Smoke Alarms Won't Shut Off

By

meoowmom

My friend had that problem and had to call fire dept hers just went off in middle of the night it turned out it was the wiring, it did take the fireman quite a bit of time to figure that out and they said they learned from coming out to her home.
Good luck to you.

By

wannycan

Happened with me. It had battery, replaced it, still beeping. disconnected it from wiring, took it down.On the back,that peticuilar model only lasted 2 years. It had to be replaced. No more beeping.

By

Zetta

Perhaps your batteries are bad, even though they are new. Have you tried a different package of batteries just in case?

By

mom-from-missouri

Are they older than 12 years? Most manufacturers say replace them after 10-12 years. Are the vents clean of all dust and bugs? If they are hardwired, you may need to reset your breaker (off and back on) or hit the reset button on the alarm. If all else fails, replace them. I am a firefighter, and too many times have heard people say they disconnected them instead of replacing them, sadly, they tell us as we are fighting their house fire.

By

Zxxiv2

Depending on the model, if the "test" button hasn't been used in 6 months to a year it will continually beep until you do the monthly test. I had this same problem a while back, and it worked like a charm!

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.

My smoke alarm won't stop beeping. One alarm started to beep, I replaced the battery, then another started.

About a year ago we had a severe storm that tore a 20 ft hole in our roof. Contractors came out, and repaired the roof, drywall, and paint. Now it's as good as new.

I have 5 electric smoke alarms in my house and one will not stop beeping. I can't find a reset button, what do I do?

How about this for a smoke alarm that won't stop beeping. Batteries changed, all four alarms disconnected and placed in the truck outside, and the hard wired alarm still beeped every few minutes. Then I vacuumed out all four alarms....