Removing old smoke detectors
5 years ago
At some point a previous owner of our house had an alarm system installed. it no longer functions and the control panel in the basement looks like it’s half taken apart. the smoke detectors don’t work and we are replacing them with battery operated ones. can I just cut off the old wires to install the new ones in the same locations?
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