problem with smoke alarm

kiwi07

Woke up at 3 am morning when smoke alarm started beeping in my flat. It's a intermittent beep around once a minute. I pressed the push button but it did not help. It constantly beeping. I pressed "off" for smoke alarm on main switch board but nothing changed. I don't really know what to do... I can't sleep... Help!

Sooki

Have you tried changing the battery? Dying batteries are usually the cause of such noise.

kiwi07

NO, I haven't... I dont know how to do it. I feel sorry for my neighbours... What else to suggest? May be open a window and let a cold air?? Can it help just for now?

keith1950

Have you tried changing the battery? Dying batteries are usually the cause of such noise.

Hi,I completely agree with the above comment, if it is battery operated get hold of it and rotate it left or right and it should come off its bracket, you can then remove the battery until the shops open.

If is mains operated then you will probably have to call out an engineer.

kiwi07

I dont know whether or not it's a battery operated. How to check it?

Sooki

It depends on your smoke alarm!

Google: how do I change a smoke alarm battery

There are loads of suggestions a YouTube videos, at least you know it's the smoke alarm. I had some young foreign national student neighbours once who came round knocking really freaked out and frightened as the though they had a weird animal stuck in the house, they were so scared they didn't want to contact their landlord.

It was so funny, they wouldn't believe me that it was the smoke alarm, I ended up changing the battery for them but it was also wired if i remember it continued chirping without the battery, it was just the ladder bit that was awkward as I'm quite short in height.

Hope you get it fixed, if you are in a rental and can't work out what to do call your landlord, and just explain that you don't want to damage anything and ask if they have instructions.

smcqis

the top is usally twist off and you will see the battery underneath

suki1964

or look on the edge see if theres a wee sticky out section - that could be the battery compartment

suki1964

keith1950 wrote: »

Hi,I completely agree with the above comment, if it is battery operated get hold of it and rotate it left or right and it should come off its bracket, you can then remove the battery until the shops open.

If is mains operated then you will probably have to call out an engineer.

It will be the battery even if mains operated - they all have battery back up in case of power failure

Greenfires

And some of the batteries are sealed in for life and can't be removed. Many of those the fire brigade dish out for free are like this. I was sweeping a ladys chimney and hers was going off - "Oh don't you worry, I'll get the stepladder and sort that out for you while I'm here". Spent about ten minutes trying to undo the very tiny recessed "screw" on the battery retainer, before getting the torch to figure why it wasn't coming undone, and then discovered it was a security rivet thing!!

Hers was taken down and went in the shed - still beeping - until a replacement was found!

Andy

kiwi07

Hu guys, Thank you for all your information. I managed to take a battery out after 6 hours of terrible beeping!!! Its so quiet now...