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Title: Smoke Alarms
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 10:13:35
I have 3 smoke alarms in the house, they are fairly modern and are connected to the mains with 9v battery back up. They send out a chirp when the battery needs replacing.  So at 6am this morning the upstairs one went off on fill alarm for about 2 seconds, so I replaced the battery in it. I have just pressed the test button of the one I  the dining room and it helped but the one in the hallway went off for around 2 seconds. So, I went to the hallway one and pressed test, nothing happened. I pressed test on the one upstairs, again nothing. The one in the dining room has a green light but the other two have a green and red light, even the one that I replaced with a new battery. Am I supposed to do  a reset or something? I thought it should just be a battery swap, job done.


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 11:00:13
How old are they? Have you checked the expiry date as they are usually designed to stop working after 10 years


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: Batch on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 11:02:26
got a make and model to Google?


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 11:18:00
Good until 2027, only 3 years old. No make or model number  ::) Might be "ei".


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: Batch on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 11:30:49
press the button for > 10 seconds?


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: tans on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 11:33:54
Yea, hold the button down for 10 seconds or so and it will set the whole system. Failing that smack it with a shovel.

Bain of my life these things were a couple of years back in my old job.


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: Batch on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 11:35:33
also, in the instructions I read it said replace the battery with the mains off (is it on a breaker that you can flick?)

also, are they interconnected?


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: tans on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 11:36:30
https://www.safelincs.co.uk/help-to-resolve-beeping-ei-aico-alarms/


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 12:06:36
Thanks all. I think they are interconnected. Ok, I have replaced the battery in one without switching the trip switch off  ::). What do I do now? As you said tans, do I press the button  on just one for ten seconds or each one?
They do a great job but they are very confusing.

I had a house alarm go off once during a power cut because the back up battery was dead. One neighbour came around after half an hour of the alarm going off to ask " can't you switch that off? " Of course, I just left it ringing to annoy you  :doh:


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: tans on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 12:09:11
I’d do it on each one to be honest, just to make sure that they all set the others off etc


Title: Smoke Alarms
Post by: Batch on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 12:12:19
^^ sound the working one, then within 2 mins hold the button in on the non working one for 10 seconds.

no idea if it will work, worth a try


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: Batch on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 20:19:12
so, did you fix it?


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: Richie Wellen-Dowd on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 20:29:39
I have 3 smoke alarms in the house, they are fairly modern and are connected to the mains with 9v battery back up. They send out a chirp when the battery needs replacing.  So at 6am this morning the upstairs one went off on fill alarm for about 2 seconds, so I replaced the battery in it. I have just pressed the test button of the one I  the dining room and it helped but the one in the hallway went off for around 2 seconds. So, I went to the hallway one and pressed test, nothing happened. I pressed test on the one upstairs, again nothing. The one in the dining room has a green light but the other two have a green and red light, even the one that I replaced with a new battery. Am I supposed to do  a reset or something? I thought it should just be a battery swap, job done.

Don't quite get what's happened there but you didn't need to change the battery. A low battery wouldn't have set the alarm off and it won't really run out unless your power is off for a significant amount of time.

Mine started going off randomly a while back, including in the middle of the night cue me running bollock naked and panicked to the landing. I had to work out which unit was malfunctioning by process of elimination and replace it.


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 21:42:03
so, did you fix it?

Well, it's been quiet all day  :)


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: BambooToTheFuture on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 22:37:09
Isn't there also a common issue with humidity and alarms too. I know in an place I used to live, if it got to humid the alarms would set off. No danger in my current place, I have a cellar below and the temp in my place never gets above bloody 19 (even with heating on). Mind you, the building is about 400 years old.


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: 4D on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 22:02:53
Bastard things going off again  :crash:


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: RobertT on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 22:10:38
Stop trying to cook


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: horlock07 on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 09:02:34
Silly question, have you tried hoovering them, they get full of dust and shit (well not literally unless you get someone to hold you like a human piping bag)  and can get very temperamental?


Title: Re: Smoke Alarms
Post by: 4D on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 09:05:21
Yeah, I read they can get dusty. I'll give that a go when they go off again, at the moment they are fine. I did a reset last night. There are 3 and they are interlinked, one goes they all go. They are very loud too  :)