fyi the beep is almost completely obsolete now thanks to 10+ year battery tech
Just unplug it.
>>110204084what beep foo?
>>110204084these are like 40 bucks the audience you're posting about isn't going to buy them
>>110204084I recently lost my fucking mind trying to track down a smoke detector beep at my parents' house. Replaced all the batteries and it didn't stop, so I replaced the detectors themselves thinking they'd hit a life limit and it didn't stop, finally figured out that it was actually coming from a standalone carbon monoxide detector that the previous owners of the house had left on top of a ledge and it finally started beeping over a year after they'd moved into the house. it's crazy, it's like they purposely design the beeps to be at just the right frequency where they're damn near impossible to pinpoint too, and far enough apart that you lose focus waiting for the next beep while trying to track it down. Also the new detectors are ridiculously oversensitive despite prominent "no nuisance alarms!" marketing and it's damn near impossible to cook in their kitchen without setting the damn thing off. Also it went on long enough that my mom's absolute gremlin of a parrot learned the beep and imitates it now when she wants attention.
>>110204207clever girl
>>110204084Niggers win again
>>110204164landlord puts these up for those people tho
>>110204266hey you can't say that word
>>110204207I had almost the exact same situation. Took me so long to figure out it was a rogue monoxide detector. Hey since we're so alike you wanna hang out and maybe cuddle a little bit? No homo
>>110204267Landlords don't pay $40 for something they can get for $5. The battery isn't their problem except during a Section 8 inspection.
>>110204317>you wanna hang out and maybe cuddle a little bit?Sure>No homoI require at least some homo or you're not getting cuddles
>>110204207Reminds me of when I heard a similar beep in our house. I heard it for weeks. It was coming from a part of the house that didn't even HAVE a smoke detector. It kept sounding it came from my living room. I eventually one day in my insanity gave up and went to the room behind it (garage) and realized that it was an old smoke detector someone had thrown in a junk box, but it was positioned perfectly next to the hvac system, so it was echoing through the intake vent and coming out into the living room.
>>110204281Sorryanother nigger w
>>110204330the ones with 9v cost the same as the 10 year ones now and are way harder to find
>>110204207The nerd fears the stochastic parrot.
>>110204117That doesn't work depending on your country or maybe even state. Family had one put in when they converted the basement and now they hardwire that shit in. Even if the battery dies, it will always beep until it's replaced or you shut off the main breaker to your entire house.
>>110204084I've lived in 3 different homes and didn't have a fire alarm in any of them. It's not really something I think about since I've never had one. I should really get a heat detector for my attic though since the wiring is like 100 years old. The funny part is my dad caught the kitchen on fire once and was lucky enough to put it out after the stove melted, it got so hot in there it melted the window blinds and turned the entire ceiling black. This was like 15 years ago and the ceiling is still black because we're too lazy to clean it omegalulmaolol. No I don't have home insurance either.
>>110204372Stupidly something similar happened to me after the original incident. I started hearing chirping in the garage (where I hadn't replaced the detector during the original incident), went through the whole thing of days trying to track it down and replacing the detector in there, and then finally figured out that my parents had thrown the detector I'd unnecessarily replaced during the previous incident in a random paper grocery bag and left it in the garage, only a few feet from where the actual active detector was mounted, and a year later THAT had run out of battery and started chirping. >>110204550fuckin a man, everybody should fear that little monster, especially because my mom refuses to keep her wings trimmed so she can fly at you and bite the shit out of you. I actually have scars on the back of my head from xmas 24 when she jumped on my back and started biting the shit out of me.
>>110204084I broke all mine so I could smoek weed inside. True story
>>110204598Just unplug it.
>>110205439Again, that doesn't work. The power to the detector is literally hardwired in so if the battery dies, it'll work regardless. The only way to completely cut power to the detector is to cut the wires, which would mean your house isn't up to code, or shut the power at the breaker to the entire house.
>>110204207kino bird
>>110204330Smoke detectors expire>>110204503They're illegal to sell in some states too. 10 year ones are mandated because by the time the battery's depleted it's time for a new detector anyway.
>>110205523I guarantee if you just unscrew the fucking thing you’ll quickly find the plugs that you can disconnect to turn it off. Unless you’re living in some dystopian hellhole, nobody’s installing smoke detectors that are hardwired to the unit. And they certainly aren’t putting those in apartments or other units where the landowner would need to routinely replace them.
>>110206274Literally the law in my state. If your house is built earlier, you don't need to update them, but if you do new construction that would require a detector to be installed, it must be hardwired in, same with any new constructed buildings the past decade.
>>110206395They're "hardwired" in that they've got a power connection, but it's a removable plug on a harness, not a solder connection or anything like that. I bought brand new ones last year and they plugged right up to the connectors from the ~10 year old ones I replaced, and I didn't have to specifically find the right ones to do that, the hardware store just had "wired" and "battery only."
unplug them and bury them in the garden
Alpha radiation bros... Beep status?
>>110204207>Also the new detectors are ridiculously oversensitivethis - don't combine 10 year optical smoke alarms and incense *anywere* in the house. PIT fucking A. Parrots are fucking based birbs tho.
>>110204084Eventually the radiation source gets weak, so it's not just the battery. The first smoke detectors used a weird-ass MERCURY battery, like a AA but with snaps on either end.Mercury batteries are based. Bring back mercury batteries.
>>110204084>not having one that runs off of central power1902 called
>>110204207>>110204372can you triangulate it with 3-4 microphones combined with some background synchronization beep or would the echo and sound waves be too complex to track down
>>110206031>Smoke detectors expireno they don'tt. my 40 year old detector that throws a fit everytime i fry something.
>>110204084These things are a complete scam. Every "10 year battery" smoke alarm I've bought I had to replace the batteries in less than 2 years.
>>110211044Even the ones wired into mains power has a battery backup.
>>110211539They do expire. The problem is they don't expire nearly as early as the (((manufacturers))) demand you change them out.
>>110204207>it's damn near impossible to cook in their kitchen without setting the damn thing off.It's against code to have them too close to kitchens.>Also it went on long enough that my mom's absolute gremlin of a parrot learned the beep and imitates it now when she wants attention.Lmfao
Those will beep too. You've only delayed the inevitable.
>>110204084>10 year battery>no battery
>>110204207Hehehehe. u mad?
>>110204207>Also it went on long enough that my mom's absolute gremlin of a parrot learned the beep and imitates it now when she wants attention.lmfao
>>110212934>No Battery *ReplacementThey probably expect you to throw the alarm away when the battery runs out
>>110204084so it still beeps every 10 years?
>>110206857>americiumOh, it's burger-made?
BEEPBEEPStart Level One now
>>110211539The limits exist because they can get unreliable or drift out of calibration, and beyond the time limit, the failure rate increases beyond what's acceptable.You may have gotten lucky that yours is still functional, but it would almost certainly not pass modern testing, or even the standards at the time it was manufactured. Recent ones have their own internal memory and can self calibrate over the years, but only to an extent.
>>110212635Problem is it's an open plan kitchen/living room thing and it takes up the entire floor of the house, which is also the top floor, so there's no real way to separate the detector from the kitchen, and it's got a vaulted ceiling with the detector mounted right near the peak so any smoke naturally goes right to it. Relocating the detector, maybe to a vertical wall a few feet down from the peak, would probably be the real answer but it's not a job I can do myself and I'm not sure how it'd relate to code in my area.
usecase for a smoke alarm?
So "people" will not change their smoke detectors in 10 years and they will still beep. That's only postponing the issue.
>>110204207I work with disabled adults and teach them independence, I fucking hate fire alarms because they are fucking painful to hear and if one goes off during cooking class (not their fault, it's just fucking sensitive) it's a goddamn nightmare. Yes, it's important to hear them, but it doesn't have to scream like a fucking banshee to the point it causes a neurodivergent or brain damaged adult to have a panic attack.
>>110212635>It's against code to have them too close to kitchens.Obviously not lmao. That's literally the only way they are ever positioned.
>>110213793My last carbon monoxide alarm got hella annoying when when it hit the ten year limit, I wonder if new smoke detectors do that as well.Not just chirps, but full length beeps that are impossible to ignore (though not as many/often as the actual alarm sound). The replacement one actually has a light sensor so it doesn't start the EOL signal in the middle of the night.Some people are so braindead that it really is necessary.
>>110213819>but it doesn't have to scream like a fucking banshee to the point it causes a neurodivergent or brain damaged adult to have a panic attackAs a noise sensitive person, I don't understand why there aren't any alarms that ramp up to volume over a few seconds. Even worse for emergency alerts, where there's no excuse since it's just software.The couple extra seconds won't make a difference in warning time. If anything, people will take action faster because it removes the startle response.
>>110204117>>110205439Not having a smoke detector at all, just to avoid buying a $3 battery once every 10 years is some wildly niggerlicious behavior.
>>1102040849v batteries already last 10 years in a smoke detector. This is just a regular smoke detector with a battery you can't remove. True goy moment
>>110204084The new test are ionic alarm users
>>110204084i've had these detectors installed for 20 years. what the fuck are you talking about "almost completely obsolete" ? they were obsolete decades ago. people are still buying those garbage 9v powered things that were made in the 1990s because they're cheap>no battery replacementsyou can replace them (and recharge them) but it's made to be just not worth it.>>110204207>they're damn near impossible to pinpoint toothe speaker is designed to be multi-directional so you can hear the sound from anywhere and very high frequency to annoy. design works as intended
>>110216392>9v batteries already last 10 years in a smoke detector they don't last 10 years. and you're supposed to change them once a year but people are so fucking lazy and docile
>>110217055Just the very fact that it is a high frequency sound makes it harder to pinpoint. It definitely makes it more annoying though which is that design working point you were trying for.
>>110217055>you can replace them (and recharge them) but it's made to be just not worth it.Really? The manual for the pack of those I got claims they permanently deactivate themselves when removed from their twist-on mount thing, would you need to cut a hole in the top to hotswap a new cell in before it dies?
>>110204207jej based parrot
>>110217281> The manual for the pack of those I got claims they permanently deactivate themselvesexactly the nonsense that makes it not worth it because it's $30+ to replace the entire unit to last another 10+ years or spend two hours fucking around with chinese junk made in 10 seconds on a factory assembly line
