it either.  We are going to get batteries this week too.

Nov 01, 2015 12:07 PM
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Sybil Campbell
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I usually wait for the annoying chirp before I change them.

Nov 01, 2015 10:53 AM
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Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
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Tammy - This is a great reminder. It is good to have a specific date to change the batteries each year.

Nov 01, 2015 10:37 AM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
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No we didn't change them. We subscribe to the method of waiting for the chirp and then we change them all. We have about 10 to change. 

Nov 01, 2015 09:13 AM
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Stefan Winter
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No, I have not in years, they are hard wired in so the battery only gets used when the power goes out. None have chirp yet so I think I am good.

Nov 01, 2015 08:13 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
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I typically do, but my detectors are hard wired now and monitored by my alarm company.  I spent 11 years teaching the gospel of changing your batteries when the time changes, so it does stick with me.

Nov 01, 2015 07:51 AM
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Joan Cox
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I do, but not every six months as we are instructed to do so.

Nov 01, 2015 06:17 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I changed our batteries today. I change them when we change the clocks.

Nov 01, 2015 06:16 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
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Thank you for the reminder.

Nov 01, 2015 08:31 PM
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TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
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 Good Monday morning Tammy. I change my smoke detector batteries the first of the year.

Nov 01, 2015 05:08 PM
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Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
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It is said that when you hit daylight savings time you should also swap out those batteries. A good question Tammy.

Nov 01, 2015 07:14 AM
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
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I need to buy batteries, too. Thanks for the reminder, Tammy. 

Nov 01, 2015 06:29 AM