Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off

RE: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off Post by susanmajp (819) | (12/29/2008) Profile | Contact I believe they're supposed to be replaced every 10 years anyway due to malfunctioning, just to be safe. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off Post by Debbie52 (993) | (11/19/2008) Profile | Contact We had a hard wired smoke detector go off after we'd had a new roof put on. I believe that when the old roof was off that moisture got into it from the open roof and that was coming through the attic. When the fire department was out I told them about the new roof and they told me that's what caused it was it malfunctioned due to moisture. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off Post by Shosha (98) | (11/19/2008) Profile | Contact We had that problem when we first moved into our house 10 years ago. The place had been empty for several years and I had cleaned it thoroughly before we moved in. However, I didn't think to open the smoke alarms and vacuum them. I do now every time we check the batteries. It cured our problem in no time! Good luck. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off Post By JULIE (Guest Post) (11/19/2008) Try taking a vacuum and blowing them all out. Even a cob web that has gotten in or a speck of dust will set them off. I had this problem and once I did this but I used a blow dryer problem was solved. Julie Report Spam or Abuse Request: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off Post by Laurel_admin (531) | (11/18/2008) Contact My smoke alarm won't stop beeping. One alarm started to beep, I replaced the battery, then another started. I have 5, replaced all with new batteries, still beeped (about once every minute). Replaced all the alarms, still beeps, disconnected all alarms, the house still beeps. Would there be a relay, and where can I find it. Help my family is going crazy, it's been 3 days. Kat from Seattle, WA Answers: RE: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off Before going through any expense; try cleaning each of them thoroughly; we had a small bug in one of ours that kept setting it off; with 9 smoke detectors in the house it took awhile to figure out which one was the problem; after cleaning each of them and installing new batteries problem was solved. (06/18/2008) By Deb in AZ RE: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off I agree with Connie A. Ask your local fire dept to come and check it out. We also had that happen. My husband changed the battery too, didn't help. He also shut off the breaker that fed power to the smoke alarm. It didn't work either. We just bought a new one - they're fairly cheap now. Good luck. (06/18/2008) By KJ RE: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off Ok, I figured it out! After the 3 worst minutes of my life (it hurt more than labor) & I finally got them to stop insanely screaming at me, and they just beeped, beeped, beeped. By the way, I'll need to train the local fire dept on this, because they couldn't figure it out either. I took all of the batteries out of them, shut the MAIN BREAKER off for about a half hour, of course I opened up all the windows to air the place out. Then I put all the batteries back in & turned the main breaker back on. No beeps for the past 15 minutes, so I think we're good. After I reset all of the clocks in the house, I'm headed to the doctor to get my damaged eardrums repaired. (08/29/2008) By ~Me* RE: Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off If your hard wired interconnected smoke alarms are going off, the primary source of the problem should have a blinking red light. Normally all detectors have a solid green or blinking green light. Remove the offending some detector and remove the battery. This should stop the alarm. You then need to assess if the problem is the unit itself, or if it just needs a a new battery. I just had a power failure in my home, and it knocked out one of the units, which set off the whole system. (09/10/2008) By Alec Karys Report Spam or Abuse Request: Smoke Detectors Won't Turn Off Post by lewis_admin (1341) | (02/05/2007) Profile | Blog! | Contact I recently purchased a home which was built in 2003. When I moved in I was informed by my neighbors that my smoke alarms were going off. They had to contact my realtor to have them removed. Now that I am here, I replaced all the batteries in the smoke detectors and checked them for proper operation. The problem comes when I install them and plug them into the power plug. They begin to alarm and only stop after I remove them from the power plug. What do you believe the problem is and what do you recommend to correct it? Thanks, Jay from Lehigh Acres FL Answers: RE: Smoke Detectors Won't Turn Off I don't know what the problem is but if I were you I'd contact the local fire department and ask them if they have a program that checks smoke detectors. Many fire departments offer this as a free service and maybe they could either tell you the problem or recommend an electrician to fix this. Good Luck and please don't sleep without the alarms working properly. (01/16/2006) By Connie A. RE: Smoke Detectors Won't Turn Off I also don't know what's wrong with your detectors but we bought a home the same year and have the same problem. We called out the fire dept. to make sure there was no fire since we had lost our previous home the year before to a fire. They told us to call an electrician, expensive for us. I went out and bought some battery operated smoke and fire detectors and put them in the home until we save enough to have an electrician come out. The one who did gave us an estimate of $500 to check and replace what's wrong. Being paranoid about fires, I would buy some to put in the house and would never sleep in a home without one. (01/17/2006) By Roberta Report Spam or Abuse