I realize this might truly qualify as THE most boring blog post I have ever written, but I am writing it in the hopes that in the future, it might save some other poor sap a few hours of frustration.
If you have First Alert smoke detectors in your house, and one of them needs a new battery, and even after you change it the blasted thing STILL keeps chirping, and then all its little friends start getting into the act and you're sitting on the floor in your bedroom weeping because it's 1:00AM and you really need some sleep and there isn't a single bedroom room in your house that isn't constantly beeping, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE DARN THING OFF THE CEILING, REMOVE THE BATTERY, PRESS THE TEST BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE FULLY DISCHARGED THE CAPACITOR (ABOUT 20 SECONDS), THEN YOU CAN PUT THE NEW BATTERY IN AND IT WILL FINALLY SHUT THE HELL UP.
I share this from the VERY bottom of my heart................................
2 comments:
truly a good post.
Go get some sleep.
wow, and we took the thing off the ceiling. Wrapped it in towels and stuck it in the freezer for the rest of the night. Good to know.
Sara Allen
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