Special shoutout this morning to the smoke detector on the highest part of the ceiling in my house that decided to alert me to its low battery at 3 in the morning. I didn’t need the sleep anyway. Very cool.
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Several years ago I had a smoke detector that accidentally fell down the stairs (twice), before being stepped on, then stomped on, then hammered into silence.
Every time I need to change smoke alarm batteries and have it inevitably go off 5+ times in test cycles, I can’t shake the thought that I would truly rather die in a fire.
I’ll swap. You can have my over-sensitive snowflake detector that won’t let me grill without screaming the roof off and I’ll take your battery-compromised one & grill some meat under its very nose
The literal worst thing in the world!! That noise is insanely annoying and sharp. I would rather not have them than have to deal with them potentially going off every morning at 3am!
Sorry to hear about your smoke detector. I feel your pain, but can you guys get your hands on the Gaetz report and leak it? I know you can! Come on, please. Do it before we become 1940's Germany. 🥺
Ours have been all chirping these past two weeks. Today, we changed all the batteries & ordered 2 new detectors for the two that are determined to continue chirping despite having new juice — gotta love tech that keeps our families safe!
Our power went out at 10pm, and the smoke detector next to our room started beeping. Annoyingly, it took 3 changes of battery to stop. Solidarity from the BEEP.
The manufacturer purposely programs the alarm battery to chirp in the middle of the night. It’s sadistic and more than once I’ve beaten a smoke alarm with a hammer to get it to stop chirping. I make no apologies.
I used to own a small hotel with 8 rooms encircling a lobby. Each room had a smoke detector. Standing in the lobby trying to figure out where the low battery beep was coming from was a ton of fun.
Nice humble brag about your vaulted ceilings. I wonder if it is stuff like this that the independents and publicans are saying is too fancy and elitist. This is 90% joke and around 9% concern.
We had Simba (our Golden Retriever rescue) for one day when the smoke alarm 15 feet up on the ceiling of our bedroom went off—SO LOUD! Poor pup was shaking. So I called the non emergency line. The big fire truck and five kind firemen came, used a pole ladder and took it off.
It always happens at 3 am. Worse when it’s not just a change of batteries, it’s the 10 year old hard-wired unit in the vaulted ceiling needs replacing. Ugh!
Be grateful. A smoke detector saved us from carbon monoxide poisoning. And if changing the batteries does solve the problem, that means your detector has expired
Code says smoke detectors need to be in every bedroom within a foot of the highest point. In case you thought the builder was just giving you the finger.
Just take it off. You don't need smoke detector if you aren't planning on burning down your house anyways. Besides, you wouldn't wake up if it burns down while you sleep.
I hate it when that happens and they are hard wired into the electric. Like why? I'm thankful for them and I hope I never need it and also why is it always at 3 in the morning?
Yeah I got so annoyed with the smoke detectors in my house I got the smoke detectors that have the batteries that last 10 years. Nice and quiet for 3 years so far. I do test them once in a while. 😁
That's when they ALWAYS go off... either that or when you're in the middle of giving a very important presentation via Zoom to a bunch of VIP clients after you wheedled your boss for two weeks to let you zoom your presentation from home rather than flying 1000 miles to zoom it from his office.
Definitely judgmental little bastards. My lifestyle is my lifestyle. Who cares if I’m a shitty cook? That little shit bastards acts like it but I know it’s just trying to get attention to itself.
@bmeiselas.bsky.social You are aware you should have changed those batteries on Labor Day right? LOL J/k I had that happened it was due to forgetting that 1. LMAO
Every time I've had a smoke detector battery do that it has been late at night. As much as I hate doing it I now change the batteries twice a year when we change our clocks. I even put a new battery in our thermostat.
Oh man. That happened to me a couple years ago. My wife and I had to sleep in another room until I could buy a tall enough ladder to get to it and replace the battery. I feel for you, Brett!
I suffered from that, too, until I discovered that you drink your cocktail/pitcher of Manhattans AFTER you are OFF the ladder. Not before climbing, and not while you are on it. After you are off the ladder.
Is it connected to all 17 others, and are they all chirping like a flock of $&(@ seagulls? Go to Walgreens, purchase 18 9v batteries. Start changing til they stop, or til you have to flip the breaker to “off” and go back to sleep.
I have never experienced the chirp start while I am awake, the detectors seem to be programmed to start their chirps only while their owners are asleep. HOW????
Feeling your pain. Couldn't get mine to shut off. Called the fire department at 4:30 AM and they came in the pouring rain to check on me and shut the fn thing off. 💖🌹
I had the CO2 detector “end of life” alarm go off at 2:00 am the other day. It wasn’t a battery issue, it was… “I have been working for 10 years, and now I am done, alert.”
I know, right? Mine do it EVERYTIME in the middle of the night. In WA State, if you do add on construction, you need a smoke detector in every room except bathrooms, and then they also need a hard wired net to the others. If one goes off, they ALL go off. No sleep after one of those go off. Lol.
I swear it's a designer/contractor joke. I once had a detector that required a 20' step ladder. In my new place, I replace the batteries when we change clocks.
But did you have to haul a ladder from the basement or garage up a couple of flights of stairs in order to reach it and change the battery? Always a fun thing in the middle of the night.
Batteries are at their lowest power when the temperature is at the lowest. They draw more power and trigger the alarm. Check with your local fire department. They often will come out and change the high batteries - you supply the 9-volt.
Also, shout out to my spouse, who after booking us in a fleabag hotel for the first leg of our vacation travel, has dreams of running a marathon all night (I’m extremely light sleeper). We arrived at said hotel at 11 pm
and had to “get up” at 4AM for the 5AM shuttle. I just love vacation travel…
I had that happen when I first moved into my condo. I did not have a ladder high enough. Fortunately, a tall neighbor called to orient me to the building. I now have a ladder.
Same here, at 4am. Words on cover state "turn to release", but didn't mention the tiny blocking tag. Got it off and it says "replace by 2023". Just gets better....
Smoke detectors are the spawn of hell. Even when you change the battery if you haven't got the f*cking thing correctly aligned between the sun, moon & jupiter then they will just keep going off. Ironically the only solution is to burn them.
Apropos of nothing but was once sitting next to a woman in the waiting room of an animal hospital. She had a cockatoo that made exactly 2 sounds: the low battery alert chirp & a city bus braking. Yikes!
Look up battery life- search the brand the battery+smoke alarm put it in your phone and you won’t be woken up again. I have calendar reminders for mine every year
I can relate. Ours did the same thing about a week ago. Of course, it was the one in the most awkward place(right over the stairs). Amazingly, he was able to change it even though he had taken ambien to sleep.
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Yes, I replaced it but it was so VERY satisfying
https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/home-fire-safety/smoke-alarms/installing-and-maintaining-smoke-alarms
Is that because they’re made in Japan?
Solution: lithium battery. They MAY still beep at night, but not every few months. 😂
It's the voltage drop.
Changed my life.
He decided it would be a great time to evacuate his bowels.
Sigh.
It only goes off because it knows your home
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
and had to “get up” at 4AM for the 5AM shuttle. I just love vacation travel…