Anyone know anything about smoke detectors?

[zwanzig]

My house is only 4 years old.

Have you never bought anything in your life that was broken when you bought it?

Just buy a new one and move on with your life. Were it batteries for your remote you'd have already made a trip to Walmart.

That's not accurate. If it were batteries for his remote, he might make a thread here about the tv setup being too fast for him or his button pushing not getting accurate or timely results with a question, "Do you guys think the batteries are going or has the whole system turned against me for not being simple enough that even a 4 year old might accidentally operate it?" Then waffling for days over what needs doing when everyone says repeatedly, "HAVE. YOU. TRIED. REPLACING. THE. BATTERIES???"

[Spongebob]

I once saw a bass in a small pond swallow a duckling. Just sayin'.

[arewethereyet]

I know you won't do any business online but Amazon has a set of four battery operated smoke detectors for 22 bucks plus tax. Bet you can find a similar deal at Walmart or Home Depot or Lowes. They even come with batteries. The cost of four 9V batteries is almost the price for the whole shebang.

Just replace the damn thing.

[no one]

The Grand Nudger:
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.



The sense is this post......I suspect might completely break Fernando.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

The Grand Nudger:
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.



The sense is this post......I suspect might completely break Fernando.

 I have two smoke detectors.  One is a battery job with a ten year guarantee. I put it up in a corner of the entry hall. I found out this was incorrect.

Had a sparky install a hard wired one with a battery back up. This is in the passage on the mezzanine (?) of the split level house. The wall is open and overlooks the kitchen. It goes off if the grill begins to smoke.

This thread has reminded me that it's some time since I replaced the battery. I'm going to the shopping centre right now to buy a new one.

Having said that, I agree the internet is not the best place to look for informed opinions of just about anything which has health or safety indications. If anything, Youtube is worse.

However I think the internet is terrific for some things. I've found it most helpful finding information about say the history of christianity. Wikipedia can also be a good place to start because the better articles have lots of decent references. Overall, I've found wiki articles about which I have studied formally to give pretty fair overall view. I've always thought that was the point of wikipedia. Rather than as an authority.

[brewer]

Could always call the local fire department. Those guys never have anything to do.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Nup, don't know any more than I did yesterday. Only today my hard wired smoke alarm has a new back up battery.

[The Grand Nudger]

I once saw a bass in a small pond swallow a duckling.  Just sayin'.

I have a crippled duckling lure for muskies.  It manages to be extremely cute and deeply macabre at the same time.  Works like a fuckin charm, too.