There is no fire!
2006-10-05 08:23:14 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Did you reset it?
Usually after you change a battery you need to press the test button to reset it.
If that doesnt work maybe they are bad batteries.
2006-10-05 08:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by TJ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clean out the smoke detector air intake, clean the contacts on the detector where battery is inserted - making sure when you put the battery back in that it (1). is a new battery, fully charged, or (2) that you have the batter(y)ies in correctly.
If neither of this works, remove the detector and dispose of it properly with your county (it has radioactive isotopes in the sensor and is dangerous to the environment if just disposed with regular garbage).
A new First Alert battery costs anywhere from $19 to $49, depending on whether there is a carbon monoxide sensor and/or a light built into it.
Do it quick! Fire is so quick and often fatal!
2006-10-05 08:28:39 · answer #2 · answered by Donald W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ours did the same crap, it drives us crazy. Its an elect one with a batt back up. Turns out that the batt does not "set" properly and when the smoke alarm "pings" to see if the battery is charged it does not realize that its there and DINGS every 20 secs or so....Pain in the ***. It ended up being only one bad unit that my dad replaced.
2006-10-05 08:26:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hehe theres prob a fire of some description, maybe in your trousers, id remove them from the vacinity of the smoker detector and if it continues to beep take the battery out and be more careful.
2006-10-05 08:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by Jimmy H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Throw it in the bin and buy a new one,my trousers have been on fire and if it had not been for my smoke alarm i would have got burned
2006-10-05 08:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's obviously defective- how can you trust it again?
You need to replace this detector. First of all , make sure the new battery is OK and that you have fitted it correctly. If the battery is OK, then replace the detector.
2006-10-05 08:26:13 · answer #6 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to replace the smoke detector. Home Depot and Lowes sell them for pretty cheap, and most come with a good warrenty.
2006-10-05 08:28:26 · answer #7 · answered by nanners040477 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your in the UK, get in touch with local fire station because they`ll come out and fit new ones for free, with 10year batteries in them.
2006-10-05 12:52:18 · answer #8 · answered by dinglevan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shotgun. then immerse in a bucket of water. look up the home address of the managing director of the manufacturing company from the Companies House website (yes, you really can do this, ppl) and put the bucket in his garden. bite his dog on the way out.
2006-10-05 08:27:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try another NEW battery, then if it still bleeps get a new allarm. Or it could be a smoke allarm that requires a mains supply that has failed.
2006-10-05 08:34:06 · answer #10 · answered by Phil H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋