Re: Who’s responsible– smoke alarm or detectors › Forums › Common Property › Who’s responsible– smoke alarm or detectors › Current Page 09/10/2012 at 5:35 am #16757 FlatChatFanFlatchatter What is the expected life of the various types of smoke/heat detectors? The cheap ones need a battery change every year. I have some ten year battery (or that is what I was told). There are the ones connected to the wiring.