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Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
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Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
Currently I have on fucking stubborn smoke detector in my house, that beeps even after I properly replace the battery. I will say however, it is also wired to the house too. The battery is a backup. I don't know what to do. I keep replacing the battery, it remains quite for a while, then starts beeping again.
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#2
RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
Replace it.
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#3
RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
Throw the breaker switch. Great
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RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
Don't ask the internet for advice on your fire alarm. If it's not a battery issue, it's a failure indicator. The tone should be lower and it won't have the same pattern as it does when it detects smoke. There's a super annoying way to test this which involves setting off your detector, resetting your detector with brand new high quality backup batteries...then testing the batteries charge when it goes off - as well as the tone.

But....... you shouldn't be asking the internet for advice about your malfunctioning fire alarm. You should have it professionally serviced by factory trained technicians...or replace it.
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RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
Maybe you have smoke in your house or a gas leaking.
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RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
Common house dust can sometimes cause the beeping. Vacuum the detector thoroughly. If that doesn’t stop the noise, replace the unit.

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RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
(November 3, 2021 at 10:53 am)brewer Wrote: Throw the breaker switch. Great

Yea, problem is I do not have a specific breaker that denotes the smoke detectors. I don't know if throwing the main switch to everything will fix it.

(November 3, 2021 at 11:00 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Maybe you have smoke in your house or a gas leaking.

My house does not use gas.
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RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
In answer to your question in the title of the thread - smoke detectors detect smoke...

...when they are working properly.

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RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
(November 3, 2021 at 11:16 am)Brian37 Wrote:
(November 3, 2021 at 10:53 am)brewer Wrote: Throw the breaker switch. Great

Yea, problem is I do not have a specific breaker that denotes the smoke detectors. I don't know if throwing the main switch to everything will fix it.


It will if you leave it off.
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#10
RE: Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?
Is this a single-family home or an apartment? I ask because a hard-wired detector is rather unusual in older single family homes.
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