Carbon Monoxide detector goes off after ATV (Motorcycle) running in garage 3 hours ago?

Jack

I ran my ATV (Motorcycle) in the garage with the doors closed for about 5 minutes or less, and 3 hours later the smoke alarms started going off. My smoke alarms also go off if there's carbon monoxide. Could this be caused by the atv even though it was 3 hours later? I'm trying to find the source and I'm not having much luck. I opened the windows and since then, it hasn't gone off. I don't want to contact the fire department being that it's 3AM on Christmas day...

I plugged in a carbon monoxide detector into the wall, and shortly after about 15 seconds, it started going off as well... .So it wasn't a false reading.
Just to give a safety update, the alarms haven't gone off in about an hour.

Answer
There are smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors & combination units. You most likely have all but one, smoke detectors. The other one is a combo unit. The combo units are a bit bigger in size / look different/ have two vs one light on them. You might have ALL combo units (prickly building department).

A detector with a weak battery should be beeping once, every couple / 15-30 minutes.Only the one with the weak battery will beep. It's telling you there is a problem. A weak battery will cause it to malfunction, most likely NOT work. If the light is on, but not beeping , the battery is OK.

If they ALL go off, they are most likely interconnected. This can be checked by testing. Push in the test button on one, wait a few seconds. Every second or two, you should here the next one going off. If they progressively go off, they are interconnected. It's hard, with the one right there going off, but it can be heard that they are progressively going off. Stick the free finger in an ear. Stretch to reach that first one. One going off will cause all to go off. This is to wake you up, before the basement fire gets up stairs.The CO detector is probably picking up some un ventilated CO & causing the alarm. In my area, the Building Inspectors want the CO detector on the upper/ second floor / by the bedrooms. It took some time for the CO to travel to the Co detector, then it went off.

If they go off the next day, it's the furnace / hot water heater / fireplace, bad cooking, etc causing the alarm condition.

Ventilate your home. Open the doors, windows for a bit. Get some fresh air in there. Make it bit cold in there, then close it back up. If you don't get rid of the CO, you will at least dilute down to where it doesn't matter.

Does the plug in unit have a meter reading on it? My experience is, they do. What does it say? Hopefully zero. If it has a number, what does it say for a safe reading? Above zero, doesn't necessary mean bad. If it's sounding / alarming, etc, THAT'S NOT GOOD!

Interconnected CO detectors going off means an UNSAFE condition, not necessarily a DANGEROUS condition. If they went off & you ignored this (how??), for several hours, this would be bad. Going off, then opening doors, then they go silent would be OK, until they go off again.

can u please answer abt carbon monoxide?

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!! should we call 911?? thanks and have a great day!!!!!!!!!!
would it make a louder noise if there was carbon monoxide in the house?????

Answer
That's the battery warning.

The warning for an actual detection of carbon monoxide would be a loud, constant screech. You won''t mistake the actual alarm for the battery signal ever again.

It being only 3 months old is nothing: placed in a humid location, the alarm will go through batteries faster. They just do. And you don't know how old the battery is, waiting around inside the package in the store. Get a lithium battery to replace it, it'll last longer.

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What is that beeping?

Jess

For the past few days, there would be a high pitched beep. Just one beep. Only once in a while. Now, theres a beep about every 30-40 seconds. It's getting on my nerves, but when I came to ask this question, I realized, could it be the Carbon Monoxide detector?

Answer
It most likely is the smoke alarm.

When these first came out, I must have spent 3 days looking for the dam cricket.

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Carbon monoxide alarm going off?

Tic-Tac

During the day I always keep two windows open and usually the front door (I have house cats, they like to look/smell/head the outside). I'm a housewife, so I'm home pretty much 24/7 too.

Earlier this morning I was washing dishes when I kept hearing a beeping. The beeps were varied between 15 secs to 1min and sometimes came as just one or a group of about 3 beeps.
I looked for the source and found the (plug-in) kiddie carbon monoxide detector was the source of the noise. Since its a plug in, I know its not a battery issue, a small light saying to move to fresh air would flash on for maybe a second, then turn right back off.

Its never done this before and I'm a little bothered by it. Could it just have been a fluke? Maybe the alarm is old or something? (The alarm has been here since before we moved in)

It just seems weird that it would only flash on for a second. And the moment I moved the bookshelf (that's about 2ft from it) it just stopped altogether.
I was hand washing the dishes too...no appliances were on. We do have a gas oven/stove, but it hasn't been turned on since I made dinner last night.

Answer
If your detector has a battery, the battery may need to be changed. Our electric smoke detectors have backup batteries that need to be changed about every 18 months. It's also possible that the detector is old. You could also stop by your local fire station and ask the firefighters if they have any ideas. When we had a smoke detector that wouldn't stop beeping in the middle of the night (never during the day!), I asked our local firefighters and learned that smoke detectors only last for about 10 years. I don't know about carbon monoxide detectors.

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Carbon monoxide alarm went off?

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musicGirl

So i live in an apartment and our carbon monxide alarm went off. It was loud beep 3 times every few seconds. i freaked out and opened all the windows and press the reset button. So far, my dad and I feel fine, we dont feel dizzy or anything. but im worried, should I call 911 if it starts beeping again?

I think i know where the carbon monoxide is coming from. but im not sure. I have this old air purifier that blows air. and I use it as a fan. whenever i turn it on, it has the word "Carbon" light up. and i dont know what that means. and the air coming from it always smelled funny. could this be what caused the alarm to go off? i stopped using it right away. im just worried now if we're gonna get poisoning

Answer
You can only get CO from something that's burning, so unless your air purifier burns something, it's not the source. Call the fire department and have them come over and check things out if it happens again. There may be a leak in your heating system, or some car exhaust may be getting into your apartment, or something like that.

is there carbon monoxide in my house?

King Cash

I recently tested my dual "kiddie" carbon monoxide / smoke alarm and after the test I got 3 more beeps informing me of carbon monoxide 3 seconds after the fire and CO test beeps. So I tested it again and I got the same 3 carbon monoxide beeps 3 seconds after the test and then nothing but the green "hush" mode light.. I wanted to know if this means there is carbon monoxide in my house? This only occurs when I hold the dual alarm in the air around my indoor gas air heater/cooler thing-when it's running.- Should I be worried because I never get carbon monoxide warnings otherwise. Why am I getting three additional beeps and a warning for carbon monoxide after the initial test beeps....

Answer
Carbon monoxide is heavier than air,and will normally be raised by the heat of an appliance and then fall,which would set off any detector.If the alarm is not activating on its own,then there shouldn't be a problem.

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What is this loud beep in the house?Fire Alarm?

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OWL

Every about five minutes a loud quick beep hurt my ears,I think I once heard that it might be the fire alarms low on battery can it be this? I heard it in many other houses too.like my Grampa's House and friend's houses.What can this be?It's driving me NUTS!

Answer
READ EVERY WORD FIRST, ALL OF THEM, PLEASE!!!!
Well that's an easy one, I am assuming you are young since you reference Grandpa. Note the beep has to be from something electronic Possible sources: Burglar Alarm company backup battery to the main system is weak, the remotely located wireless window/door sensors have batteries that when dead make the Alarm console beep.

A smoke detector is likely. I have some that mount directly to the wall and some to a bracket that is mounted and you turn the "front" of the detector CCW or CW to remove from the bracket. You need to know if the smoke/fire alarm is a battery unit (CLUE: IF YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF WHERE ITS MOUNTED AND IF IT HAS NO WIRE INTO THE WALL/CEILING ITS BATTERY, NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE "WALL SIDE", MAYBE THERE IS A VISIBLE 9V BATTERY COMPARMENT SPOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU), if not it might be a open the cover unit, so, open the cover by looking, AND THEN LOOKING AGAIN, you might have to pry a "tab" or unscrew a screw before opening, when you see the 9v battery you will be half done, (if YOU DON'T ABSOLUTELY KNOW WHAT A 9V BATTERY LOOKS LIKE STOP SEE TEST BUTTON BELOW). PLEASE don't mess with the "120" volt smoke detector, call the company if it's the "beeper" [all non battery smoke detectors may not be "120" volt but they may be 12-24 volt AC or DC so they still might be dangerous] (I say that more for those who might nitpick me).

If it really beeps every five minutes it wont hurt to pull the 9volt battery and wait 7 minutes. TEST SECTION: If you can't wait, be brave, re-read above and extract the battery, put the 9v battery to your tongue, if it mildly tingles it's a dead battery, if it smarts put it back in and wait the "5" minutes. NOTE YOU CAN'T DIE FROM THIS EXCEPT MAYBE IF YOU HAVE A PACEMAKER OR BUILT-IN HEART DEFIBRILLATOR SO THOSE FOLKS DON'T "TONGUE" IT.

Or best of all, get a volt meter from an electronics pal. 9 volts minus 1.8=7.2 volts = battery no good (if the battery is low by 20% its dead, this even applies with 6 volt, 1.5volt etc.( -20% is my guide for alkaline batteries),

Also if you are afraid just press the TEST BUTTON, on the smoke detector, if it has one, buy a new one if it doesn't have a test button, its too old or the owner was too frugal. [IF IT WONT SOUND OFF UNDER TEST ITS DEAD, IF IT DOES SOUND THEN YOU CAN NOW KNOW IF ITS "YOUR BEEP"] Now identify if its a 9v battery by taking it gently off its mount or bracket mount also see above again. See the test section if you feel braver.

If you succeed in removal AND REPLACE THE 9V note that I put all my detectors on a wall AS CLOSE to the ceiling on a 3-4 inch bread twist tie or better "wire" to a screw or thumb tack [ yes it looks fine if you do it right] for easy removal of batteries and no loss of sensitivity. Generally smoke rises driven by the heat, so the closer to the ceiling the better.
(this wire mount idea is at your discretion, I'm sure some fire guy is gonna disagree but in my experience of an actual house fire in 1987 with the detectors mounted as such, they saved my sleeping wife and cat!)

Check for a carbon monoxide detector and again make sure its not "120" volt, press the test button. A UPS on your computer with a near dead battery makes beeps. A medical device for "Gramps" may be at fault. a cell phone or cordless home phone beeps when near dead. A microwave or new fridge with the door open can beep. An AC alarm clock can beep when its 9volt battery gets weak.. Get the common thread?

If after all that you can't isolate it, invite some other young folks over for sodas, [statistically better at hearing high pitched beeps] put the battery back in the smoke detector and have the young'uns stand at different parts around the seeming sound area to pinpoint the beep. Keep in mind that some beeps are so foxy that they are like a ventriloquist and "throw their voices" so move around like musical chairs till every one agrees. Need I say more?? Good Luck! WHEW

can you please answer!! abt carbon monoxide!!?

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!!!!!!!!!!

Answer
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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Kidde smoke and carbon monoxide alarm repeats "low battery"?

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alirao96

I have 3 Kidde smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, two of them are battery operated, but there is one that is connected to wiring in the ceiling, it keeps repeating "Low battery" and beeps every minute or so...I don't know how to charge it! Please help!!

Answer
Most hardwired smoke alarms use a 9 volt battery backup. If you can't see a battery compartment, try removing the alarm from the wall/ceiling and looking inside.

can u please answer abt carbon monoxide?

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!! should we call 911?? thanks and have a great day!!!!!!!!!!
would it make a louder noise if there was carbon monoxide in the house?????

Answer
That's the battery warning.

The warning for an actual detection of carbon monoxide would be a loud, constant screech. You won''t mistake the actual alarm for the battery signal ever again.

It being only 3 months old is nothing: placed in a humid location, the alarm will go through batteries faster. They just do. And you don't know how old the battery is, waiting around inside the package in the store. Get a lithium battery to replace it, it'll last longer.

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Ionization smoke alarms going off at night, why?

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Jessica

I know for a fact that my smoke alarms are NOT the kind that also detects carbon monoxide! So please do not suggest this could be the reason as there is no feasible way it could be carbon detection.

So that leaves me to wonder why is the fire alarms going off and why is it only doing so at night? Tonight they have went off four times (make that five times since it just went off as I am typing this) and it is not a short amount of time they go off by any means. They beep for about 1-3 minutes before stopping. The beeping is not that of 'needing a new battery' and more of the 'get the hell out!' alarm. The fire alarms are around 3 or 4 years old so they are not new by any means and it is slightly chilly in the home because we only have the one gas heater.

There is no smell of smoke or anything that I would think cause the alarms to go off. The only scent in the home is the air freshener, but that has been out for about 4 weeks and never caused a problem so I doubt it is that.

To add information about the fire alarms, they are wired and do have backup batteries. They, as told in the title, are the ionization smoke alarms. When one goes off they ALL do, sadly at this point since I am going to be getting no sleep at this rate. One starts to stop to only pick back up because the others did not stop fast enough. And one alarm is RIGHT in my doorway to my bedroom so this is all getting very annoying.

Please help me come up with something that could cause this and/or what ya'll think I should do to try and fix the problem. Thanks!
Never mind, I figured out what was causing the fire alarms to go off. Turns out it was only going off when the gas heater turned on (started the fire) and a strong smell was coming from it if you stood near it. Just turned the heater off and going to have someone come check it out to make sure nothing is wrong with it.

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Very sensitive alarm huh ? Usually the very first time you turn a heater on, it burns all the normal house dust that has accumulated over the summer months. But after the initial burn it shouldn't have an effect on the alarms. The hard wired ones like you have are extremely sensitive. If you have several in the house, you might want to deactivate the one near the heater. I presume this is the one that sets off the rest of them.

Kidde smoke and carbon monoxide alarm repeats "low battery"?

alirao96

I have 3 Kidde smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, two of them are battery operated, but there is one that is connected to wiring in the ceiling, it keeps repeating "Low battery" and beeps every minute or so...I don't know how to charge it! Please help!!

Answer
Most hardwired smoke alarms use a 9 volt battery backup. If you can't see a battery compartment, try removing the alarm from the wall/ceiling and looking inside.

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Carbon Monoxide poisining symptoms?

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I think i heard my carbon monoxide alarm beep earlier today(ive had it for 3 years and it sounded more faint then it usually does like it is getting old and defective, but I think its doing one last beep for my sake. I got a headache and a small stomacache, is this poisining of carbon monoxide?

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Oh my lord, get out of there. It can be fatal very quickly. You are exhibiting symptoms of CO poisoning.
At the very least open all windows and doors and switch of all electric appliances. Then make sure help is on its way.

What is this loud beep in the house?Fire Alarm?

OWL

Every about five minutes a loud quick beep hurt my ears,I think I once heard that it might be the fire alarms low on battery can it be this? I heard it in many other houses too.like my Grampa's House and friend's houses.What can this be?It's driving me NUTS!

Answer
READ EVERY WORD FIRST, ALL OF THEM, PLEASE!!!!
Well that's an easy one, I am assuming you are young since you reference Grandpa. Note the beep has to be from something electronic Possible sources: Burglar Alarm company backup battery to the main system is weak, the remotely located wireless window/door sensors have batteries that when dead make the Alarm console beep.

A smoke detector is likely. I have some that mount directly to the wall and some to a bracket that is mounted and you turn the "front" of the detector CCW or CW to remove from the bracket. You need to know if the smoke/fire alarm is a battery unit (CLUE: IF YOU CAN TAKE IT OFF WHERE ITS MOUNTED AND IF IT HAS NO WIRE INTO THE WALL/CEILING ITS BATTERY, NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE "WALL SIDE", MAYBE THERE IS A VISIBLE 9V BATTERY COMPARMENT SPOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU), if not it might be a open the cover unit, so, open the cover by looking, AND THEN LOOKING AGAIN, you might have to pry a "tab" or unscrew a screw before opening, when you see the 9v battery you will be half done, (if YOU DON'T ABSOLUTELY KNOW WHAT A 9V BATTERY LOOKS LIKE STOP SEE TEST BUTTON BELOW). PLEASE don't mess with the "120" volt smoke detector, call the company if it's the "beeper" [all non battery smoke detectors may not be "120" volt but they may be 12-24 volt AC or DC so they still might be dangerous] (I say that more for those who might nitpick me).

If it really beeps every five minutes it wont hurt to pull the 9volt battery and wait 7 minutes. TEST SECTION: If you can't wait, be brave, re-read above and extract the battery, put the 9v battery to your tongue, if it mildly tingles it's a dead battery, if it smarts put it back in and wait the "5" minutes. NOTE YOU CAN'T DIE FROM THIS EXCEPT MAYBE IF YOU HAVE A PACEMAKER OR BUILT-IN HEART DEFIBRILLATOR SO THOSE FOLKS DON'T "TONGUE" IT.

Or best of all, get a volt meter from an electronics pal. 9 volts minus 1.8=7.2 volts = battery no good (if the battery is low by 20% its dead, this even applies with 6 volt, 1.5volt etc.( -20% is my guide for alkaline batteries),

Also if you are afraid just press the TEST BUTTON, on the smoke detector, if it has one, buy a new one if it doesn't have a test button, its too old or the owner was too frugal. [IF IT WONT SOUND OFF UNDER TEST ITS DEAD, IF IT DOES SOUND THEN YOU CAN NOW KNOW IF ITS "YOUR BEEP"] Now identify if its a 9v battery by taking it gently off its mount or bracket mount also see above again. See the test section if you feel braver.

If you succeed in removal AND REPLACE THE 9V note that I put all my detectors on a wall AS CLOSE to the ceiling on a 3-4 inch bread twist tie or better "wire" to a screw or thumb tack [ yes it looks fine if you do it right] for easy removal of batteries and no loss of sensitivity. Generally smoke rises driven by the heat, so the closer to the ceiling the better.
(this wire mount idea is at your discretion, I'm sure some fire guy is gonna disagree but in my experience of an actual house fire in 1987 with the detectors mounted as such, they saved my sleeping wife and cat!)

Check for a carbon monoxide detector and again make sure its not "120" volt, press the test button. A UPS on your computer with a near dead battery makes beeps. A medical device for "Gramps" may be at fault. a cell phone or cordless home phone beeps when near dead. A microwave or new fridge with the door open can beep. An AC alarm clock can beep when its 9volt battery gets weak.. Get the common thread?

If after all that you can't isolate it, invite some other young folks over for sodas, [statistically better at hearing high pitched beeps] put the battery back in the smoke detector and have the young'uns stand at different parts around the seeming sound area to pinpoint the beep. Keep in mind that some beeps are so foxy that they are like a ventriloquist and "throw their voices" so move around like musical chairs till every one agrees. Need I say more?? Good Luck! WHEW

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