Sarah
basically i woke abt an hr ago to the sound of the carbon monoxide alarm beeping! it isnt very loud and it beeps every 40 seconds. is there carbon monoxide in the house or is it just the battery????? i dont think it would b the battery cuz we just got the alarm less than 3 months ago!! please answer!! would it make a louder noise if there was carbon monoxide here?? thanks and have a great day!!!!!!!!!!
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CO detectors also detect smoke. When a battery gets low the detector usually chirps once every few minutes or so. Every 40 seconds doesn't sound right, the unit may be defective, or they designed it to be more insistent when you have a low battery.
If the alarm was detecting something that needed to be announced the alarm would be beeping rapidly - continuously until the battery went dead. Since yours isn't doing that I'd have to guess it's probably safe to still be in the house.
My wife just bought a new clock. Came with a new battery. But it wasn't working. She was going to take it back but I thought why not just switch the battery. Turned out the contacts were dirty and only needed to be cleaned. Sometimes you get a defective device. I've had plenty of NEW batteries that were almost dead when I took them out of the package. Could just be you need a new battery. No telling how long that thing sat on the shelf - or even if someone bought it and decided they didn't want it any longer. Or maybe they had an old one and bought a new one then put the old one back in the box and brought it back for a refund. These ARE hard economic times and there's no telling what someone may do.
My advice is if the device is acting suspiciously (as I suspect based on the 40 second chirp) I'd think it might be time to either read the instructions or take it back for a new one.
Hope this helps.
'av'a g'day mate.
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CO detectors also detect smoke. When a battery gets low the detector usually chirps once every few minutes or so. Every 40 seconds doesn't sound right, the unit may be defective, or they designed it to be more insistent when you have a low battery.
If the alarm was detecting something that needed to be announced the alarm would be beeping rapidly - continuously until the battery went dead. Since yours isn't doing that I'd have to guess it's probably safe to still be in the house.
My wife just bought a new clock. Came with a new battery. But it wasn't working. She was going to take it back but I thought why not just switch the battery. Turned out the contacts were dirty and only needed to be cleaned. Sometimes you get a defective device. I've had plenty of NEW batteries that were almost dead when I took them out of the package. Could just be you need a new battery. No telling how long that thing sat on the shelf - or even if someone bought it and decided they didn't want it any longer. Or maybe they had an old one and bought a new one then put the old one back in the box and brought it back for a refund. These ARE hard economic times and there's no telling what someone may do.
My advice is if the device is acting suspiciously (as I suspect based on the 40 second chirp) I'd think it might be time to either read the instructions or take it back for a new one.
Hope this helps.
'av'a g'day mate.
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How often should you replace your carbon monoxide alarm?
Andrea B
I moved into a new home in May of 2004 and at that time, it had brand new carbon monoxide alarms. It is a two story home. The alarm downstairs started to beep approximately every 45 seconds about 8 months so we installed new batteries, however it still beeped (please note our only gas appliance is our hot water heater in the garage). This problem continued so... I removed the battery until I could figure out what the problem was. Now the other alarm has started to beep and I just want to know for peace of mind, if there is a time frame as to when to replace the alarms.
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Since it is a new home the Carbon Monoxide detector is also new ,I had the same problem and solved it by vacuuming the sensor because some dust got inside of it and these things are very sensitive to dust and insects alike , about replacing them according to what I have just read they recommend to change them every 3 to 5 years depending on the one that you have . I have a plug in model mine for over 10 years old and I test it from time to time to see if it's working ,if your is battery operated replace the batteries every time that you the time change occurs this way you will remember not only the time but smoke detectors and keep you and your family safe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide_detector
Merry Christmas.
Since it is a new home the Carbon Monoxide detector is also new ,I had the same problem and solved it by vacuuming the sensor because some dust got inside of it and these things are very sensitive to dust and insects alike , about replacing them according to what I have just read they recommend to change them every 3 to 5 years depending on the one that you have . I have a plug in model mine for over 10 years old and I test it from time to time to see if it's working ,if your is battery operated replace the batteries every time that you the time change occurs this way you will remember not only the time but smoke detectors and keep you and your family safe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide_detector
Merry Christmas.
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