My smoke detector is annoying the heck out of me!

[GasX]

Since the power outage last night, the thing beeps every 15 seconds or so. On your average smoke detector, this means the battery is dead. However, mine is powered by the apartment electrical system.

How the #$%#$%#$%#! do I shut this thing up!?!?!?!

 

[Gunslinger08]

Breaker?

 

[Spoooon]

There should be a reset button.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Breaker?

nope

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Breaker?

One-niner? Do you copy?

(i second the suggestion that there usually is a reset button. You may have to hold it in for 30 seconds or something)

 

[GasX]

I wasn't positive the sound was coming from the smoke detector, but the short sharp sound was hard to get a good fix on. It seems that it is the carbon monoxide detector plugged in under the table below the smoke detector.

Now I just have to figure out how to shut the damn thing up!

 

[pyonir]

unplug it and plug it back in?

 

[GasX]

low battery

I removed the battery and all is well. I just hope the water heater doesn't start spewing CO into the apartment...

 

[pyonir]

Stop drop and roll....or something.

 

[GasX]

If my post rate slowly drops and then ceases, call 911

 

[Jzero]

Some hardwired smoke detectors have a battery backup and it will beep intermittently when that battery gets low.

 

[jurzdevil]

it most likely twists off of a bracket and then you can unplug it.

just remember to plug it back in eventually if it does come off

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
If my post rate slowly drops and then ceases, call 911

Will do.

911: this is 911
Me: ummm there is this dude..on a message board. He isn't posting. I think he's dead.
911: where is he?
Me: ummm i don't know. I just know him from the messageboard
911: well if you don't know who he is or where, we can't get him the help he needs
Me: oh. Well, he's probably dead anyway...sorry to bother you.

*click*

 

[GasX]

f e e l i n g s l ee p y...


edit: grrr.... stupid auto-removal of spaces...

 

[pyonir]

:Q

 

[pyonir]

I think he's dead.

 

[GasX]

MWilding... RIP

 

[pyonir]

:Q He types!! IN Death!!?

 

[gsaldivar]

don't go rain man on us...

:beer:

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: pyonir
:Q He types!! IN Death!!?

buy a new battery

hmm i got to go buy 2 c cells for my mini boom box;
yesterday witht the power out,i had to caveman rig an old car radio,to a half dead car battery
so i could listen to the news!

Lucky i am sortof a lazy packrat.

the battery i was going to recycle,near a year ago

 

[mee987]

i was at a party at a friends house a few weeks ago and we kept hearing a beep. we asked him what it was, the conversation went like this:
"its the carbon monoxide detector"
"battery low?"
"nope, i just changed it"
"then what is it?"
"its carbon monoxide i guess"
"oh, ok"

and we continued the party.