I've had them kick off anywhere between 18 months and 5 years. More often around the 2-3 year mark. The last one I had, I had babysat for someone in 2005 that the person never asked for them back, and one kicked off sometime last year, but the other only kicked off a couple months ago, and it's actually kind of unfortunate because it wasn't old age that did him in, but an overnight nuisance GFCI trip, so he'd probably still be around if it wasn't for that.
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-- Tony
My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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