How to Stop a Smoke Alarm From Chirping

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Are you a victim of a beeping smoke detector? If you are I can tell you that there is a 95% chance that all you have to do is change the battery in the smoke detector, if yours is battery operated that is. Most new smoke detectors these days will come battery operated, hard-wired, or a combination of both. If you buy a fairly new smoke alarm then there is a good chance that it is either a 9 volt battery operated smoke detector or a hard-wired smoke detector.

To stop the beeping you must unhook the hard-wire if applicable, and remove the battery. After you remove the battery push the test button, this will reset the detector, after that just insert a fresh battery and test again. This will solve the problem in most cases.

There are some instances where this will be different though. Some smoke detectors are a combination of detecting not only fire smoke but carbon monoxide. These are almost always powered by 120 volt and a battery back up in case of a power failure.

A good rule of thumb is to have a smoke alarm for every room in your home, and you should also have one installed in every hall way that is in your home. It would not hurt to put one in your garage either, if you have one that is. Remember if there is some tragedy that happens to break free you are not going to have that long to respond especially if you are sleeping. There are also many instances where fires will knock out the power to a home, this is why battery back up is so important to have.

You should not keep a smoke detector in the kitchen though as if you like to cook, it will almost go off every time you over cook the turkey in the over. Instead there are other devices that you can use for fire safety in the kitchen such as range queens, which are designed to put out oil fires and will not go off simply because food is being over cooked.

Make sure that you replace the batteries in your smoke detector 2 times a year. Some people are trained to do this every time the clocks go forward or go back, so when it is day light savings time, then it is time to change the batteries, you might as well play it safe.

Most new smoke alarms use 9 volt batteries. If you change the batteries and it is still chirping once a minute, then it may be time for you to replace the smoke detector, as this should be done every 10 years, do not let them hang around in your home any longer than that.

Remember smoke alarms are very low maintenance, as long as you change the battery in them twice a year, test them once a month by pushing the test button, replace them after 10 years and do not paint over them, they should do their job of keeping your home and your family safe.