Smoke alarm beeping driving me crazy

ripplyuk

It keeps beeping every minute or so and then it’s silent for a while. There’s no pattern to it. There was a red light flashing on it earlier but not now. It’s hard-wired and I have no idea if there is a battery. There’s no obvious battery compartment on it. There’s no way I can sleep with this going on. How can I make it stop? There’s a switch that says ‘smoke alarms’ at the consumer unit. Should I turn that off?

Norman_Castle

Probably a failed back up battery. Can you remove it from the ceiling? They often unclip from a base.

JuzaMum

My smoke/heat/CO alarms are all hardwired but have battery back up inside so in the event of a power cut they will still work. It is not obvious where the battery goes without close examination.
They could be beeping because the mains power is not working or the battery is getting flat.
Hope you get it sorted out

Blackpool_Saver

Oh I had this, was nearly insane with it, even when I got it off the ceiling it still beeped so I put it in the shed. It beeped for days, but I could only hear it when I was in the garden

ripplyuk

I can’t get it off the ceiling. It doesn’t twist off. It hasn’t beeped now in ages so I’m hoping it will stay quiet overnight. I thought the battery would be recharged by the electric but maybe that’s not how they work.

Could it be faulty? I thought if it was the battery it would never stop beeping.

J_B

Ours are mains powered with battery back up.


They slide off their base then drop down and can be removed for battery replacement.


Strangely, one had a 'hissy fit' when the battery went flat and even a new battery wouldn't stop beeping.
I removed the battery and put it in the shed overnight, then put battery back in and it has been fine ever since.

flashg67

Ours are hard wired with a battery back up but are a pig to work out how to get off the base - I broke one before I worked it out (try you tube though!)

Tigsteroonie

We ended up bashing ours off the ceiling and throwing them in the shed too - even once we'd got them down, we couldn't see how to replace the backup battery, it's as though it was a sealed unit!

Now we have bog-standard, take a PP3, style smoke alarms.

[Deleted User]

I live in social housing. I had a red flashing alarm. It didn't go off when I actually did have a small fire. Turned out the red flashing light was to show the alarm wasn't working. I would suspect your alarm is going one step further and making the beeping noises as well.

I'd get it checked out. You don't want to be in my predicament and have a fire with an alarm that doesn't go off.

My alarm was hard wired as well.

suki1964

Hard wired here as well with battery back up

I found the battery compartment opens from the side. Only found after I had smashed it off the ceiling

ripplyuk

deannatrois wrote: »

I live in social housing. I had a red flashing alarm. It didn't go off when I actually did have a small fire. Turned out the red flashing light was to show the alarm wasn't working. I would suspect your alarm is going one step further and making the beeping noises as well.

I'd get it checked out. You don't want to be in my predicament and have a fire with an alarm that doesn't go off.

My alarm was hard wired as well.

I’m in social housing too so I’ll ask them to take a look at it. I’ve already been in a fire previously so I don’t want to risk it.

I remember now that this smoke alarm was replaced about 2 or 3yrs ago because the same thing was happening. That one ended up with the alarm going off too, for no reason. It seems a bit of a coincidence that both smoke alarms have gone faulty within a short time. I thought they were meant to last ten years or so. I’m starting to wonder if it’s an electrical problem. The upstairs smoke alarm has never had any issues.