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| Thread ID: 128646 | 2013-01-05 22:08:00 | Smoke alarms failing? | superoman (6703) | PC World Chat |
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| 1321487 | 2013-01-07 03:19:00 | Over the last several years and with multiple alarms it seems they all work fine here for a year or more and then start going off in the middle of the night for no apparent reason, usually in winter. Searched the internet and the best I could come up with: Some seem to enjoy going off due to sudden changes in air temperature, apparently. Or maybe they just get full of dust, or something. No idea. But if it IS a real alarm I don't know what's causing it, I find it hard to believe an electrical fault could exist for several years without any other symptoms, but stranger things have happened. Now you've got me paranoid! SWMBO worked for a bunch of scientist testers who told her they always go at night due to that being the coldest part of the day and batteries are totally susceptible to cold |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1321488 | 2013-01-07 03:52:00 | Why would that cause the alarms to go into full panic mode and not just make the battery warning noise though? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1321489 | 2013-01-07 05:27:00 | I don't know | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1321490 | 2013-01-07 06:45:00 | It is indeed strange | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1321491 | 2013-01-07 07:34:00 | Growing dope in the attic under bright lights WITHOUT proper ventilation MAY induce fire alarms to beep without warning ... :D | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1321492 | 2013-01-07 10:13:00 | Growing dope in the attic under bright lights WITHOUT proper ventilation MAY induce fire alarms to beep without warning ... :D Oh dear - the things that can set fire alarms off. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1321493 | 2013-01-08 06:29:00 | Thanks for all the answers. Interestingly enough put another new battery in the Elto Alarm and it seems to go fine! My guess is my house has ghosts |
superoman (6703) | ||
| 1321494 | 2013-01-08 07:09:00 | The alarms may be "failing" because the fire has gone out? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1321495 | 2013-01-08 08:19:00 | Huh I just bought a new cheap Panasonic battery for my smoke alarms. I have 2 but am in a small place so I only need one. It put it in my Elto alarm and tested it, all OK Then a minute later it beeped and did so very minute. That is the warning of a flat battery ! I put the battery in my other Elto unit and it did the same. If I take the battery out and then put it in, without doing a test its all OK. But If I test it, I get that annoying beep OK it could be a flat battery but I bought it from a buys supermarket. On the unit it says in small print only use certain types of battery! (not mine) Surely that is a sales ploy! On the Panasonic batteries packet it says suitable for smoke alarms! No wonder people get annoyed with smoke alarms and remove the battery! I am getting ready to throw mine out of the window! |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1321496 | 2013-01-08 08:47:00 | Strangely the cheap batteries are not always the best. Best value batteries I have found are Panasonic Alkalines - not cheap, but consistently good value. EverReady Alkalines are frequently alright, but you only know they were having a bad day when you find your battery is a dud. I haven't really found anything unimportant enough to warrant using the el-cheapo batteries in - if they are that unimportant I don't buy it so I have no need of batteries for it. Did anyone guess that I dislike bad batteries? ;) They might be suitable for use in cup-handle-obscurers as ballast though. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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