I’m not exactly sure how smoke alarm logic works, but at least in my current and previous house, once one starts beeping all the ones in the house start; and removing the offending one doesn’t always stop the others.
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
I’ve only been in 2 people’s houses where the smokr alarm was doing the battery chirp. Like… Get a new battery for it! Or, hell, take the near dead one out so it at least stops beeping. It probably doesn’t habe enough juice to actually function in the event of a fire, anyway. At least it doesn’t need to be annoying.
toynbee@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
tetris11@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Every couple of months we have the handyman come and check the alarms and radiators, it’s been a while since I heard the low-power chirp
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 weeks ago
Only two of the 5 in my apartment are actually hooked up to the main power. The other 3 are battery only and just taped to the wall with Command strips. You telling me they’re all supposed to be wired directly?
tetris11@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I only have two in mine, and yes they’re both wired in. The building is relatively newish build though
hkspowers@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
If it’s up to proper code then removing the battery won’t help as the detector is supossed to be hooked up to the main power, the chip is to remind you to change the battery so that it still works in the event of a power outage.