Have you ever noticed...
-
...that smoke detectors only start chirping in the middle of the night when the battery starts to die. It NEVER happens in the daytime. Gotta be somebody's sick joke. :zzz:
-NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
Just wait until they get so old you need to replace the whole thing. They will start to trigger for no apparent reason and it will happen in the middle of the night. Been there, done that. :( When mine hit that age about a year ago, they triggered when I was fast asleep. I jumped out of bed and checked the whole house for smoke, but there was nothing. I then had to find the stepladder and try to find out which of the five units was causing it. Oh, yeah, the joy of connected smoke detectors. :^) Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
-
...that smoke detectors only start chirping in the middle of the night when the battery starts to die. It NEVER happens in the daytime. Gotta be somebody's sick joke. :zzz:
-NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
Just some input: Most people are not home during most of the day. Given that, the chances are that if you're home and the battery's gonna' go while you're present (vs. whist away from home) it'll most likely go off at night. You can avoid the annoying chirping once-and-for-all by removing the batteries.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
-
Just some input: Most people are not home during most of the day. Given that, the chances are that if you're home and the battery's gonna' go while you're present (vs. whist away from home) it'll most likely go off at night. You can avoid the annoying chirping once-and-for-all by removing the batteries.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
W∴ Balboos wrote:
once-and-for-all by removing the batteries
This happens to dramatically impact the life-saving function of these thingies.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
-
W∴ Balboos wrote:
once-and-for-all by removing the batteries
This happens to dramatically impact the life-saving function of these thingies.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
Rage wrote:
This happens to dramatically impact the life-saving function of these thingies.
Which further reduces the chances of being awakened by the detector (ever). I don't see a problem.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
-
W∴ Balboos wrote:
once-and-for-all by removing the batteries
This happens to dramatically impact the life-saving function of these thingies.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
Prove it.
-
Prove it.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Prove it.
Exactly. Marc
Imperative to Functional Programming Succinctly Higher Order Programming
-
...that smoke detectors only start chirping in the middle of the night when the battery starts to die. It NEVER happens in the daytime. Gotta be somebody's sick joke. :zzz:
-NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
-
Have you ever noticed how you can't cover both ears and test the buggers? :wtf:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Yes you can. For example, put your left(/right) arm up in the air and cover your left(/right) ear with your upper arm, bend elbow over top of head, bend wrist down and stick finger in ear. voila. If necessary squeeze arm against ear for extra silencing effect. Other arm is now free to use as you please. :~
Dave Find Me On:Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn Folding Stats: Team CodeProject
-
...that smoke detectors only start chirping in the middle of the night when the battery starts to die. It NEVER happens in the daytime. Gotta be somebody's sick joke. :zzz:
-NP Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
I feel the need to offer a possible scientific explanation: Usually temperatures in the house are cooler than during the day; batteries have a lower output at lower temperatures; smoke detectors draw very little current from the battery (when they are not sounding an alarm) therefore they are sensitive in changes to battery output . Ergo, they almost always give a low battery alarm at night. There's that and sod's law to contend with!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
-
Prove it.
