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> 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.
by 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 agoI'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 agoAll 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.