Re: End-user Alert Delivery (was Re: NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert Study)

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>]

Well, it probably gets way worse: if it's a "permanent" battery, it will be
harder to find, and harder to replace...

----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Herrin" <bill () herrin us>
> To: "jra" <jra () baylink com>
> Cc: bzs () theworld com, nanog () nanog org
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:52:47 PM
> Subject: Re: End-user Alert Delivery (was Re: NDAA passed: Internet and Online Streaming Services Emergency Alert 
> Study)

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 7:58 PM Jay R. Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
> > Last time I looked, consumer residential smoke detectors were still running
> > off 9V alkaline batteries, which are expected to run the device for 6 months
> > of 1/99 duty cycle (or less, probably *way* less).
>
> Ordinary ionization-based smoke detectors use a 10-year lithium
> battery, which is about the same lifespan as the americium-based
> detector circuit as it begins to decay into neptunium.
>
> You may now resume your argument over how much battery drain is too much.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
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