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When I change batteries, I write the date on the battery with a felt market pen, and make sure to change them yearly.
Pick a time you can remember, such as when day lite saving time changes or your birthday, etc
that's a good idea, do you write the date on the old battery or the new one?
Wow - amazing. So, husband wouldn't be home until 5.... so you called the fire department? Did you try calling a neighbor? 'Backup battery whatever that means'?. LOL What a pain
Wow - amazing. So, husband wouldn't be home until 5.... so you called the fire department? Did you try calling a neighbor?
Why insult her? Her smoke alarm is going off incessantly, and due to physical limitations she's unable to investigate the situation herself. Calling the fire department doesn't sound imprudent in those circumstances.
Wow - amazing. So, husband wouldn't be home until 5.... so you called the fire department? Did you try calling a neighbor? 'Backup battery whatever that means'?. LOL What a pain
The whole point for calling the fire department is to have them check for a fire in case that was what set the alarm off. I've heard stories of alarms going off with no visible smoke or fire visible, only to have flames burst out hours later. It's better to be safe than sorry. The OP did the right thing to protect her family.
If you have to replace the smoke detector, consider getting either a photoelectric or dual-sensor model. Everyone should have at least one of these, since having only ionization smoke alarms isn't sufficient for detecting slow smoldering fires. Also, be sure that the brand of smoke detector you buy matches what you have now for they can interconnect properly. And FYI, the current Kidde and FireX smoke alarms are NOT compatible with older FireX alarms made prior to the late 90s.
We do the battery check once a year, generally on Jan 1st. We mark the calendar when it's done. The chirping noise info is correct about a low battery. The constant buzzing means something is wrong. We were told by our alarm company, and the fire marshall, that every 6 months we should take a can of air and blow out the dust and grease in the airways of the alarm that may accumulate and cause a false alarm.
The whole point for calling the fire department is to have them check for a fire in case that was what set the alarm off. I've heard stories of alarms going off with no visible smoke or fire visible, only to have flames burst out hours later. It's better to be safe than sorry. The OP did the right thing to protect her family.
I am sure any fire department would rather respond to a smoke alarm going off with no fire rather than to a fire with no smoke alarm going off. Just sayin'
after 10 years smoke detectors are designed to fail and chirp. you have to replace them .
Not sure when you got this information from. Fire departments recommend you replace smoke detectors every 10 years, I replaced a failed smoke detector where the manufacturer recommended replacing them every 8 years. There no internal clock that I'm aware of in smoke detectors where they "fail" after 10 years, they can last considerably longer.
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