Hi Carol, wouldn't it be easier for you to replace the batteries every
month?
Like maybe on a certain day of the month? Although most detectors say
replace the batteries every 4 months or so, or to check them monthly, it may
be easier to just replace 'em every month.
If your using a Good one, it won't chirp unless it's in need of new
batteries.
And, if your a smoker, they sell one at Lowe's that is made for smokers.
Please , Please don't live without detectors in your home.! There was an
awful fire here in my neighborhood recently. Seven people and two dogs died.
they had removed the batteries from their smoke detectors.So very sad.

--
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein)

Oh - I was NEVER going to continue without detectors AND we religiously
change the batteries every time the time changes (daylight savings time).

The problem is - our house was built with 6 smoke detectors in series. If a
problem starts with one, the others will start responding to it by chirping
as well (as an alert to the homeowner). We react as quickly as we can,
however, we have had one occasion where we were not home and I felt so bad
for the dogs. The detector in question had just had a battery change (that
week), so I can only assume that the battery was bad.

Yesterday, one started chirping and we realized that there is something
wrong with the electric connection (they are all electric with a battery
back up) which caused it to start chirping. We have a replacement for that
one, however, I worry that something unexpected will occur while we have a
house sitter. I'm not sure that one of my dogs won't break a window - she
gets that upset.

I just thought, surely, I cannot be the only pet owner with this problem and
I thought I would throw it out there. It doesn't happen very often, but
when it does, it creates a real problem.

Thanks,

Carol


"Just Mel" wrote in message
news:tLOCg.9590$ok5.1662@dukeread01...
Hi Carol, wouldn't it be easier for you to replace the batteries every
month?
Like maybe on a certain day of the month? Although most detectors say
replace the batteries every 4 months or so, or to check them monthly, it
may
be easier to just replace 'em every month.
If your using a Good one, it won't chirp unless it's in need of new
batteries.
And, if your a smoker, they sell one at Lowe's that is made for smokers.
Please , Please don't live without detectors in your home.! There was an
awful fire here in my neighborhood recently. Seven people and two dogs
died.
they had removed the batteries from their smoke detectors.So very sad.

--
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle. (Albert Einstein)

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:35:09 GMT, "Carol"
wrote:

The problem is - our house was built with 6 smoke detectors in series. If a
problem starts with one, the others will start responding to it by chirping
as well (as an alert to the homeowner). We react as quickly as we can,
however, we have had one occasion where we were not home and I felt so bad
for the dogs. The detector in question had just had a battery change (that
week), so I can only assume that the battery was bad.

Yesterday, one started chirping and we realized that there is something
wrong with the electric connection (they are all electric with a battery
back up) which caused it to start chirping. We have a replacement for that
one, however, I worry that something unexpected will occur while we have a
house sitter. I'm not sure that one of my dogs won't break a window - she
gets that upset.

Fire protection equipment can cause a lot of headaches, even for the
technicians. Do you happen to know if a power spike or brown out can
trigger your detectors? If so, installing a battery backup [like you
might use for your computer] might help. Mine conditions the power and
provides battery power, too.

Can you tell which detector triggers first? Usually, there's an LED that
shows when a detector has triggered, but I don't know how that would
work in a series system.

I recommend you talk with an alarm company and explain what you want to
achieve, and why. Also, before that, send your post to alt.home.repair.
Those folks will give you some ideas, and hopefully prepare you to talk
with an alarm technician.

By all means, keep your house sitter(s) informed and prepared. Alarms
can really rattle some people. From working in institutional settings,
fire/smoke alarms really get my attention.

Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be
recalled by their maker.