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smoke alarm beeping

whitesatin
whitesatin Posts: 2,102 Forumite
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Why does the low battery warning beep always start at 4am and not 4pm?
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  • Ruski
    Ruski Posts: 1,628 Forumite
    Ask Murphy - it's his law... (Or his brother Sod, but he's a bit naughty and doesn't like to be used) :)
    Perfection takes time: don't expect miracles in a day :D
  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    Saver0811 wrote: »
    They are designed that way ?

    You are almost certainly to be in at 4am, than in at 4pm, to get the low battery warning !!!

    The smoke alarm doesn't know the time!
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  • chucknorris
    chucknorris Posts: 10,795 Forumite
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    peachyprice wrote: »
    The smoke alarm doesn't know the time!


    It knows more than you think, the photocopier seems to know when you need copies in a hurry and jams, it rarely jams when you have plenty time.
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  • Itismehonest
    Itismehonest Posts: 4,352 Forumite
    whitesatin wrote: »
    Why does the low battery warning beep always start at 4am and not 4pm?

    I used to wonder this.
    I also wondered how come the battery in a mains alarm ran out so often, too.
    Then I discovered that money spiders like to use the alarm as their own little Camp Bastion.
    It's worth taking the thing apart (as much as is possible) & giving it a good vacuum just in case. I must have saved a few bob on batteries since my discovery :D
  • anotherbaldrick
    anotherbaldrick Posts: 2,335 Forumite
    whitesatin wrote: »
    Why does the low battery warning beep always start at 4am and not 4pm?

    Because they are all made in China and between there and here there is an 8 hour time difference
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  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
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    peachyprice wrote: »
    The smoke alarm doesn't know the time!
    It just knows the temperature. Battery voltage can drop with temperature and the combination of a lowish battery plus a further drop in voltage through the night as temperatures dip will make the low volts alarm much more likely to go off at 4am
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  • System
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    Are you saying that if you have a house fire at 4 AM then you won't get a low battery warning?:rotfl:
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  • whitesatin
    whitesatin Posts: 2,102 Forumite
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    Thanks. Now that I've had a lie in I've enjoyed your answers. 3 times we were up. Each time replaced the wrong batteries. Turns out it was the combined carbon monoxide one under the stairs. Finally got to sleep to be wakened by engineering works on the railway. Oh joy! Will make Sept 1st the new annual replacement of battery day.
  • cyclonebri1
    cyclonebri1 Posts: 12,827 Forumite
    peachyprice wrote: »
    The smoke alarm doesn't know the time!

    Sense of humour filter activated peachy, re-set please. ;);)
    I like the thanks button, but ,please, an I agree button.

    Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)

    Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed
  • Retro_Bunny
    Retro_Bunny Posts: 653 Forumite
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    ValHaller wrote: »
    It just knows the temperature. Battery voltage can drop with temperature and the combination of a lowish battery plus a further drop in voltage through the night as temperatures dip will make the low volts alarm much more likely to go off at 4am

    So if I light a small fire under it each evening, it'll be happy and I can sleep in peace :D
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