Is it a law that the batteries in your smoke detector can only run down and start beeping at 3 am? Sure seems that way in my house!
Dennis
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Is it a law that the batteries in your smoke detector can only run down and start beeping at 3 am? Sure seems that way in my house!
Dennis
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Yes, it's a law. Murphy's Law.Originally Posted by dennis thompson
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Yes, the same law that says that while it is acceptable to keep spare 9V batteries in the house, the 6' ladder must be kept in the garage.
Erik Loza
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Same law that makes it illegal to tell ANYONE that you took the last 9 volt battery, or any battery for that matter of fact. My family keeps Duracell a very profitable company.
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Sneaky engineers..I've had 2 hardwired detectors go bad in the middle of the night. Sure makes for an exciting few minutes...
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For those living in an apartment or town house your neighbor's smoke alarm will start chirping while they are out of town for the weekend.
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Sure seems to be the law at my house.....
Tony
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The actual law is that human nature will cause us to remember things that are unpleasant better than those that are routine and those that match with our expectations more than those which refute them. But then, that's not nearly as entertaining to talk about
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...Or the law which states that you must leave exactly ONE AA or AAA battery in the pantry. I believe this law was written by the same folks who wrote the one stating that there must always be half a dozen various pens in the drawer, only one of which actually contains any ink.
Erik Loza
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I have hard wired combo smoke/CO alarms with battery backup. They still chew through batteries because the silly designers check the battery voltage every minute. The voltage checks kill a standard 9 volt in about a year. I have voice alerts on the alarms so I hear "low battery" every minute or so when the battery gets low. I have 6 or 7 alarms to meet the current building code so I sometimes have a hard time finding the bad one.
The other irritating thing is the alarms reach end of life after seven years and they emit a beep every 30 seconds or so at that point.
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I had one or two do that in the past year... Of course they were 20 feet up, and I couldn't get to them with a ladder, and no one else was around to help with the forklift. So I finally got a long stick and knocked the offending junk off the ceiling...
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The Verizon FiOS cable box will start beeping after 1.5 years too. The lead-acid battery inside costs $40 to replace. Pretty annoying.
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Not only the law, but at my house the one that always goes out is at the top of the 12' vaulted ceiling. It's such a PITA that I think I'm going to replace it with one of these...http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-...1#.UNOxW2_Acx4 and all the rest with the same over time.
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Shouldn't Verizon replace that, or do you buy the box instead of rent it? The battery is almost certainly an AGM or gel battery due to being indoors so it should last way longer than 1.5 years.
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3am and only when I am at work... at the FIREHOUSE. My wife calls to let me know too..
I got the 10yr batteries in most now.
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