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AZRedhawk44

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Argh!
« on: March 05, 2009, 09:58:59 AM »
Why do smoke alarm batteries always fail at 3AM?

This is the 3rd in the last year... yet again, 3AM.

Grrr! :mad:
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 09:59:57 AM »
Suck!

You could be like me, and just not have any.  :O
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 10:45:52 AM »
Quote from: Nick1911 on March 05, 2009, 09:59:57 AM
Suck!

You could be like me, and just not have any.  :O

Do you own your home?

What would your homeowner's insurance say to that?
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 10:48:00 AM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on March 05, 2009, 09:58:59 AM
Why do smoke alarm batteries always fail at 3AM?

This is the 3rd in the last year... yet again, 3AM.

Grrr! :mad:

Wait until 9 AM to change them :)
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 10:50:58 AM »
That's so you will be half asleep on Saturday. :laugh:
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2009, 10:52:02 AM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on March 05, 2009, 10:48:00 AM
Wait until 9 AM to change them :)

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Re: Argh!
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2009, 11:44:22 AM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on March 05, 2009, 10:45:52 AM
Do you own your home?

I do.

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on March 05, 2009, 10:45:52 AM
What would your homeowner's insurance say to that?

I'm not sure.  I do have a CO alarm - no smoke ones though.  It's on the list.
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2009, 12:44:33 PM »
Yeah, I can't go back to sleep when they're chirping either. It becomes Chinese water torture, waiting for the next chirp. When will it come? Now? nothing.... maybe it's stoppe<chirp>.....counting...... nothing..... <chirp>. bAAAH!
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« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2009, 02:23:38 PM »

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Is it a sign of mental instability that I wrote up an automated email every X months to swap out the batteries?  (Along with plenty of other trivia.)
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2009, 02:44:15 PM »
Do a search on the SIGFORUM pitch your bitch section for my user name and you will find my Smoke detector rant.  All I have to say is those little fuc@%@ better save my or someone I love's life one day.
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2009, 02:46:20 PM »
Quote from: Marnoot on March 05, 2009, 12:44:33 PM
Yeah, I can't go back to sleep when they're chirping either. It becomes Chinese water torture, waiting for the next chirp. When will it come? Now? nothing.... maybe it's stoppe<chirp>.....counting...... nothing..... <chirp>. bAAAH!

They make a tiny board you can hide somewhere in an office to drive someone insane.

It has a randomizer circuit.
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2009, 02:48:18 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on March 05, 2009, 02:46:20 PM
They make a tiny board you can hide somewhere in an office to drive someone insane.

It has a randomizer circuit.

Annoyotron.  I have one on my fridge.  Very fun.
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #12 on: March 05, 2009, 02:51:19 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on March 05, 2009, 02:46:20 PM
They make a tiny board you can hide somewhere in an office to drive someone insane.

It has a randomizer circuit.

ThinkGeek FTW!

Around Christmas, they had a special where if you purchased a certain dollar value in an order, they'd throw in one of those things for free.  Sadly, I'd just RECEIVED my order from them about 2 days before they started that special  :| :laugh:
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2009, 03:53:59 PM »
My house has some interesting acoustic properties.  When one of the detectors decides it needs a new battery and beeps I can't figure out which one it is, the sound bounces all over.  When the first one goes off I replace all of the batteries but like AZ if it is in the middle of the night I just want to find the one that is angry now and get the rest the following evening or weekend.
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2009, 03:54:47 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: March 05, 2009, 04:00:01 PM »
They use batteries?....  =|
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #16 on: March 05, 2009, 04:04:43 PM »
Quote from: RaspberrySurprise on March 05, 2009, 03:54:47 PM
Chirp!
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Problem solved!

I almost did that with the first one in this house.  Started chirping at 3AM, I get up and find out it's the one 15 feet in the air at the peak of the vaulted ceiling.

Seriously considered using the .22 revolver... but ended up going to Home Depot and buying an extension ladder just to change one #@#$%# battery.  I figured I could shoot the thing all day until the police came and never hit the speaker.
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #17 on: March 05, 2009, 04:14:39 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on March 05, 2009, 04:00:01 PM
They use batteries?....  =|

Most are wired to both AC and a 9V battery.
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #18 on: March 05, 2009, 04:17:08 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on March 05, 2009, 04:14:39 PM
Most are wired to both AC and a 9V battery.

Ours are.  Well, except for one.  It failed and a proper replacement was muy expensive, so I replaced it with one of the battery only models. 

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« Reply #19 on: March 05, 2009, 04:47:51 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on March 05, 2009, 04:14:39 PM
Most are wired to both AC and a 9V battery.

Mine are old school.  All battery.  New Year's celebration is replacing the batteries.
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #20 on: March 05, 2009, 05:00:50 PM »
What's really fun is when all the detectors are wired together and the backup batteries go completely dead.  The detector activates and takes all its buddies with it.

At 3:00 AM.

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Re: Argh!
« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2009, 07:28:04 PM »
my paranoia is such that i have a co/explosive gas detector everywhere i have any fittings on the propane lines  hence the one in the crawl space under my house. when it(or its smoke detector buddy) go dead the beeping is fairly muted but i can't stand it long before i crawl in and swap em out.  the smoke detector in the attic is a pain as well
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #22 on: March 05, 2009, 09:27:18 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on March 05, 2009, 04:14:39 PM
Most are wired to both AC and a 9V battery.

So.....stuffing hampsters in them is not a good idea?.....  =|
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« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2009, 10:18:42 PM »
I have 6 in the house.  Batteries get changed when I change the clocks.  Then they get changed out about every 10 years. 

And yes, about 18 years ago, one did saved Mrs. Scout's life.  Seems she had come home work (Nurse - worked night shift), started a fire in the fireplace to take the chill out of the air and went to sleep on the couch, at some point the damper closed and filed the house with smoke. The incessant noise of the Smoke Detector woke her up and got her out of the house. 

Other then repainting the family room, no other damage.  Although our clothes and the house smelled like wood smoke for about 6 months.    :rolleyes:
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Re: Argh!
« Reply #24 on: March 05, 2009, 11:31:02 PM »
I just changed the battery in a chirper a few days ago.

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on March 05, 2009, 09:58:59 AM
Why do smoke alarm batteries always fail at 3AM?

Grrr! :mad:

1.  They know you're sleeping.

2.  It's the coldest time of the day and the low battery's voltage drops just enough to trigger the (replace battery) alarm.
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