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Product

Kiddie P4010DCSCO-W

Category

Electronics

Report number

20241015-BD997-2147335968

Ownership age

About 14 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20241015-BD997-2147335968. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Kiddie P4010DCSCO-W (Kidde Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detector, 10-Year Battery, Interconnect Combination Smoke & CO Alarm, Voice Alert). Incident: Smoke detectors with 10 year Lithium batteries intermittent false alarms due Lithium battery Voltage instability. This happened with a few Kiddie Combo Smoke/CO detectors as well as a number of [REDACTED] Sound units. The problem is with the constant falsing many people remove and do not replace the detectors and/or ignore the alarms which can and will lead to unsafe situations and someone getting hurt or worse. This does not appear to be a model or manufacturer specific issue, I firmly belive it is due to the nature of Lithium cells that are unstable and have Voltage flucuations. Even when the detectors are AC powered witht he 10 year Lithium back up battery, I beleive the battery is causing many of the detectors to false on a random basis. This is a BIG issue and need to be investigate. Just search online and you will see thouands of complaints, but many may not realize the problem is likely due to the Lithium batteries.

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