Epi-hunter
06-12-2013, 10:26 PM
Do batteries in smoke detectors ONLY die in the middle of the night? :dontknow:
Because that is the only time it has ever happened to me. It has probably happened a dozen times to me and NEVER in the daytime. So I did a google search this morning and learned that there is a great debate about this and people are trying to prove it scientifically.
The smoke detector that is mounted at the top of my vaulted (20 foot) ceiling in the entry way started chirping at 3AM last night.
I thought I would ignore it until morning (this lasted four minutes). It is worse than Chinese water torture.
I would have needed to call the fire department to obtain a ladder long enough to change the batteries on this smoke alarm. Why do builders put smoke alarms at the top of 20-foot vaulted ceilings? 8/
I solved the problem by standing on a tall bar stool and beating the thing to death with the end of a broom. :cheesysmile:
Because that is the only time it has ever happened to me. It has probably happened a dozen times to me and NEVER in the daytime. So I did a google search this morning and learned that there is a great debate about this and people are trying to prove it scientifically.
The smoke detector that is mounted at the top of my vaulted (20 foot) ceiling in the entry way started chirping at 3AM last night.
I thought I would ignore it until morning (this lasted four minutes). It is worse than Chinese water torture.
I would have needed to call the fire department to obtain a ladder long enough to change the batteries on this smoke alarm. Why do builders put smoke alarms at the top of 20-foot vaulted ceilings? 8/
I solved the problem by standing on a tall bar stool and beating the thing to death with the end of a broom. :cheesysmile: