Fire Alarm keeps bleeping, there is no battery!

Kimberley

The fire alarm is outside my kitchen door, the microwave was smoking and the alarm went off, i couldn't turn it off so i was bashing it with a hammer, it now bleeps. The thing is i can't find where the battery is

intel

Kimberley wrote:

The fire alarm is outside my kitchen door, the microwave was smoking and the alarm went off, i couldn't turn it off so i was bashing it with a hammer, it now bleeps. The thing is i can't find where the battery is

It maybe the hammer beeping. :rotfl:

LULUBELLE_2

If it's a new house, it could be hard wired in. My house is 6 years old and all the smoke detectors are hard wired.

Jay-Jay_4

Is it wired to the mains?


If so then please use a rubber hammer and wear wellies next time you bash it :rotfl:

Kimberley

No it's not, i've looked all over it and had a fiddle, there is no battery i tell you, it's like stuck to the ceiling.

Kimberley

Jay-Jay wrote:

Is it wired to the mains?


If so then please use a rubber hammer and wear wellies next time you bash it :rotfl:

It must be, but how do i stop it from bleeping? I had to bash it, it wouldn't stop and the kids were getting worried

Jay-Jay_4

I don't know!


My parents have a mains one and I spent half of Christmas day on step ladders trying to figure out how to stop theirs from going off every time my Mum burnt the melba toast

Kimberley

How did you manage to stop it bleeping?

Jay-Jay_4

it didn't beep, it just kept going off.

Ours beeps for about 10 minutes after it's gone off but it's supposed to do that apparently.

Why don't you Google for the make of your smoke alarm and see if there are any intructions on't web?

Kimberley

Yikes, just looked at the top box, it says "warning: exposes live parts" It also says mains powered smoke alarm built in rechargeable cells

I didn't know, i had taken the top box off ages ago as i couldn't put it back on

Do you think it's best to call out an electrician in case the house still blows up? :eek:

elvis_bloggs

Kimberley wrote:

How did you manage to stop it bleeping?

Does it twist off, some smoke alarms are connected to a bracket screwed to the ceiling or wherever it is and you screw the main part from it and the battery will be inside, failing that, is there a little pull out drawer on the side of the main housing.