My hard wired smoke/carbon monoxide detector goes off for no reason. How do I get it to stop?

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Wolfgirl

There is no smoke in the house and I had the fire department come out and check for carbon monoxide and they found no trace of it. I push the reset button when it goes off and it stops beeping and then five minutes later its going off again. I put brand new batteries in all detectors. How do I fix this?

Answer
DO NOT play around here with some BS fix .............replace it and all the rest of them that are on the same system and that are the same age and brand .
this will or maybe not save your life ,,,its telling you ...IM BROKEN ~!
don't be foolish ,,replace all of them ~!

Could a leaky alkaline battery set off a carbon monoxide monitor?

Shoebash

My carbon monoxide monitor went off for no reason today, i do not have a gas boiler, and this was checked with another monitor.
I changed the batteries and put the old ones down on the side, when i picked them up later i noticed one was wet, but with a clear non sticky water like substance, so i may have just put it down in water. The compartment was not wet, and the substance did not smell.
Could this have been a leak, and if so could it have set of the carbon monoxide monitor?

Answer
To my knowledge, leaking Alkaline batteries do NOT release Carbon Monoxide [CO].

However, although I doubt it, it may be possible that whatever may be "out-gassing" from the batteries and/or the liquid COULD be similar enough to trigger the CO alarm circuit.

I suggest that you call the 800 phone number for the detector manufacturer [usually on a sticker or decal on the back of the detector, or sometimes on the inside of the cover] and discuss this question with their technical support people.

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