arr!!! smoke detector is driving me crazy!

[Kroze]

anyone have any clue why my smoke detector in my room chirps on an interval?

it's driving me crazy. i thought the battery was low so i took the thing down and remove the 9 volt battery. and it's still chirping!!! arrr

 

[minendo]

Put a new battery in it.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Feed it, it's hungry.

 

[Kalvin00]

Shoot it/blow it up.

 

[FrogDog]

Just turn it off. I don't know why we need them anyways.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: FrogDog
Just turn it off. I don't know why we need them anyways.

Are you the guy that won Darwin's last year?

 

[fredtam]

You don't deserve to live through the fire.

 

[Shooters]

It keeps chirping because it's also wired in the back. Either put a new battery in it or detach it from the wall and pull out the plug in the back.

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: Shooters
It keeps chirping because it's also wired in the back. Either put a new battery in it or detach it from the wall and pull out the plug in the back.

In my house, there are about 10+ smoke detectors and they are all wired together as well as to the power. I replaced the battery proactively, and it kept chirping for a while.

So, I was trying to figure it out, and held the test button in a little too long and EVERY ONE IN THE HOUSE went off, was insane... and you have to hold the button in again to make it stop going off, which is not intuitive or quick.

Anyway, eventually it stopped chirping after I replaced the battery again (took it out, put it back in, etc). I'm not sure if I unplugged it completely from the chain if the others would flip out or not... but... the easiest solution is to replace the batt and give it a few moments to reset I guess.