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Of course the new smoke alarm does not fit the old base

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 28, 2025, 8:00:32

Same brand. Wishful thinking. Modern tech has made them smaller, I guess. Gotta drill at least one new hole and patch an old one. Sigh.

Yup. Had to do all of mine last year*

Posted by Figs <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Figs' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 28, 2025, 11:13:34, in reply to "Of course the new smoke alarm does not fit the old base"

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Same brand. Wishful thinking. Modern tech has made them smaller, I guess. Gotta drill at least one new hole and patch an old one. Sigh.

“the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not.” - Peter Medawar

re-used one hole, drilled another, and spackled the old one - not obvious without looking*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 28, 2025, 12:55:35, in reply to "Yup. Had to do all of mine last year*"

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Same brand. Wishful thinking. Modern tech has made them smaller, I guess. Gotta drill at least one new hole and patch an old one. Sigh.

When was your home built?

Posted by Figs <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Figs' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 28, 2025, 13:23:34, in reply to "re-used one hole, drilled another, and spackled the old one - not obvious without looking*"

I think newer construction requires that all of the smoke detectors are on electrical boxes. So the mounting pattern has to stay standard.

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Same brand. Wishful thinking. Modern tech has made them smaller, I guess. Gotta drill at least one new hole and patch an old one. Sigh.

“the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not.” - Peter Medawar

1971 - no hard-wired detectors, no sprinklers*

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I think newer construction requires that all of the smoke detectors are on electrical boxes. So the mounting pattern has to stay standard.

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Same brand. Wishful thinking. Modern tech has made them smaller, I guess. Gotta drill at least one new hole and patch an old one. Sigh.

Heh. I hate that kind of crap.*

Posted by Lexillini <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Lexillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 28, 2025, 9:51:46, in reply to "Of course the new smoke alarm does not fit the old base"
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Same brand. Wishful thinking. Modern tech has made them smaller, I guess. Gotta drill at least one new hole and patch an old one. Sigh.

Guns. Have them.

The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.

Socialism is the gospel of envy.

I ran into the same problem when I replaced our old ones. *

Posted by harb99 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=harb99' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 28, 2025, 8:01:42, in reply to "Of course the new smoke alarm does not fit the old base"
a CM calendar at work is A-OK

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Same brand. Wishful thinking. Modern tech has made them smaller, I guess. Gotta drill at least one new hole and patch an old one. Sigh.

"yeah but you live down where the hoot owls eff the chickens" - illinihiltopper

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