They started chirping late afternoon, and Husband proceeded to change all the batteries in each of the beeping suckers. All of our detectors are A/C connected, so when one goes crazy it shares the love and they all go crazy! However, after he changed them all it still chirped. This was at 8 PM, and after two trips to the store to get 9 volt batteries.
After taking one down and inspecting it - and reading the details. Husband came to the realization that the smoke detectors should be replaced every 7 to 10 years!!! Who would have known! So with 30 minutes until Home Depot closes, we rushed (safely) to figure out what to replace it with.
Husband and I had a very difficult decision to make in a very short time. As many of you know we research all products prior to purchasing just about anything. So making a decision on such a life saving device in 20 minute in Home Depot; was very difficult. Thank goodness for smart phones or we would have had some serious anxiety issues. But it was that or hearing 8 smoke detectors chirp all night. Talk about motivation.
We chose the Kidde brand. It was moderately priced and we hoped we wouldn't have to change the base plate. What's crazy is how much smaller these little chirpers are now. An these new littler chirpers speak "warning warning fire fire beep beep".
We had been considering upgrading two smoke detectors to be smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. So at this time we chose to replace two of the eight chirpers with the smoke/carbon monoxide detector combos. And theses babies came with 9 volt batteries - so now we have backup!
So about a couple of headaches and an hour and a half later - we were golden. However, I can still hear "warning warning fire fire beep beep" You know because we had to hear it at least 8 times...
So ladies and gents consider this a public service announcement. Check those smoke detectors and replace yours if it's anywhere between 7 - 10 years old!!!!
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