Jed D
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my downstairs fire alarm has started the 'beep' of death, iv checked in the junk draw for a battery but no joy.... iv removed the circular plastic fire alarm itself and took the dead battery out but the bit it plugs into in the ceiling is still 'beeping'
wired into the mains or some shit?
what do i do? im a bit too drunkend to go out anywhere to get a battery 
CS please help me 
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noshua
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Wave goodbye to tonight's sleep
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AlunJ
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Most likely it will be wired to the mains aye.
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Jed D
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cut wires?
turn all electric off when i go to bed??
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AlunJ
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Mine is separately fused, try taking the battery out and switching the fuse off if it's the same?
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Jed D
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nah beep its not beep mate beep
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Cavey
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
Mine is separately fused, try taking the battery out and switching the fuse off if it's the same?
What he said.
Do you have a fuse box in the kitchen or accessible at least, probably a switch for the fire alarms
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DaveyLC
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Got to the petrol station and get a battery you lazy bastid! 
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Jed D
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quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
Mine is separately fused, try taking the battery out and switching the fuse off if it's the same?
What he said.
Do you have a fuse box in the kitchen or accessible at least, probably a switch for the fire alarms
cant see one dude, different switches for the plugs, upstairs lights, downstairs lights, cooker...... nowt like that i dont think
guna get onto the landlord about it anyway, the amount of bulbs we go through is seriously unreal
....beep
[Edited on 15-12-2011 by Jed D]
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Jed D
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Got to the petrol station and get a battery you lazy bastid!
too far to walk and im a bit sloshed
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Ben G
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you will have a switch on the fuse box, same as mine, wired into mains.
mine started beeping a year ago so i flicked the switch and it hasnt worked since
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carl roper
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Depend how new his house is we normally just wire them into the upstairs lights if there being added to an existing property
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Jed D
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cracked open another tin, sat back and it hasn't beeped since 
thanks anyway lads and fingers crossed it stays that way lol
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Scotty C
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Reminds me of phoebe in friends 
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Ian
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Mine also has a mains feed but you can unplug it.
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John
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Is a junk draw a bad picture?
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Ste
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I assume it's a backup battery not a power battery so won't be something you'll get in a garage anyway. Find out the make and model of the alarm for us and someone will find the user manual online 
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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MarkSport
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They'll be interlinked (upstairs and downstairs) you should have a black, brown grey and green/yellow or a red, blue, yellow and green/yellow if old wiring
yellow or black is the link wire.
they should have their own fuse labelled smoke alarms or linked in with the lights, if this is the case its best to just take both off the ceiling for the night instead of messing with cables which you're unsure about.
if they're on their own fuse, disconnect the black or yellow depending which you have for the night (isolate power first) and have a cushty night sleep. then tomorrow, go garage, 2 new batterys and bobs your teapot. 
[Edited on 15-12-2011 by MarkSport]
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Bart
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forget the small battery, its not that.
It'll be one of two things,
1, The larger 12V 'motorbike' style battery is flat, this is very common and you can get off ebay for around £10-£20.
2, the internal fuse has popped.
If you pop off the plastic cover, take a look at the PCB board you should see atleast 2 fuses (same size/shape as 3 pin plug fuses). Theres a chance they might be glass fuses so you'll see if they've blown or not.
Disconnect the mains and take a quick look, but be prepared if its a relativly new alarm, the sounder should go off if you switch it off at the mains.
It'll only last for as long as the battery got charge left, if its flat, you may only hear a faint popping sounds from your house alarm.
good luck, it should be easy to sort tho.
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MarkSport
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Ah yeah, i was confused then. I thought he said smoke alarm. if its the intruder alarm then yeah it's totally different.
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