Check your Smoke Detector
Matthew
but it is also the time of year to
CHANGE your smoke detector batteries test it
check your fire extinguisher expiration or refill date
if you have a fire alarm have it tested
Kyla `=^..^=`
"Matthew"
Thanks Matthew, I'd forgotten about the smoke detector, DUH
Don't have a fire alarm tho.
Kyla
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jmcquown
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Excellent advice!
This is when I really miss living in my apartment. Management used to send
their maintenance guys around to change the smoke dectector batteries (they
provided them) and test the (provided) fire extinguisher in the kitchen.
The ceilings are so high in this house I can't reach the smoke detectors
even when on a standard ladder. (I'm terrified of heights so climbing up on
ladders isn't something I do well anyway.) I'm going to have to find
someone to do this for me. It's difficult because the only neighbor I know
really well (owned by Schwartzie and Fedders - Fetters, however you spell
it!) is just as short as I am. (There are a couple of other neighbors I
sort of know but they are seasonal residents and haven't come back for the
winter yet.)
Jill
Jofirey
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usually a favorite handyman in a neighborhood like yours and its
worth it if you kind of get a whole list of things done at once.
Jo
jmcquown
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Nope. I used to pay a lawn service to mow every couple of weeks for me, but
they didn't speak English (the owner wasn't on site when they did the work).
I bought a lawn mower to save money.
Jill
Lucys Mom
chirp when the battery is low? Well, the one in my bedroom decided that
chirping wasn't good enough, I guess, and went off for 5 seconds or so
around 2am last Friday morning!! After I pried myself and Lucy off the
ceiling, going back to sleep was pretty much out of the question. I
prowled the house seeing if I could smell smoke (nothing). The first
thing we did Sat am was go around and change all the batteries.
I absolutely hate this time change thing. My body clock and the cats
feeding schedule have fits with this.
--Kim
John F. Eldredge
After I changed the batteries in my smoke detectors, the one in the
hallway, outside the bathroom door, started having annoying behavior. A
few minutes after I finish a shower, this smoke detector will give the
low-battery beep for 10 minutes or so. I haven't seen signs of
condensation, so I don't think anything is actually shorting out. My
bathroom doesn't have an exhaust fan.
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John F. Eldredge -- jo...@jfeldredge.com
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria
AZ Nomad
>After I changed the batteries in my smoke detectors, the one in the
>hallway, outside the bathroom door, started having annoying behavior. A
>few minutes after I finish a shower, this smoke detector will give the
>low-battery beep for 10 minutes or so. I haven't seen signs of
>condensation, so I don't think anything is actually shorting out. My
>bathroom doesn't have an exhaust fan.
It's not a low-battery beep nor is it shorting out. It is simply a
false alarm from steam.
Google for "smoke alarm steam" for a clue.
John F. Eldredge
However, the sound is a short-duration beep about every 30 seconds,
matching what it does for a low-battery, not the continuous sound that it
makes for a real fire.
William Hamblen
wrote:
>After I changed the batteries in my smoke detectors, the one in the
>hallway, outside the bathroom door, started having annoying behavior. A
>few minutes after I finish a shower, this smoke detector will give the
>low-battery beep for 10 minutes or so. I haven't seen signs of
>condensation, so I don't think anything is actually shorting out. My
>bathroom doesn't have an exhaust fan.
Household smoke detectors will detect the steam from a shower.
Bud
AZ Nomad
>On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:13:09 -0600, AZ Nomad wrote:
>> On 2 Nov 2009 02:58:21 GMT, John F. Eldredge <jo...@jfeldredge.com>
>> wrote:
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>>>After I changed the batteries in my smoke detectors, the one in the
>>>hallway, outside the bathroom door, started having annoying behavior. A
>>>few minutes after I finish a shower, this smoke detector will give the
>>>low-battery beep for 10 minutes or so. I haven't seen signs of
>>>condensation, so I don't think anything is actually shorting out. My
>>>bathroom doesn't have an exhaust fan.
>>
>> It's not a low-battery beep nor is it shorting out. It is simply a
>> false alarm from steam.
>>
>> Google for "smoke alarm steam" for a clue.
>However, the sound is a short-duration beep about every 30 seconds,
>matching what it does for a low-battery, not the continuous sound that it
>makes for a real fire.
I'd replace it. Smoke alarms are cheap.
jmcquown
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That sounds annoying. I'd move the smoke alarm further away from the
bathroom door.
Jill
Mr Pounder
In HMO the Landlord has a legal duty to provide smoke/heat detectors and
fire fighting equipment.
The Landlord also has a legal obligation to maintain this equipment.
If the Landlord is not fulfilling his/her legal obligations --- report this
to your local fire and rescue.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20051541.htm
Mr Pounder
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Lesley
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> In HMO the Landlord has a legal duty to provide smoke/heat detectors and
> fire fighting equipment.
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Yeah right- our landlord has provided us with an extingusher in the
kitchen, which has now not been serviced for 2-3 years and anyway it's
a water one
Lesley
Slave of the Fabulous Furballs
John F. Eldredge
Well, in my case, I am the landlord: I own the house (well, in a sense;
given how much of the mortgage remains to be paid off, you could
reasonably say that the bank owns more of it than I do).
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John F. Eldredge -- jo...@jfeldredge.com
jmcquown
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is set off by steam from his bathroom when he showers. He's got no actual
complaint (nor anyone to complain to) since it's his house. I'd just move
the smoke alarm if it was that annoying.
I have since found out the smoke detectors in my house are hard wired. It
connects with the alarm system, which is connected to the phone line. The
signal runs directly to the security gate. If there's a problem they'll
most likely know before I do.
Jill