The fucking fire alarm in my home

[morninggirl5]

The fucking fire alarm in my home has gone off seven times in the past ninety minutes. Does anyone have any idea about what might be causing itand how i can get it to stop.

I'm not cooking anything so there's no smoke inside.

It doesn't have batteries, it's wired into the electrical system.

It's driving me fucking crazy.

 

[Guru]

 

[Guru]

 

[morninggirl5]

With that screeching sound in the background?

Not tonight, i have a headache.

 

[WhiteRose]

How old is it?

I had one that was hard wired into my house that had been there for 10 years and also that started going on and off like that one night. It was too late at night to call an electrician, so I turned the electricity off, ripped it out (removed it carefully ), and had him install a new one the next day. It also used to go off during thunderstorms, but he said it was just old.

 

[morninggirl5]

It's five years old.

My father suggested last time he was here that i should get battery powered smoke detectors anyway, since these are useless in a power outage.

Ripping the damn thing out is becoming more and more likely.

 

[WhiteRose]

Batteries are cheaper to replace too

 

[LovetoGiveRoses]

The fucking fire alarm in my home has gone off seven times in the past ninety minutes. Does anyone have any idea about what might be causing itand how i can get it to stop.

I'm not cooking anything so there's no smoke inside.

It doesn't have batteries, it's wired into the electrical system.

It's driving me fucking crazy.

Even the "hard-wired" ones have battery back ups. They start to beep when the batteries are almost dead. It's usually an annual thing. I've got a bunch of them so when one starts going, I replace the batteries in all 'em. It's sometimes hard to find where the batteries are stored, but they're in there somewhere.

 

[koalabear]

You have a loose electrical connection which is causing homotrons.

 

[morninggirl5]

It's finally stopped tonight. I think i beat it to death with the pillow.

I tried to find a battery, but i didn't see one anywhere.



Can i fix the loose electrical connection myself?

 

[koalabear]

Can i fix the loose electrical connection myself?

Homotrons= queer electrons that go around blowing fuses.



Tiptoeing from the thread

 

[morninggirl5]

Homotrons= queer electrons that go around blowing fuses.



Tiptoeing from the thread

Okay, a fuse just blew, guess where since all that are in my electrical panel are circuit breakers.

 

[WhiteRose]

Erf...homotrons = electrical poltergeists summoned by koalabears.

 

[koalabear]

Okay, a fuse just blew, guess where since all that are in my electrical panel are circuit breakers.

hehehe.......

 

[koalabear]

Erf...homotrons = electrical poltergeists summoned by koalabears.

= old electricians joke.

 

[WhiteRose]

= old electricians joke.

Bah! I'm neither old nor an electrician, but I do know an evil sorceror when I see one! (btw, I just noticed you have a willy. In your av, I mean Cute)

 

[koalabear]

Bah! I'm neither old nor an electrician, but I do know an evil sorceror when I see one! (btw, I just noticed you have a willy. In your av, I mean Cute)

Thanks

 

[Weird Harold]

I tried to find a battery, but i didn't see one anywhere.

The Smoke detectors in my apartment have a battery in the back as well as the direct power connection. Luckily, this apartment complex didn't wire the third conncetion that sets of every alarm in the building if any one goes off.

I think mine are fairly typical, so...

Grasp the body of the Detector and turn it counter-clock-wise to unlatch it from the base -- probably no more than 1/8th turn.

unplug the connector from the back to release it completely from the wall.

Remove the holding screw from the battery comaprtment cover and replace the nine-volt battery.

Replace the cover and retaining screw.

Reconnect the power connection and position the detector over the base so that the holding tabs fit into the slots.

Turn clockwise until the detector is firmly latched into the base.
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This will fix your problem if "going off" means a single chirp at increasingly close intervals.

If it's actually sounding a full alarm at random intervals, then you'll have to replace the whole thing.

 

[morninggirl5]

It's not a chirp, it's a full alarm.

I'm replacing them both with battery-powered ones.