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PasturesNew wrote: »I can't go by battery type. I need to have it in my hand and enter the shop, so I can check, double-check, think, compare and know I've got the right one. There seem to be warnings, of a serious nature, saying which type of battery .... which might as well have been written in Greek if you don't really know the different battery types. I'll just go to the shop to find an exact match.
I could, of course, turn the whole system off at the mains. After all, theoretically, millions of homes don't have hard-wired systems at all - and it's fairly new .....
I didn't know if/that just removing the battery would stop it beeping, not sure if the beep were controlled by the battery, or the system detecting it had no backup.
I wish mine were a slider like in your photo, mine's a "twist" and it comes away exposing wires and stuff.... which looked a bit scarey. If it were like the one in your photo then I'd have done it by now.
It sounds like yours is wired directly into the house wiring. Could you remove the battery when you twisted it?
As Michaels says, if it's replaceable then it's bound to be a 9v battery. It should say that on the battery when you remove it and/or on the alarm. They look like this. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Varta-4122101412-VARTA-Longlife-Battery/dp/B005UJNXZ0/
All the batteries that are the same shape will do.
Some alarms do not have replaceable batteries - they last a long time, but the alarm has to be replaced when the battery dies.
I'm really impressed that you have put up with the beeping for so long.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »A diagram from my smoke detector booklet shows: wires coming out of ceiling, what looks like a chocolate-box connector, more wires, socket.
http://pdfasset.owneriq.net/9/04/904b784c-190b-42de-a154-0bb1fe4ebf81/904b784c-190b-42de-a154-0bb1fe4ebf81-bg4.png
So that's what I've got to try to fathom out, up a ladder, in the gloom of the hallway ....
I like to see things and hold them in my hand first, to see how things are put together etc - not be up a ladder trying to extract something to get to that point.
That diagram makes it look like the bit with the wires attached just unplugs from the back of the smoke alarm. Does it say anything like that in the manual?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Good plan
Or flick the switch on the main consumer board that's clearly labelled "smoke detector"
That's impressive. They are meant to do that, so it has its own circuit, and the smoke alarm won't go unpowered just because something else trips a circuit breaker. But you can well imagine how much easier it is just to take a spur off the lighting circuit.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Need a michaels. DS has broken someone's hudl. I need to replace it at lowest cost. Ideas please?Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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I'm going to have a delete-a-thon.
Let us know if you need anything deleted.Doozergirl wrote: »Need a michaels. DS has broken someone's hudl. I need to replace it at lowest cost. Ideas please?
Umm off the top of my head there are refurb ones on tesco direct for 69 or cheaper on ebay or there is now the hudl2 and hudl is always on double up for tesco points, there may also be a code for tesco direct discount?I think....0 -
Let us know if you need anything deleted.
Umm off the top of my head there are refurb ones on tesco direct for 69 or cheaper on ebay or there is now the hudl2 and hudl is always on double up for tesco points, there may also be a code for tesco direct discount?
That's helpful. Refurb could be the way to go as it will still have a warranty etc.
It was broken during a game of 'dorm cricket'. With a proper cricket bat too. wall:Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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PasturesNew wrote: »1] When I twisted it, expecting it to come off in my hand, I peeked behind it and saw wires...so stuck it back. Good job I didn't just leap off the ladder expecting it to not be attached any more!
2] I am hoping it's a common one. Until I get it off and have sight of it I can't be sure.
The manual covers six models, there are two drawings, narrowing mine down to 1-in-3. I believe mine is probably the I240C, however, I've no idea. It's one of I240C, GC240, IAR230C. It's by Firex.
I think, from the manual that the battery required is a "9V/6F22 ...Eveready 522 or 1222; Duracell MN 1604; Ultralife U9VL-J" - but that information is only valid if I've guessed the correct model.
3] But I can't be sure what I have, leaflets are often not explicit, but simply a guide to a range, that have differing instructions scattered through the leaflet (in small font and using more product specific language than one cares to see).
4] Rock and a hard place.
Those batteries are all the same ones. I would get a Duracell mn1604, delivered from amazon for £2.
I don't see why you need more than two hands to do this. Hold the unit in one hand and remove the plug with the other. If you have more hands available, you can hang onto the ladder, too.
This is the manual, right? http://www.kiddefirex.co.uk/utcfs/ws-5250/Assets/Manual%20Kidde%20Firex%20smoke.pdf
It says, basically, twist the unit, open the little door on the back and remove the battery, then replace it. Alternatively, ask someone else to do this for you. I'm amazed your neighbours are not hammering on the wall. That constant bleeping is designed to travel.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
I'm amazed your neighbours are not hammering on the wall. That constant bleeping is designed to travel.
It's a new house. The building regs for sound proofing are unimaginable to those of us who've spent our time in older houses.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Because I have some dyspraxia, meaning I am unable to coordinate a lot of things - and I'd want to hold onto the unit - and grasp the plug on both sides (two hands), pulling each side carefully so as to not rip it out and break it.
Not quite, similar. That one mentions my version, but my manual doesn't mention the 4870. It does look identical though.
Well, it all got a bit confusing/long-winded. My learning style is to be accompanied/shown, then see it all for myself. And this side of doing it I've not got that luxury.
There is no "someone else". Neighbours, having helped with stuff in the past, will surely be irritated with my constant help requests for minor stuff.
The walls between the houses are solid, they won't be able to hear it from there....else they keep hearing it and think it's in their house and annoyed at not being able to work out what it is/where it's from.
Dyspraxia runs in our family, but it's mostly just to do with fine motor control. My handwriting is truly awful, for example.
I'm not convinced you need to remove the plug. That just makes it more convenient. However, if you do, it's only a small plug, too small to hold in two hands. So just hold it and ease it off.
As Doozer says, at some point you need to summon up courage and JFDI.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
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