AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH
Right now I couldn’t give a toss about a fire.
The battery needs changing on my smoke alarm - but strangely it is connected to the mains, and to change the battery I have to switch the mains off. What part of it is almost midnight do these fuckwits who design these things not understand? I have spent half an hour trying to read the instructions, written in smallish writing, which itself is bad enough, but it is red on white - really straining my eyes. There is no way I can switch off the mains, and disconnect this thing, I just can’t see well enough to do it.
Plus, if it’s connected to the mains, how come it has a battery? I don’t get it? It’s not like it’s a back up - apparently the thing won’t work if the mains is off - so why is it connected to the mains in the first place? Tonight is not going to be fun…..