Batteries. . . they are out to get me
@GardenGerty (157546)
United States
December 7, 2017 8:44pm CST
My van has a dome light that will come on and stay on, unless you override it. You guessed it. . . it drained my car battery. Hubby had to drive the ten miles to rescue me.
He drove the offending vehicle home as there was another issue I wanted him to check out. I got us Reuben sandwiches at Subway.
We ate our sandwiches, and I came over to this part of the house. I heard an ear piercing screeching whistle sound.
Hubby cannot hear the upper ranges, so I do not know if it had started earlier or not. I just know that I had to become a detective. It was the carbon monoxide detector. Luckily, it was only making that sound due to dead batteries.
Batteries give us lots of options, and they drive me crazy.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
15 Feb 18
@LadyDuck I wish they could come up with a simple fix for that problem.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
I have known of someone who kept ignoring their carbon monoxide detector and it was a bad situation.
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@LadyDuck (457928)
• Switzerland
10 Dec 17
@GardenGerty This is the problem with those things, they make the same sound to warn of the problem and to inform than the batteries are out.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
I am only glad it went off as that proves it is working. The batteries lasted a long time.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16531)
• China
8 Dec 17
The carbon monoxide detector really does it work! You have to get the dome light fixed up.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
Yes, I know of people who were saved by those detectors. I am glad mine was just batteries, though.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
15 Feb 18
@changjiangzhibin89 This detector is for the house. I do not believe you can get one for the car. It is important to get the car emissions system checked regularly.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
9 Dec 17
now that we are not using the car and the battery has been charged multiple times, i let my son remove the connection in the positive end of the battery. it works especially now that it is cold- the battery should not drain at all.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
That would be a good solution for a vehicle that is seldom used.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
11 Dec 17
@GardenGerty my brother will be home on the 23rd. i hope his car's battery will be charged as well.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
It depends on the brand. Of course the really good ones cost more.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
Yes. I was glad that the sound quit when I changed the batteries. I also now know it works.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
Yes. My son and daughter in law had a real malfunction once. It could have killed them.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 Dec 17
I really hate it when I hear an upper range whistle and I can't figure out where it is coming from and yes batteries do drive me crazy.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
Yes, the sound seemed to really surround me.
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@RasmaSandra (73368)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Dec 17
Well good that it was only the batteries but yes, it is kind of difficult to stay on top of batteries. I have a recharger and it helps a lot so I always have ready to go batteries on hand.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
I had a recharger long ago, but felt the batteries did not last and it was not very effective. Like everything else the technology is probably better now and I should look into getting one.
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
9 Dec 17
Bob can hear those kinds of sounds. It is mostly the higher range, and people speaking.
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