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Roland99

(53,343 posts) Sat Dec 26, 2020, 01:25 PM Dec 2020

I will dedicate my life...

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I will give every last dime to my name...

To the person who can invent smoke alarms that don’t chirp for NO F*CKING reason!!

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I will dedicate my life... (Original Post) Roland99 Dec 2020 OP

New battery maybe? LakeVermilion Dec 2020 #1

The new ones declare verbally 'FIRE Get out now' And are thrown away when dead. Arne Dec 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #2

That chirp terrifies my dog for some reason and I have six in the house w vaulted ceilings hlthe2b Dec 2020 #4

Tried three different batteries. Third finally worked Roland99 Dec 2020 #5

You need to buy a batttery tester. One of the handiest things I ever purchased and cheap. hlthe2b Dec 2020 #6

LakeVermilion

(1,088 posts)

1. New battery maybe?

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 01:32 PM

Dec 2020

Arne

(2,910 posts)

3. The new ones declare verbally 'FIRE Get out now' And are thrown away when dead.

Reply to LakeVermilion (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 01:42 PM

Dec 2020

Bought one that also alarms at Carbon Monoxide.
The Lithium battery is non replaceable.

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hlthe2b

(103,785 posts)

4. That chirp terrifies my dog for some reason and I have six in the house w vaulted ceilings

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 01:59 PM

Dec 2020

so, it is always a challenge to figure out which one is chirping. And, they don't all go bad at the same time--sometimes a year or more difference between them.

Roland99

(53,343 posts)

5. Tried three different batteries. Third finally worked

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Sat Dec 26, 2020, 05:02 PM

Dec 2020

They were all new

hlthe2b

(103,785 posts)

6. You need to buy a batttery tester. One of the handiest things I ever purchased and cheap.