ARG wtf would cause random short 'buzzing' in my attic???!

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zixxer

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it's incredibly fscking annoying - about every min or two there's a short (1 second) mechanicalish buzzing in my attic. It definetely is NOT a bee or hornet. It's not very loud, but very noticable. The only thing I can really relate it to is what one of those old fashioned hammer-style alarm clocks sound like when you put your finger on the 'bells'

http://www.lehmans.com/images/us/shire/1047195.f.jpg



It happens even when all of my stereo equipment is off. There isn't a light or fan up there that would cause this.


edit:

not a smoke detector and I doubt it's any type of bug.. it's always the same tone/pitch and duration. it seems like maybe it's quieter every couple times it happens
 
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BooGiMaN

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have you recently rented the attic to a mad scientist?

but yeah that seems odd let us know what you find it out to be
 
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Robot Killer Bees.


Did I mention that you should run? RUN!
 
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cavemanmoron

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/2004/04/cicadas.html

Cicadas are flying, plant-eating insects about the size of shrimps. They are known for their loud, piercing song.

Cicadas spend most of their time underground feeding on roots. But every now and then they come out.




This year a group of cicadas called Brood X (Brood Ten) will leave their underground homes and cover trees throughout the eastern United States. In the open air, the bugs change into adults, reproduce, and then die.

Brood X is the largest group of cicadas. The brood comes out only once every 17 years.

There are 12 broods that have 17-year cycles like Brood X. "A brood is a class year, like the graduates of 2004, who will be graduating in May," Gene Kritsky, a cicada expert at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, said.

How do the bugs know when 17 years has passed?

"We really don't know how they count the years," Kritsky said. But this year the cicadas will leave the ground when soil temperatures reach about 64 degrees Fahrenheit (18 degrees Celsius).

People's reactions to the cicadas are mixed.

"Some people leave town and go west, where there are no cicadas. Other people plan camping trips timed in the middle of the outbreak, because they want to experience it in its full intensity," Keith Clay, a biologist at Indiana University in Bloomington, said.

Cicadas help the environment. They improve soil, provide food for other animals, and prune treetops.

Some people even like to eat the bugs!

"When you eat them when they're soft and mushy, when they come out of their skin, they taste like cold, canned asparagus," Kritsky said.
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Originally posted by: Pikachu
That poking her head up in the attic scene made me piss myself! :D

But, WTF, you're way ahead of the game if it keeps on repeating. You can find it quick enough if you have the balls to go up there.
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Alternatively, if you DON'T have the balls to go up there, you could torch the place and collect the insurance money.
 
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zixxer

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The thing is - I've been up there before, running coax for an hdtv antenna - and really didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. There were definetely no hornets or anything of that nature. It always comes from the same place, which is sort of near a vent. I would think it was maybe resonating from the furnace or something but i dont hear this noise from any other vent.

 
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Midlander

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My advice:

Find a couple of good looking teenage girls. Have them spend the night alone in the house. Tell them that if they hear something in the attic, they are to get into their thinnest night shirts and investigate the noise. If they are still alive in the morning, you should be OK. If not, sell the house immediately.
 
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mayonnaise

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That's what you get for holding me up here BBZZZZZZZZ BZZZZZZZ BBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
 
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Bryophyte

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Bumble bee, moth, hummingbird. Could be anything. Go sit where the noise is loudest and wait it out.
 
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djheater

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Faulty vent\exhaust fan.
probably the motor going bad.

Why don't you go up there and wait for it to happen?
 
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DaiShan

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Are you sure there isn't a fan in your attic? Most attics (at least here in Florida where it gets ungodly hot in the summer) have fans and they usually come on at a set temperature (I think?)
 
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Zach

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Third vote for a bad fan if you're sure it's not a cicada.

Or your place is about to burn down. Double check your insirance is good and take pics of your stuff. Firepoof safe too! :)

Edit: If you have access to your main breaker you could shut it off while the noise is happening to help narrow things down.
 
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91TTZ

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1. There may be a fan up there that you're not aware of.

2. Do you have an antenna on the roof? Some of them resonate when wind blows through them.
 
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