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We just got new fire alarms installed in our building. They go off 2-4 times per day and everyone just ignores them. It's enough to toast your bread lightly bro

by Moru 12y ago

We just got new fire alarms installed in our building. They go off 2-4 times per day and everyone just ignores them. It's enough to toast your bread lightly brown to go off. You can easily hear the neighbours fire alarms. There is no way of removing the battery in the new alarms, the only thing you can do is take it down and stuff it in a drawer somewhere. Not even pushing the button helps. This makes them totally useless, even more so than a car alarm. We got ours exchanged and they go off much less now luckily.

praneshp 12y ago
If you're in the US, watch out. I think there are laws against tampering with fire alarms. (Though I think you're in a ridiculous situation)
scoot 12y ago
> Not even pushing the button helps. If it's like every other smoke detector I've encountered, the bottom is to test the alarm, not to cancel it.
- kevinbowman 12y ago
  I've got a mains-attached one (ie not solely battery powered), and the button is "hush" which silences it for 5 mins (although it chirps once per minute to remind you that it's hushed). If you hold the button whilst it's not going off, it tests the alarm.
- cdr 12y ago
  All the storebought smoke alarms I've seen in the past few years have two buttons (or one button with two functions) - one to test, one to shut it off for a few minutes when something besides a housefire is making it go off. It may vary by country I suppose.
sysworld 12y ago
Your lucky, when someone in my building triggers the fire alarm for there flat, the really loud alarm sounds in all the flats in the building, with an audio note saying that someone has triggered the fire alarm and you can leave if you want, but it's not required. I guess it will tell you when they have confirmed it's a real fire, and you really have to leave.
grayclhn 12y ago
Not necessarily recommended, but wrapping smoke alarms in plastic bags usually prevents them from going off. Of course...
raldi 12y ago
Near a kitchen, avoid ionization-based smoke alarms like the plague. Get photoelectric instead.
jon-wood 12y ago
Somehow our rented house has three separate smoke detectors clustered around the kitchen, all of which have been renamed cooking detectors, since the slightest hint of heat seems to set them off, triggering every other detector in the house to alarm as well. They do at least have a snooze button on them, but I was pretty close to buying a set of the Nest alarms out of my own pocket and replacing them until I saw the price tag.
- sfall 12y ago
  they are probably positioned to close to cooking surfaces, additionally the method of detecting smoke will also determine what kind of false alarms they generate

by Moru 12y ago

praneshp 12y ago

If you're in the US, watch out. I think there are laws against tampering with fire alarms. (Though I think you're in a ridiculous situation)

scoot 12y ago

> Not even pushing the button helps. If it's like every other smoke detector I've encountered, the bottom is to test the alarm, not to cancel it.

kevinbowman 12y ago
I've got a mains-attached one (ie not solely battery powered), and the button is "hush" which silences it for 5 mins (although it chirps once per minute to remind you that it's hushed). If you hold the button whilst it's not going off, it tests the alarm.
cdr 12y ago
All the storebought smoke alarms I've seen in the past few years have two buttons (or one button with two functions) - one to test, one to shut it off for a few minutes when something besides a housefire is making it go off. It may vary by country I suppose.

sysworld 12y ago

Your lucky, when someone in my building triggers the fire alarm for there flat, the really loud alarm sounds in all the flats in the building, with an audio note saying that someone has triggered the fire alarm and you can leave if you want, but it's not required. I guess it will tell you when they have confirmed it's a real fire, and you really have to leave.

grayclhn 12y ago

Not necessarily recommended, but wrapping smoke alarms in plastic bags usually prevents them from going off. Of course...

raldi 12y ago

Near a kitchen, avoid ionization-based smoke alarms like the plague. Get photoelectric instead.

jon-wood 12y ago

Somehow our rented house has three separate smoke detectors clustered around the kitchen, all of which have been renamed cooking detectors, since the slightest hint of heat seems to set them off, triggering every other detector in the house to alarm as well. They do at least have a snooze button on them, but I was pretty close to buying a set of the Nest alarms out of my own pocket and replacing them until I saw the price tag.

sfall 12y ago
they are probably positioned to close to cooking surfaces, additionally the method of detecting smoke will also determine what kind of false alarms they generate