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My smoke detector keeps beeping every 5 minutes or so.It's wired to the mains so it's not a battery problem and I've vacuumed any dust from it. Any thoughts? thank you in advance

zingo1327 Fri 29/08/08 13:40

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another-view
Fri 29/08/08
13:41

Is it a loud ear-splitting beep? This usually means your house is on fire.

redcrx
Fri 29/08/08
13:43

mains wired alarms have battery back up. An elecrtical fire in house would render a mains fire alarm useless.

Check the battery!

abstract
Fri 29/08/08
13:44

stop lighting bonfires in the house and quickly putting them out! that usually works for me!

gina32
Fri 29/08/08
13:49

the same happened to my dads and it was the battery as redcrx says

chas2008
Fri 29/08/08
13:55

must have a battery back up mains or not...
fire = no electric = no smoke alrm..!!

welshlibranr
Fri 29/08/08
20:55

We have mains powered smoke detectors but they always have a back up battery in them, your battery needs to be changed, I didn't change ours in time! when it ran out completely it just screeched constantly until I realised the problem and changed the battery, the noise was horrendous. I now change them every 12 months without fail.........hope this helps....................welsh

mellywelly
Fri 29/08/08
21:51

Definetly the battery, it is obviously flat.

sarah_louise
Sat 30/08/08
12:37

It is designed to do that to warn you the battery is getting low.

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