So my stupid smoke detector's going off for no reason
Looked around just to be safe, nothing that should have legitimately set it off was anywhere to be found.
Can't unplug the damn thing because it violates apartment safety code. So much for a quiet evening... Feel free to chime in about how it's actually a fire and you hope I burn to death. Not like I would, because fire is afraid of Ben Reed. |
Replace the battery.
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Replace the smoke detector.
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Maybe you won't wake up when you succumb to the odorless CO.
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youre on fire ben
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i dont think somebody from your apartments will bust in as soon as you pull out one of the wires. then again, i dont know where you live.
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those expeiments you've been running , are you using the explosive biochemicals we talked about or the halucinogenic ones?
edit - world domination has it's price |
It violates apartment code but you can't use the apartment if its constantly going off. Unplug it or remove the batteries. Deal with it when you have the time.
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How are they going to know?
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I'm not sure how long it takes carbon monoxide to knock you out, but this has been going on for almost 15 minutes now, so I'm pretty sure I should be unconscious by now. Being as I'm not, I'm almost certain it's not a gas leak. :f |
It's an everything's OK alarm.
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maybe there is dust or something in the sensors, try vacuuming it :shrug:
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Plus, I would assume they'd at least keep a brief log about swapping out the batteries and crap. What kind of batteries do smoke detectors take, anyway? I'm not even sure I have the proper kind. |
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EVERYTHING IS FINE GO BACK TO WORK |
If you have some canned air, blow it out, might have some dust or a spider web in the sensor.
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If the alarm is going off (like really going off) it's not a low battery. If it's beeping every 30 seconds it's a low battery. |
Don't they sometimes also have a detector for carbon monoxide built in?
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We dont need no water let the mother ****er burn, burn mother ****er, burn.
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don't they sometimes have detectors for that strange cancer causing radiation that makes you impotent, although i heard if you can hear it you have a 99% probability that you will never achieve an erection again.
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you said u cant unplug it? does that mean theres wires going to it to power it?
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Your building requires maintenance to replace a smoke detector battery? That's ridiculous. If you can't open it up to remove the battery, smash it until it ceases and call maintenance to replace the whole detector.
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UPDATE: I tried removing the battery, but the detector's still going -- as I suspected, the battery's just a backup. I would try replacing it with a new one, but I have no 9V batteries handy, so I just put the old one back in.
And yes, the detector is going full force, in earnest, only stopping to "catch its breath" for 10-20 second intervals before blasting forth again. And yes, I have checked everywhere in my apartment, and there is no conceivable legitimate reason, fire or CO-related, that it should be going off. If it was the OMG SILENT KILLER, I'm pretty sure I'd be dead by this point, because we're past the half-hour mark now. :D I'd go out to get a battery, but I have no car, I'm not sure how late the buses run, and most of the convenience stores/pharmacies within walking distance are probably closed by now (retarded this close to the college, I know) As for smashing the damn thing...if I was paying the rent on my own dime, I think I could take any heat that would result from minor tampering with the fire equipment. But since it's my parents' dime, I naturally have to exercise a fair bit of prudence in whatever I do here. |
knock if off the ceiling , tell the maintenance guy that it was an accident. then he will have a real job to do
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Violence is the only logical answer at this point
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If you can get it off, it should have a plug somewhere that is easy to disconnect.
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stop watching anime and buy a battery
what are you 8 |
Wait no cut the blue one.
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also get a job and pay your own rent
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if that is going to keep you up cant you call someone whos on call 24/7 to come fix that ****?
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Walgreens 3 blocks down the street is closed. No car, so I'd be hoofing it at least four times that distance to the nearest convenience store. And there's no guarantee that a fresh battery will shut it up, either, because removing the old one didn't even turn it off. |
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It'll probably keep half the people on your floor up with you if you don't do something about it.
If you're not allowed to touch your smoke detector you probably don't have access to your room's breakers, either, so if there's no on-call maintenance staff get yourself a broom handle and beat it until candy comes out |
is there a wire going in to the ceiling
if so disconnect it and call maintenance in the morning this is pretty pathetic ben reed |
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could be a dirty detector if its optical
usually when a backup goes bad it gives a warning, not a constant chiming you have no way to test the backup battery? |
Are you sure its a smoke detector?
It could be a douche alarm. Is suicidetaxi anywhere nearby? |
if u cant call maintenance i think u can call the fire department and ask what you can do, afaik they regulate that **** anyway
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