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Not him but I'd bet 5 bucks it was a smoke alarm with depleted batteries.
by mixedCase 9y ago
Not him but I'd bet 5 bucks it was a smoke alarm with depleted batteries.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoI'll add a related real life debugging tip I've seen play out at least twice in the real world: If you can't get an alarm to shut-off or stop beeping, no matter what you try, then give serious thought to the possibility that there's a second alarm nearby which is the source of the noise.
- Klathmon 9y agoAbout a year after I moved into my previous house, we heard that familiar chirping sound. After 3 goddamn hours of searching, and having run to the store to buy 9-volts and replaced every goddamn battery in the house, we found a carbon monoxide alarm thrown INSIDE the return air duct of the HVAC unit...
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoWhich is a reasonable place for one, as it will trigger from excess CO anywhere in the house when the HVAC is running. The problem is only obvious when you're not the original tenant who installed the thing.
- Namrog84 9y agoHere is $5. You are right.
- lostlogin 9y agoWonder if a full battery with a resistor in series would prolong the agony.
- taneq 9y agoOr a NiCd in place of an Alkaline battery.