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defacto7

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3. Smoke alarms do get old.

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2014, 04:41 AM

Jan 2014

If not 10 years old and it has a good battery, I've had spiders build webs in the sensor and dust can also make it go off. Blow it out with compressed air and it helps many times. If the light is making it go off, you probably need to move it's location. Fluorescent lights have had effects on sensors. They give off a buzz that at the right frequency and condition will react to the sensor.

If you move it and clean it and it doesn't help, you probably need a new one or it's defective.

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Why does my battery-operated smoke alarm beep [View all] PADemD Jan 2014 OP

Don't know relation between flipping the switch and beeping, elleng Jan 2014 #1

same type of thing happened to us years ago orleans Jan 2014 #4

Same thing happened to me at my mom's cousin's house marzipanni Jan 2014 #6

CFLs can do that. ConcernedCanuk Jan 2014 #2

Smoke alarms do get old. defacto7 Jan 2014 #3

any smoke detector 10 year old or older has to be replaced. Bombero1956 Jan 2014 #5

Thanks for your response. PADemD Jan 2014 #7

once a smoke detector reaches the 10 year threshold Bombero1956 Jan 2014 #9

Update PADemD Jan 2014 #10

Replace the Battery Wolf Frankula Jan 2014 #8