When they make these, do they build in a feature that the low battery alert will only go off between 1am and 4am? I can't recall ever being alerted to a low battery during the day. But I have been woken up.....so many times!
Smoke Detectors
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Same here.
We have multiple ones and its a short beep when battery goes low so you have to move around trying to hear which one is doing the beeping....always at night.
We have multiple ones and its a short beep when battery goes low so you have to move around trying to hear which one is doing the beeping....always at night.
Ours did a couple of weeks ago. It is hardwired, so I had to suffer through as I'm not touching anything with electricity running through it.
The smoke detector is hardwired into the power system and the backup battery started chirping. I'm not very handy and I like living, so I let someone else fix it.
Dude- you don't ever have to touch the wiring. Open the door with battery and change it. The odds of you choking on a grain of salt are higher than getting electrocuted changing a battery in a smoke detector
The battery and the wiring are not connected. You don't come near the wiring when replacing the battery.
Again, I have no knowledge of such things. I saw wires and thought screw this. Plus, I'm a renter, so I figured they could handle it.
A few more posts down Ronnie is gonna have to remind us that there is no such thing as a ‘man card’.
I'm happy to give mine up. My dad turned wrenches for a living, but the apple fell far from the tree in the handyman aspects of life.
Maybe you could call the fire department to come out and check them for you. Apparently some of them do that.
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It’s almost as if you’re proud to listen to a beeping that you could easily remedy.
Pro tip: If you change your mind make sure to test the new 9 volt by touching it to your tongue before installing. You should taste angels.
Here's the story. The low battery chirp goes off at 2am last night. Yeah! There's five smoke detectors in our house, and I know right away it's not the one in our bedroom. So i go stand in the middle of the living to to wait for one of the sets, on either side of the house to go off. A few minutes later. Chirp. Then go stand between those two to see which one. A few more minutes. Chirp. Off to the garage to get the ladder. But it's buried by boxes that usually hold Christmas decorations. Dig out ladder. Now I'm wide aggravated awake. Climb up to the detector and take out the battery. Now our detectors are like runk's in that they are hard wired, but if you remove the battery they still chirp to let you know they have no battery back up. So I go to the fridge to get a 9 volt (I keep a set for just this reason), but no batteries are in the fridge. Wake wife. "Where are the 9 volt batteries?" "I needed them for Christmas presents." "Okay...where are the presents? I'll replace the battery tomorrow." "Wrapped at my brothers, for Christmas morning." <Slow blink.....slow blink> Reclimb ladder and twist alarm off bracket.....which doesn't happen anywhere as easy as typing that. Decouple wiring. Leave detector on floor. Back to be in under 40 minutes! Heart rate just under 120 beats a minute. 20 minutes later as I finally drift off to sleep, ice maker in fridge dumps a new load into tray. Bang knock crash.
How to store alkaline batteries:
What Is the Best Way to Store Alkaline Batteries?
Step 1
Keep your batteries out of the refrigerator and freezer. Many people believe the myth that batteries last longer when stored in the refrigerator. But according to Energizer, a leading battery company, the cold could harm your batteries.
Step 2
Store batteries in a cool place. A cool place--not a cold place. Alkaline batteries should be stored at normal room temperature, around 70 degrees F.
Step 3
Note the humidity in your storage area. Alkaline batteries last longer if they are kept in moderate conditions, about 50 percent relative humidity.
Step 4
Clean the negative and positive ends of the batteries with a rag or a clean pencil eraser.
Step 5
Place batteries in a container. Do not put loose batteries in a purse or pocket. If they rub up against change or other metal objects, the batteries can short circuit and even leak.
Step 6
Keep batteries out of the heat. Even in storage, batteries lose their charge faster in the heat. For example, they could lose 25 percent of the charge each year if kept in 100-degree heat.
What Is the Best Way to Store Alkaline Batteries?
Step 1
Keep your batteries out of the refrigerator and freezer. Many people believe the myth that batteries last longer when stored in the refrigerator. But according to Energizer, a leading battery company, the cold could harm your batteries.
Step 2
Store batteries in a cool place. A cool place--not a cold place. Alkaline batteries should be stored at normal room temperature, around 70 degrees F.
Step 3
Note the humidity in your storage area. Alkaline batteries last longer if they are kept in moderate conditions, about 50 percent relative humidity.
Step 4
Clean the negative and positive ends of the batteries with a rag or a clean pencil eraser.
Step 5
Place batteries in a container. Do not put loose batteries in a purse or pocket. If they rub up against change or other metal objects, the batteries can short circuit and even leak.
Step 6
Keep batteries out of the heat. Even in storage, batteries lose their charge faster in the heat. For example, they could lose 25 percent of the charge each year if kept in 100-degree heat.
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I started storing them in the fridge because they always disappeared into toys/electronic devices, before I could use them, when they were in the kitchen drawer.. But the wife's onto me. She found the stash.
Don't do that. Too many porn scenes start out that way so if the fire department shows up when you aren't there your wife will end up in a devil's threesome.
You don't know, could be female fire fighters that respond. Or its the guys from the calendar with their big hoses.
When I was still dispatching, and a guy would call up for a police officer to help change his tire, I would always send the female officer on our shift. She loved womansplaining the process to college aged men.
I always sleep through the battery alarm, so it's my wife who gets up and changes the battery.
Works for me.
Works for me.
