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06-10-2010, 08:28 PM | #1 |
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| Smoke Detectors and Dogs DH is on his way to the store now as we have 5 bedrooms with smoke detectors going off every 30 minutes so we have been replacing batteries. My poor dex is freaking out and i keep taking him out to the car to sit in his doggie car seat. My girls do not freak out much but now DD is walking with tail down scared any pointers on smoke detectors? I know manufacturer said only a certain battery so we get those only but seriously frustrated tonight |
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06-10-2010, 08:50 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Can you take the batteries out until you get new batteries or are they hard wired in to your electric? Good luck.
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06-10-2010, 08:54 PM | #3 | |
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to make matters worse my dd is limping now and i found a nail on the floor so i think she caught it on something poor baby - Time for bed I am wiped - worked 12 hrs straight now all this lol. Glad dh was home all day and glad the smoke detectors went off tonight instead of while we were not home that would not be good | |
06-10-2010, 09:26 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | Wow one of those days!! I know the feeling. Hope your DD is ok. Have a good night sleep.
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06-11-2010, 04:30 AM | #5 |
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| I feel your pain...trust me!! A few years back...i came home to my fire alarms going off. At that time i had just my siberian husky...the poor dog was upstairs wayyyy in the back of the closet...looking for an area that wasnt so loud. The poor baby was shaking. Later we found out one of our fire alarms was defective.(we had just had the house built too..thank you mr electrician) Now every year..we pick a day around the same month (we chose november) and change ALL the batteries. With hard wired alarms its so hard...cause when one starts to go...they ALL start to go. So we'd rather be safe than sorry.
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06-11-2010, 10:04 AM | #7 |
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| They are usually all on the same power line, so if one goes off in the basement, you will hear it on the upstars alarms and vice versa. Best to repalce the entire unit every 5 years as that is about all they are good for and to repalce the batteries every year. It drives the Youkie nuts. She hates the sound. You can also just disconnect one from the power until you get the battery. |
06-11-2010, 10:24 AM | #8 |
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| We had hard-wired ones and ended up disconnecting them and buying the regular plain old battery ones . . .When we built a 2nd floor onto our house in 01 the law required hard wired alarms. . .they worked great for a few years, then all of a sudden, without warning, without fail they would go off in the middle of the night . . .usually between 2 - 3 am which scared the living crap outta me . . .I figured the first time, well maybe I need to make sure there are no webs, so I'd vacum them . . .nope, didn't work . . .they only went off during the middle of the night . . .when one goes off it signals the rest of them . . .it was ANNOYING! I figured it was just a spirit visiting that liked to wake up the household.
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06-11-2010, 10:36 AM | #9 |
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| yeah and our home computer crashed yesterday morning -ughhh - It was a nightmare last night - we were up every 30 min until 3:30 am poor dd was shaking, demi panting and dex panting and he laid on me as had to be held - finally we just unplugged all 7 and it says they are good for 10 years and house was built in 1999 so we are buying all new smoke detectors tomorrow. I am so tired trying to work today -ughhh want to go home and sleep lolllll |
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06-11-2010, 11:30 AM | #12 |
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| question my dad kept saying there was a circuit breaker to the smoke detectors but everyting was labeled from previous owner but nothing said smoke detectors. Is there a spot where that would be on a circuit breaker does anyone know ? |
06-11-2010, 11:38 AM | #13 |
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| They are on one, but chances are they do not have a dedicated line. They share with other electrical items. You will most likely have to flip off each breaker, and while you do that, have another person yell out that the small green light on your Alarm went off, or that the sirens started. Once you dind the line, then just mark it. Usually they are not on a line with major appliances, but some wall outlets and ceiling lights. With the battery back-up ones, even if you kill the power, the alarm will still sound because of the battery. Only way to quiet them all is to remove the battery, and disconnect the alarm from the power source. Or, just change the alarms at 5 years and the battery every year. Usually you will never have a problem with the wiring, but an Alarm can go bad anytime. I have had news ones not work right..... |
06-11-2010, 11:59 AM | #14 | |
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We have First Alert is that a good brand as we have to buy all new ones and brackets as well | |
06-11-2010, 01:08 PM | #15 |
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| First Alert is fine. I use the FIREX brand, Model 4580 with the battery door on the front so the battery's are easy to replace. FireX Smoke Alarms- Direct Wire/Battery (AC/DC) You may need need to install new brackets, but the wiring is the same, and real simple. If I can do it, anyone can. |
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