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We have a First Alert First Alert 1036469 Smart Wi-Fi Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector since 2018, it's hard wired and hasn't been a problem. A few nights ago it falsed a fire alarm, at 2 in the morning of course, pressed the reset button and it eventually stopped, fast forward a few days and last night it did the same, Warning Fire, Evacuate! bleeeep bleeep bleeeeeep only this time it wouldnt shut off. No fire, no smoke, no reason for it to false, and it wouldn't shut off, disconnected it from the hard wire and shut off the hidden disable switch. Nope, 2 am in the garage, with a loud ass bleeeping alarm. AFter several tries it was apparent that a few of the screws were not coming out, time for action. Couple of hard knocks on the bench, popped the cover off, pulled the speaker and it killed the bleeping noise, but it was still falsing. Pulled a small board off a jumper and it quit. Why 2am, theres 24 hours in a day, 1am I was up, 6 Am wifes up, but no, 2 am.... Gonna call them monday...This message has been edited. Last edited by: HRK, | ||
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I decided to blame it on battery voltage dropping due to house temp going down at night. | |||
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Yup. mine will false once or twice a year between 2 and 2:30. Never fails. I was told it's likely dust or small spider triggering the sensors. | |||
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I had one in the garage that would set off randomly. Turns out it seems to go off when I pull the car in when the weather has been cold and wet. I think it was the steam and humidity from the hot engine fogging up the sensor. | |||
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Not only false alarms but dead batteries always happen at 2AM. | |||
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Don’t forget to replace them every 10 years. ——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1 | |||
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That and all Amber alerts must always be when you are dead asleep. Causes one to find a way to turn all that crap off. Sorry, but I am not going to remember to watch out for a burgundy caprice at that time of the night. | |||
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ain't that the truth ---------------------------- Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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Always.... Mine are wired in and have batteries, same as the old place...still always in the middle of the night. I replace my batteries every year on 2-14....dunno why it’s just easy to remember. Doesn’t matter if the thing says it will last until 2030...it gets replaced annually... Sometimes they just go wonky...imagine waiting your whole existence just to yell FIRE wake up!! And never getting the chance to do so.... I also try and blow them out with compressed air if I think about it. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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I have ten fire/co detectors in my house. When one goes off, they all do. The commotion of ten detectors all beeping out of tune is downright evil. Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. -Epictetus | |||
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Years ago I had shoulder replacement surgery. When I came home form the hospital I was basically immobile and highly drugged. My mother in law took my infant daughter, my sons went to school, my wife tucked me in, made sure I had my meds, ice machine, remote control, piss bottle etc, and then went to work and Chirp The fire alarm in the hallway outside my bedroom door Chirp Everyone was basically gone for 8 hours I won’t lie, I contemplated trying to move just enough to get an angle on it with the glock 17 I had in the nightstand But I didn’t Thankfully the narcotics did their job and I wasn’t completely subjected to I hours of chirp But fuck was it irritating. —————————————————— If the meek will inherit the earth, what will happen to us tigers? | |||
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AND hot water heaters in FL !!!!! Mine started leaking on a Friday night. I mopped up 2 gallons of water every 3 hours the entire weekend. | |||
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Same reason pets only get sick at 9pm on a Saturday night. | |||
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Maybe time to call in Jason and Grant for an investigation? Maybe there's more to it than meets the eye  Regards, Will G. | |||
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Called First Alert the model we have has been superceded with an updated unit. It's not feasible to repair the old one, so First Alert is replacing the existing unit at their expense including shipping with the newer upgraded model. Pretty good service, no arguing, no grovelling no issues, and I could clearly understand the tech on the phone Its the 1042135 Model which is Smoke and Carbon detection and interconnected to IOS or Android The unit also has a night light LED which is great.  | |||
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