Eli5: Why do domestic fire alarms take a rectangular battery instead of AA/AAA?

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Eli5: Why do domestic fire alarms take a rectangular battery instead of AA/AAA?

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my smoke/CO alarm takes 2 AA’s. so this is incorrect. Its a first alert, so pretty common brand. in fact googling “smoke and co alarm 2 AA” yields a lot of domestic alarms that do. So there is no Eli5, you are just mistaken.

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