The smoke alarms in my house beep every 30 seconds even with brand new batteries. I bought new batteries today (for the second time) just to be sure and they still beep every 30 seconds. Why?!
2006-07-27 18:25:41 · 11 answers · asked by evhershey 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Did you hold down the reset button after you put in the new battery? If so, just go ahead and toss it and get a new one.
2006-07-27 18:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by bombhaus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had that happen too and it turned out the smoke detector required a specific brand of batteries. They had to be Ever Ready or something, but I discovered this after reading the imprinted instructions for use printed on the smoke detector itself.
2006-07-27 18:34:16 · answer #2 · answered by HisChamp1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hold down the test button, if that does not work open it up to see if it is wired correctly if it is wired electrically as well, because it may have a bad connection and it will beep to tell you that it is just working on the battery and no current. If this does not work buy a new one.
2006-07-27 18:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by I love money 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this happened to my friends' house recently. They also changed the batteries and it still beep. They had to reset the alarms to get rid of the beeping. It worked for them.
2006-07-27 18:30:33 · answer #4 · answered by pondering mind 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There could be several reasons,if it is connected to power other that the battery,you might want to get a new one, if it a battery model you definaly want to get a new one. What is your life worth,these units are not that costly.
2006-07-27 18:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clean or change the filter and reset the unit. If still the same, consult a qualified technician to have a look at it.
2006-07-27 18:52:01 · answer #6 · answered by Sam X9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tested it yet???
it might be one of the new models that requires a test once a month, hold the test button for a few seconds. Might work.
2006-07-27 18:27:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a new smoke detector
2006-07-27 18:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by freyas_kin28 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kill it.
Or call you local fire department and ask them - those firemen know things about smoke detectors.
2006-07-27 18:32:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
time to replace
2006-07-27 18:28:42 · answer #10 · answered by alandicho 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋