2006-08-16 02:50:34 · 5 answers · asked by dmountee 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Sometimes humidity sets these things off.
You should have an electrician review your system to make sure that there isn't any vermon (mice, etc) nibbling at your wires to make sure that there isn't any issue.
If you let this go, it may eventually affect your insurance in the unfortunate event of a fire or damage to your main electrical system.
usually electrician companies have a general "rate" for such type of reviews. If you run a business from your house you could also claim such an expense as a business expense as well (i believe)--as the house--is also your office.
2006-08-16 02:56:49 · answer #1 · answered by belligerent assistant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My 10 year old AC powered smoke alarms started beeping at random times, so instead of replacing them, I was able to readjust the level that they triggered at. Under the alarm cover was a printed circuit board adjustment for the trigger sensitivity which I simply increased slightly to prevent false alarms. Of course this is obviously not something you want to rely on to save your life in case of a house fire, but I treat them as back up alarms to complement the new alarms I bought. And they still are the first to be triggered by smoke in the house and seem to be working fine.
2006-08-16 03:02:13 · answer #2 · answered by bobweb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there a backup battery? Mine run off house wiring, but have a backup battery too- and they go off when the backup is getting low.
2006-08-16 02:57:48 · answer #3 · answered by Megan S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were cooking it could have been a little smoke from the kitchen.
2006-08-16 02:56:25 · answer #4 · answered by Eric 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be dust or if you are using a cell phone or transmitting sometimes that can cause it.
2006-08-16 03:22:42 · answer #5 · answered by edgarrrw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋