That seems highly unsafe, because a short-circuit anywhere on the smoke alarm branch could cause hundreds of amps of fault current to flow through a 12 or 14 AWG wire, liquefying the insulation and probably starting a fire without tripping the main breaker. But if it continues, it's probably the easiest solution to just replace the defective alarm and move on. One test beep 2 hours after replacement and nothing since? Sounds solved. With OP, I'm inclined to believe that replacing the battery fixed it. That's where warranties come in for replacement purposes. Sometimes, things are just bad, even with reputable suppliers. No other issues on the other hundreds that have been install. They've been returned and the manufacturer is checking them out. The electrician is convinced it was a small bad batch, maybe the materials in the sensor is broken. About 2 dozen of them have started to flicker about 2 months after install. As an example, on a current job, we installed hundreds of commercial grade, decent quality light fixtures. The fact that it's happening at the coldest part of the day may be a hintĪside from being cheap, there's just always a chance of stuff just being defective from the jump. If you need help installing it, shoot me a message, I'm happy to walk you through it, but they're pretty easy usually, even if you're not handyĪlternatively, are you on a ng furnace? It might be picking up CO, but not enough to fully trigger the alarm, provided you have co detectors. Spend the twenty bucks and sleep soundly knowing you're safe. The detectors could have sat in the warehouse for several years before they're used if the GC bought in bulk. As a guy who used to do new construction, it's not always new bought shit that gets put in them, and usually the cheapest option available. I get these calls a lot from one of the property management groups I do work for. They're super easy to replace, that's my guess. ![]() Most models will warn you with a beep when that's the case. They're only good for about ten years, and sometimes they'll go sooner than that. Will try not using the humidifier, then turning it on again to see if it trips the alarm.Ĭould be the detector is starting to fail.
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