I thought I was over being called out at night but tonight I discovered I am not over it yet.
I installed a couple of those fancy long life sealed in battery smoke alarms today.
I got an annoyed call from a neighboring tenant saying the alarm was driving him mad.
I trundled across town in my little truck and sure enough found the new beast was blowing its head off making me a bit more deafer.
Pressing the button stopped it for a few minutes then it started up again. I pulled it down and waving it around in the fresh air outside stopped the noise for a few minutes then it started up again.
You can not remove the batteries for these little beasts so I had to use my universal tool. A hammer. That exposed the soft underbelly of the beast as the case flew off and with my trusty knife managed to extract the 9 Volt battery from its housing.
So I wonder. Was the beast faulty or did the fact that we had the carpets shampooed the day before have something to do with it.
Was this a rare one off event or have other installers found the same problem.
I installed a couple of those fancy long life sealed in battery smoke alarms today.
I got an annoyed call from a neighboring tenant saying the alarm was driving him mad.
I trundled across town in my little truck and sure enough found the new beast was blowing its head off making me a bit more deafer.
Pressing the button stopped it for a few minutes then it started up again. I pulled it down and waving it around in the fresh air outside stopped the noise for a few minutes then it started up again.
You can not remove the batteries for these little beasts so I had to use my universal tool. A hammer. That exposed the soft underbelly of the beast as the case flew off and with my trusty knife managed to extract the 9 Volt battery from its housing.
So I wonder. Was the beast faulty or did the fact that we had the carpets shampooed the day before have something to do with it.
Was this a rare one off event or have other installers found the same problem.
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