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Dooz
01-07-2006, 17:35
I just came to my room after having fallen asleep on the couch to find the smoke detector beeping every 30 seconds. One beep every 30 seconds. I took out the battery but it's still going. I pressed the button on it and it made the actual smoke alarm (piercing my ears in the process) but the beeping continues. I haven't slept for over a day, so... tired... Anyone know anything they wouldn't mind sharing to help alleviate this problem?
Alexanderofmacedon
01-07-2006, 17:39
1) Try the couch or some other room:idea2:

2) If you're really desperate, rip the mother out of the ceiling...:laugh4:
Dooz
01-07-2006, 17:50
1) Try the couch or some other room:idea2:

2) If you're really desperate, rip the mother out of the ceiling...:laugh4:


Has too many wires goin' to and from the ceiling, don't want to take a chance. Not sure what exactly to do... I guess couch it is then........ :hide:
Ironside
01-07-2006, 18:41
It certainly sounds like a low-battery warning, but if it keeps beeping even after replacing the battery (test more than one battery), then it's broken.

Ripped off or couch until fixed I guess. Or try to remove the backup battery (it has to get power from somewere).
Dooz
01-07-2006, 18:50
Backup battery... hmpf....... who would'a thunk it.
Samurai Waki
01-07-2006, 19:27
Its a battery problem, just means that it is low. Right before the battery goes out, it'll beep for about 5 minutes solid, often at about 3am...
Dooz
01-07-2006, 20:01
5 minutes? Try the entire night. I'm still up. It's 11 a.m. already. Thankfully I'm used to not sleeping too much, otherwise I'd be really pissed.
Quietus
01-07-2006, 20:23
Heya Wonderland,

How many buttons does it have? Have you tried repushing the button when it is sounding off?
solypsist
01-07-2006, 20:23
http://www.howstuffworks.com/smoke.htm
Dooz
01-07-2006, 20:30
http://www.howstuffworks.com/smoke.htm

Hmm, interesting but didn't really catch anything about the beeping. Although it's pretty much been confirmed that it's the battery at this point.



Heya Wonderland,

How many buttons does it have? Have you tried repushing the button when it is sounding off?

Yeah, nothing really happened though. It kept going for a while then eventually stopped. Don't know if it was because of pressing or on it's own. Don't really want to experiment with that one, lol.
Alexanderofmacedon
01-09-2006, 01:57
Well, whatever happens good luck...
Dooz
01-09-2006, 14:53
Just a quick update for everyone, all is well! New battery installed and it stopped... funny thing though.... as soon as my room one stopped, another went off in another room. A quick change of a battery fixed that though, so that's that.

Thanks all! ~:cheers:
English assassin
01-09-2006, 15:13
Just a quick update for everyone, all is well! New battery installed and it stopped... funny thing though.... as soon as my room one stopped, another went off in another room

Aha, the old "swapping your dud battery with your neighbour" ploy... ;-)

(Taken from my book of handy hints for communal living, "Always mark your milk "Biohazard" and other moneysaving tips for todays students", 7.99 at all good campus bookstores.
Somebody Else
01-09-2006, 15:16
"Always mark your milk "Biohazard" and other moneysaving tips for todays students"

Now that's an idea - four flatmates, frequently stoned... I no longer buy food that doesn't require something complicated like preparation - they just eat it all. Anything of that sort I do require, I keep in my room.

Laxatives left in samples of food have always been a temptation... That or ebola.
Lanemerkel1
01-09-2006, 15:22
Just do what I did: take it off the wall PULL OUT EVERY BATTERY (don't put anything back in) and put it back up on the wall as a decoration
Reenk Roink
01-09-2006, 22:06
Pffft...

Smoke Alarms...you put your life in the hands of man-made machines?

I set aside a score of my personal monkey servants to monitor the house for a fire...
Dooz
01-09-2006, 23:47
Pffft...

Smoke Alarms...you put your life in the hands of man-made machines?

I set aside a score of my personal monkey servants to monitor the house for a fire...

Well woopdy-doo. My monkey servants were killed in the fire last year because I had no smoke detectors. So nyaaaaaa......
Reenk Roink
01-10-2006, 00:22
Well woopdy-doo. My monkey servants were killed in the fire last year because I had no smoke detectors. So nyaaaaaa......

Mine are well-trained ~;)
Dooz
01-10-2006, 00:29
Mine were too.... that was the problem.....

http://badgas.co.uk/animals/monkeys/monkey_011.jpg

That's what caused the fire in the first place.
Reenk Roink
01-10-2006, 00:38
:laugh4: