Fire Detectors

Why in the world do they just make a little beep noise every five minutes when they are out of batteries? I have spent the last hour trying to hunt the damn thing down. I\'m upstairs and I think it\'s coming from downstairs, I\'m downstairs and I think it\'s coming from upstairs. They should have some really bright multiple color light show. How the hell am I supposed to fall asleep? Where the hell is it?

Originally posted by Tetrad
Why in the world do they just make a little beep noise every five minutes when they are out of batteries? I have spent the last hour trying to hunt the damn thing down. I\'m upstairs and I think it\'s coming from downstairs, I\'m downstairs and I think it\'s coming from upstairs. They should have some really bright multiple color light show. How the hell am I supposed to fall asleep? Where the hell is it?

:laughing:Sux to be in your shoes!:D You should get like a trained dog in there and find the dam thing... I dunno if there are trained dogs that listen for beeps but, who knows?

I don’t\' even  have fire detectors,
although i have those other things that detect
air quality in case furnace starts spewing out gas...etc.

[Titan]

I hate those fire detectors when their low on batteries:mad:It sounds like a freaking cricket. I can\'t sleep when the thing is next to my room. The only time I want to hear it is if my house is on fire. Whats even worse is that if I don\'t have a 9V battery to put in it and I can\'t get one.

Originally posted by Tetrad
Why in the world do they just make a little beep noise every five minutes when they are out of batteries? I have spent the last hour trying to hunt the damn thing down. I\'m upstairs and I think it\'s coming from downstairs, I\'m downstairs and I think it\'s coming from upstairs. They should have some really bright multiple color light show. How the hell am I supposed to fall asleep? Where the hell is it?

LOL...OMG.....my f\'ing fire detector has been going nuts for the past 3 weeks....at first i didnt give a damn,  but now i cant stand it..i cant sleep at night and theres no way to stop it....F**K..there it goes again...its like....it knows when im in my room and it starts beeping.....my cap is so cheap that if i open it,  itll snap and break...so i cant replace the battery....gotta go to home depot and inquire.......
but man,  talk about coinkidinks...

LOL...OMG.....my f\'ing fire detector has been going nuts for the past 3 weeks....at first i didnt give a damn, but now i cant stand it..i cant sleep at night and theres no way to stop it....F**K..there it goes again...its like....it knows when im in my room and it starts beeping.....my cap is so cheap that if i open it, itll snap and break...so i cant replace the battery....gotta go to home depot and inquire.......
but man, talk about coinkidinks...

If i knew what the hell a coinkidink was i just might be able to talk about it.

edit:oh a coinkidink.... ive never seen it in text before ya it really is. I thought i was the only one with this problem.

edit2: why the heck did it make a face all i said was oh

my only solution is to grab a bat and smash the damn thing...but i fear that the beep will become elongated which is worse..sounds like a higher pitched flatline...trust me,  ive heard it before.....so watch out....

I woke up in the middle of the night cause i couldn\'t stand it anymore. I started disconnecting them untill it stoped. Now i need to buy a 9v battery. I hate batteries, will anyone like to tell me why we have AAA, AA, C, and D batteries if they are all 1.5v? It makes everything so complicated.

[Evi]

I know how you feel... I think besides beeping...they also blink a lot at. SO maybe when it\'s dark, you can look for the blinking lights. That\'s just how mine works though...

I was looking for blinking but they were all green. Mine have some serious design flaws.