Smoke alarm chirp
Posted:
Mon Jun 16, 2014 7:46 pmby Willie
Hard wired smoke alarms, all with battery backup in the house. I think there are 6 total. Switched out all batteries on Saturday for fresh ones.
The one in our bedroom still chirps, although it will stop after while. I turned the breaker off, disconnected the wires, removed the battery, turned breaker back on, put battery back in, basically resetting, and it still chirps.
I initially thought it might be a battery connection problem, but got home this afternoon and it was chirping every 30 seconds. We keep the house at 75 when away during the warm months, and 70-72 when home. I turned the thermostat down to 72 and it has quit chirping. Are these things that sensitive to heat, or do I need to replace the whole thing? All were installed in February '07.
Re: Smoke alarm chirp
Posted:
Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:01 pmby assateague
Willie wrote:Hard wired smoke alarms, all with battery backup in the house. I think there are 6 total. Switched out all batteries on Saturday for fresh ones.
The one in our bedroom still chirps, although it will stop after while. I turned the breaker off, disconnected the wires, removed the battery, turned breaker back on, put battery back in, basically resetting, and it still chirps.
I initially thought it might be a battery connection problem, but got home this afternoon and it was chirping every 30 seconds. We keep the house at 75 when away during the warm months, and 70-72 when home. I turned the thermostat down to 72 and it has quit chirping. Are these things that sensitive to heat, or do I need to replace the whole thing? All were installed in February '07.
They got CO detection as well? Modules are probably expired.
Re: Smoke alarm chirp
Posted:
Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:04 pmby Willie
assateague wrote:Willie wrote:Hard wired smoke alarms, all with battery backup in the house. I think there are 6 total. Switched out all batteries on Saturday for fresh ones.
The one in our bedroom still chirps, although it will stop after while. I turned the breaker off, disconnected the wires, removed the battery, turned breaker back on, put battery back in, basically resetting, and it still chirps.
I initially thought it might be a battery connection problem, but got home this afternoon and it was chirping every 30 seconds. We keep the house at 75 when away during the warm months, and 70-72 when home. I turned the thermostat down to 72 and it has quit chirping. Are these things that sensitive to heat, or do I need to replace the whole thing? All were installed in February '07.
They got CO detection as well? Modules are probably expired.
I'm not sure on that, and will check.
Re: Smoke alarm chirp
Posted:
Tue Jun 17, 2014 1:03 amby RonE
They are sometimes sensitive to dust, especially sheet rock dust.
Re: Smoke alarm chirp
Posted:
Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:54 amby QH's Paw
Willie wrote:assateague wrote:Willie wrote:Hard wired smoke alarms, all with battery backup in the house. I think there are 6 total. Switched out all batteries on Saturday for fresh ones.
The one in our bedroom still chirps, although it will stop after while. I turned the breaker off, disconnected the wires, removed the battery, turned breaker back on, put battery back in, basically resetting, and it still chirps.
I initially thought it might be a battery connection problem, but got home this afternoon and it was chirping every 30 seconds. We keep the house at 75 when away during the warm months, and 70-72 when home. I turned the thermostat down to 72 and it has quit chirping. Are these things that sensitive to heat, or do I need to replace the whole thing? All were installed in February '07.
They got CO detection as well? Modules are probably expired.
I'm not sure on that, and will check.
For Christ's sake, listen to Jim. Just shit can it and buy another. 7 years in place and who knows how long on the shelf before that. Someone has already got their moneys worth out of them. They are all going to start failing, one by one. I just went through the same thing this past winter. Oh, and mine, do/did not have CO2 detection.
Re: Smoke alarm chirp
Posted:
Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:57 amby Willie
QH's Paw wrote:Willie wrote:assateague wrote:Willie wrote:Hard wired smoke alarms, all with battery backup in the house. I think there are 6 total. Switched out all batteries on Saturday for fresh ones.
The one in our bedroom still chirps, although it will stop after while. I turned the breaker off, disconnected the wires, removed the battery, turned breaker back on, put battery back in, basically resetting, and it still chirps.
I initially thought it might be a battery connection problem, but got home this afternoon and it was chirping every 30 seconds. We keep the house at 75 when away during the warm months, and 70-72 when home. I turned the thermostat down to 72 and it has quit chirping. Are these things that sensitive to heat, or do I need to replace the whole thing? All were installed in February '07.
They got CO detection as well? Modules are probably expired.
I'm not sure on that, and will check.
For Christ's sake, listen to Jim. Just shit can it and buy another. 7 years in place and who knows how long on the shelf before that. Someone has already got their moneys worth out of them. They are all going to start failing, one by one. I just went through the same thing this past winter. Oh, and mine, do/did not have CO2 detection.
Believe I'll go ahead and replace them all.
