2007-07-14 06:22:48 · 11 answers · asked by chess_man 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
clean it out with air. a smoke alarm works by a thin strip of a special metal. when the solid particles in smoke collect in a certain concentration in the charged piece of metal then the alarm goes off if the charged piece of metal gets clogged with dust it will also go off. if you clean and it still goes off get a new one. 9 bucks
2007-07-14 06:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Burns 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sd100 Smoke Alarm
2016-11-07 05:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of smoke alarms have an expiration date sticker on the inside. Usually if the smoke alarm is around 10 years old is best to be replaced especially if it is in an area where heat and smoke is common *Kitchens, bathrooms, smoking bedrooms or living rooms* There is no way to fix this that I know of considering that it is the smoke sensing compounds in the detector that goes bad.
2016-03-19 06:32:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same problem with mine. I have 3 alarms on the same electric circuit. Upon replacing the batteries in all alarms on the circuit, push the "test" button on ALL of the smoke alarms on the circuit. That should resolve your problem. Until you do, they will continue to beep intermittently.
2007-07-14 08:25:45 · answer #4 · answered by Derek H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the new battery is good....seems the smoke alarm isn't.
2007-07-14 06:29:27 · answer #5 · answered by john s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't fire departments give these away for free - around here they do. Sometimes it is time for a change, "out with the old and in with the new" Put the dying beast to rest, get a new one, why would you want to keep it if you know it is malfunctioning - you can't be sure it will save your life..
2007-07-14 07:29:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is shorting out from dust. Use the canned oxygen they use to clean keyboards and pc boards.
Buy a brand new battery and now you have coverred all variables so if it still beabs it is defective.
2007-07-14 06:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by Father Ted 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The battery you put in may have been bad. I would just get another alarm, they aren't that expensive. good luck.
2007-07-14 07:14:19 · answer #8 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try vacuuming the sensor. If that doesn't work, it's all over but the cryin'....lol.
2007-07-14 06:30:00 · answer #9 · answered by d4dave 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just get a new one and get rid of the old one .
2007-07-14 06:27:54 · answer #10 · answered by athena 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋