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Post by Katie on Aug 12, 2014 15:40:09 GMT
The one where Phoebe can't get her smoke detector to stop beeping!!
Of course the battery always dies during the night, am I right?! So I am in bed and at 10pm when I hear one little chirp. Realized it's the one in the dining room with the vaulted ceiling. Of course. Choose to ignore it, since DH is sleeping, and I really don't want to go out in the garage and get the Little Giant ladder (heavy, noisy). But by 3:30 this morning it's chirping every 30 seconds. My solution? Put a pillow over my head and try to ignore it. Normally I get up at 4am for work, but today is my day off (figures). And then my darling DH thinks he would make too much noise dragging the ladder out to replace the battery, so he brought the ladder in the house for ME to change it when I woke up. So I finally get up, change the battery, go get my coffee, sit down at the computer and...CHIRP! Aaaack...batteries must be too old. So, I throw on some clothes and go to the store to buy 9 volt batteries. Change it, reset it, and all is well. Fast forward 20 minutes and...CHIRP! I have now learned that all the smoke detectors are connected, and you need to change them all at the same time. Which means I need to go back to the store and get more batteries. And call me crazy, but I think $6.97 for two 9 volt batteries is a little outrageous...yikes. Anyway, I know my fellow Friends fans will chuckle, because it's all I have thought of today. 
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Post by mtscrapper on Aug 12, 2014 15:43:26 GMT
Yes, why is it they always go off in the middle of the night?
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Post by alibama on Aug 12, 2014 15:44:17 GMT
LOL. I am sorry your day started like this. Hope the rest is better  |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 12, 2014 15:45:33 GMT
Let's hope this episode doesn't have a repeat. I hope you get to have some fun today on your day off.
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Post by valincal on Aug 12, 2014 15:47:24 GMT
Last summer I discovered (after an hour or so of thinking someone was in my basement with a walkie-talkie!) that our smoke detectors warn of a dead battery by announcing it, in English AND French!! WTH?  Scared the heck out of me! |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 12, 2014 15:51:36 GMT
Hee hee. At least you know they are working now. I can't imagine the incessant beeping. My smoke detectors are pretty old and don't seem to do that.
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Post by Katie on Aug 12, 2014 15:51:57 GMT
Last summer I discovered (after an hour or so of thinking someone was in my basement with a walkie-talkie!) that our smoke detectors warn of a dead battery by announcing it, in English AND French!! WTH? Scared the heck out of me! Holy crap that would scare the pants off me! |
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Post by lesley on Aug 12, 2014 15:54:39 GMT
A few years ago, I got an exasperated phone call from my mum, telling me there was a bird trapped in her attic, and could DH go and catch it. It had been chirping all night and driving her crazy. So DH duly drove down, and spent some time in the attic looking for a non-existent bird that - you guessed it - turned out to be a dying smoke alarm.
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Post by PLurker on Aug 12, 2014 16:02:43 GMT
Too funny. And yes, battery prices suck. "Friends" good.
This weekend we had a neighbor of my mother's walk back to the sale we were having and said there was "a naked man sun bathing over by that pine tree." Without missing a beat, my teenage DD said, "Hey, it's ugly naked guy!" Love that kid and that show.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 16:20:10 GMT
Ours are hard wired into the house, but apparently they only last 15 years. A few weeks ago, one of them went off and we could not get it to shut up. I'd rather have intermittent chirps than full blown alarm that would not stop! We had to disconnect it completely. Since all 5 were put in at the same time, I took the opportunity to replace all of them at once.
It should have been easy, right? Just swap the new detector for the old detector, same brand. Noooooo, they changed the connector, so all the detectors had to be rewired. Turned into a job that took all day.
I feel your pain.
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Post by 505scrapper on Aug 12, 2014 16:30:39 GMT
When you first heard the chirping, did you walk into the room saying "Please don't be a spaceship, please don't be a spaceship."? |
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Post by thecurleyque on Aug 12, 2014 16:35:43 GMT
*KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK*
"Phoebe Buffet?"
"Fire alarm?"
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Post by Katie on Aug 12, 2014 16:45:11 GMT
*KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK* "Phoebe Buffet?" "Fire alarm?" LOL! |
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Post by KikiPea on Aug 12, 2014 16:47:07 GMT
Been there, done that. It's so annoying!
out of all of the Friends episodes, that is one I don't like living.
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Post by withapea on Aug 12, 2014 16:47:59 GMT
I might have to pop in that Friends episode now LOL
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Post by scrappert on Aug 12, 2014 16:48:52 GMT
Great story! But sorry it had to happen in the middle of the night. I know that would have driven me crazy!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 17:11:39 GMT
I hate when this happens and I agree, it's usually in the middle of the night.
^^Definitely outrageous. I've had luck finding 9V batteries at the Dollar Tree (2 sunbeam batteries for $1). I've tested them to make sure they are fully charged and functional and they seem fine.
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Post by annabella on Aug 12, 2014 17:42:13 GMT
I spent $10 for two 9 volt batteries. I was pissed because I had just bought batteries, changed it in the smoke detector, but after one alarm, it started chirping. So I thought instead of buying the cheap batteries I should shell out for duracell. I read that safeway and cvs brand batteries are low quality.
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Post by anniebeth24 on Aug 12, 2014 17:46:50 GMT
I guess there are worse Friends episodes to be living - you could have gotten married when you were drunk in Vegas or discovered a third nipple.
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Post by alissa103 on Aug 12, 2014 17:55:06 GMT
Oh that's so annoying! Were you able to go back to sleep? I would have been listening for the beeps.
Last week we heard to loud alarm in the middle of the night, at like 2:30 am. First time we ignored it, thinking it was a smoke detector needing batteries. Second time we realized it was too loud to be that. Both DH and I got up and checked all smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. All were light green like they were fine. So then we checked our house alarm, windows, doors, etc. Nothing.
At this point we didn't hear it again, so we went back to bed. I, of course, sat there thinking about it. Finally figured out it could be the "water leaking into the pan" alarm on our air conditioner in the attic. Very bad! I got DH up, he checked, and yup, that was it. Thankfully we were home when it went off or it would have been a mess!
But yeah, WHY always in the middle of the night?!
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Post by bsn22 on Aug 12, 2014 18:45:46 GMT
It always happens in the middle of the night!
In other news, did you see Friends is on Nick at Night now? Are we that old?
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Post by peasful1 on Aug 12, 2014 18:47:07 GMT
yes, always middle of the night. It's the law. I get the big pack from Costco, much cheaper. And you know if one goes, it's time to change them all. So that's what I do. As soon as one chirps, I just replace all of them. They are all hardwired to the house, but they don't all chirp due to a dead battery because one does. if that were the case, they'd all sound at the same time. Not just one in a random room. Batteries are all put in at the same time and tend to die at the same time.
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Post by raindancer on Aug 12, 2014 19:34:33 GMT
Last summer I discovered (after an hour or so of thinking someone was in my basement with a walkie-talkie!) that our smoke detectors warn of a dead battery by announcing it, in English AND French!! WTH? Scared the heck out of me! This made me laugh out loud! What on earth!? lol. Seriously. Crazy.   |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Aug 12, 2014 19:38:13 GMT
Oh man, that has happened to us too!! Dh changed all the smoke alarm batteries and we still had chirping. Finally after a day or so he realized it was some TV or cable or some other battery  |
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Post by danor98 on Aug 13, 2014 3:32:52 GMT
I would love to live the Cheesecakes episode!
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Scared the heck out of me!
