crisped

Fortunately, the odd wee peep from the fire alarm wasn't the backup battery starting to run out, but we could have tested that it could detect combustion products without taking out Nicky's sewing machine motor. Despite clearing out all the literal cobwebs from the innards it was still underperforming when put back together, but survived long enough to complete the task, though is definitely missing a fair few winds of the motor coils.