4 Responses to “I changed ALL the batteries in my smoke detectors and it is still beeping every minute or so. What next?”

1. Bob Saint Louis Says:
   December 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am

   Might be dirty. If you have an air compressor sitting around, try blowing it out. Otherwise try a vacuum. Or maybe it is defective.

   Also I remember that if your smoke detector combines a carbon monoxide detector, they are designed to fail* after 7 or 10 years. So it might be beeping for that reason.

   *As I remember this is due to the chemical makeup of the sensor.

2. just married Says:
   December 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am

   are they all beeping, or just 1? if it is just one, then find out which one. you might have a defective battery

3. wallmeis Says:
   December 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am

   There might be a large particle (flake of dust or paper) in the detector. Try blowing it out. Limit your time around the detector to a couple minutes—it’s radioactive.

4. Duane Says:
   December 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am

   throw it out and get a new one

Leave a Reply

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Security Code: