I have a 2 year old house where the smoke detectors go off in the middle of the night with no smoke. They are connected all together by the electric. Any thoughts?
2006-08-18 12:17:32 · 14 answers · asked by cjboyd11 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You may be having electrical surges going through your wiring. Mine are hard wired as well and I had the same problem until it was checked out by an electician.
2006-08-18 12:23:36 · answer #1 · answered by dh1977 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can relate...this scared me and my family big time!! This happened to me a couple of times last summer when I had construction going on at my house. Sometimes dust particles will cross over a beam in the smoke detector which makes it go off...In this case, all of them went off like what is happening to you. If you clean the detectors with a vaccum, that should do the trick. Also, I was told to cover the detectors with plastic during construction. Just make sure you uncover your detectors at the end of the day.
Hope this helps you. If it doesn't, maybe you need to buy new detectors.
2006-08-18 12:28:41 · answer #2 · answered by Bill T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smoke detectors are quite sensitive and can go off because dust gets clogged up. You should vaccuum them out on a regular basis and I bet you'll find that works. The reason I chose this answer is because you mentioned that you have more than one going off.
I have had situations where the smoke detector was actually defective and in that case, you should get a licensed electrician to check it out for you... Good Luck!!
2006-08-18 12:30:30 · answer #3 · answered by q dee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-26 21:15:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though they are wired together you still have to replace batteries, sadly enough it's hit and miss to find the weak one . replace them all
2006-08-18 12:26:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It usually means you need to change the battery.
2006-08-18 12:23:29 · answer #6 · answered by hello 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humidity. Replacing them is probably easiest, but you could get a de-humidifier.
2006-08-18 12:23:48 · answer #7 · answered by Daniel T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try replacing the batteries if that don't work get new ones
2006-08-18 12:25:16 · answer #8 · answered by Nicko912 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have an electrical short somewhere.
2006-08-18 12:22:52 · answer #9 · answered by Proud to be an American 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
time to change the batteries...
2006-08-18 13:43:30 · answer #10 · answered by bluedanube69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋