And then it happened . . . / myLot

By Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169406)

United States

December 10, 2024 6:18am CST

Beep. . .

Beep . . .

Beep. . .

I put my pillow over my head, and went to sleep as well as I could. It was one in the morning. The smoke detector was telling me it needed new batteries.I did not know that. We have lived here nine years.I thought they were hardwired into the electrical system

We have never needed to replace the batteries.The detectors had a little green light. It eventually went out. When the improvements happened this summer we were given new detectors.In different places. Now I know better, and we can do better. This happened a couple of days ago. I thought up the title, and carried it in my head, but the discussion itself just poured out like sand, leaving my brain empty. I remembered this morning. Live and learn. They have done their job in the past, and detected carbon monoxide. No fires. Like I said. . . I thought they were hard wired into the house. I will have to check the other ones, now.

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@DaddyEvil (174229)

• United States

10 Dec 24

The new detector we bought came with a pre-installed 10 year battery.

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@DaddyEvil (174229)

• United States

11 Dec 24

@2ndchances24 Walmart sells them.

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Gayle Harrelson

@2ndchances24 (12188)

• Cloverdale, Indiana

11 Dec 24

@DaddyEvil Damn I wish I had of known that sooner I was there yesterday, I could have picked me up 1. Thank you for letting me know I'll be there Fri..

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Gayle Harrelson

@2ndchances24 (12188)

• Cloverdale, Indiana

10 Dec 24

I need 1 of them, where can I get 1? long time since I have seen you around glad to see your still with us.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

10 Dec 24

Mine are wired in, but they still need batteries from time to time. the question is, what do they always start keeping in the middle of the night?

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

10 Dec 24

Are you still asleep or am I? I read your comment just fine, even with the typos.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208746)

• United States

10 Dec 24

@BarBaraPrz The Kindle has a tendency to be screwy, and when I am sleepy so am I.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

10 Dec 24

We don´t use smoke detectors in my country. If we did, I would not have had the kitchen fire 2 years ago. Now that I´m reading your post I wonder if I might buy one online. Although I remember once, while in Aruba, that I was heating a skillet to make the sort of steaks I love (sealed in the outside and mooing inside) that the smoke detector went twice until I had to give up to a not so good steak.

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rakski

@rakski (156249)

• Philippines

11 Dec 24

9 years without having to change a battery does make it easy to assume they were hardwired

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381815)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Dec 24

Here, everyone is encouraged to renew the batteries on April Fool's Day. I don't if any are hardwired in or not.

Gayle Harrelson

@2ndchances24 (12188)

• Cloverdale, Indiana

10 Dec 24

I have the same kind of alarm in my cabin & when it starts going off like that it's time to replace the battery so it will shut up.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

10 Dec 24

I hate it when the battery gives up, so annoying.

celticeagle

@celticeagle (189792)

• Boise, Idaho

10 Dec 24

We live in Housing and they check the detector's batteries each year when they do inspections. It is sure good to have these detectors.

much2say

@much2say (57760)

• Los Angeles, California

10 Dec 24

Ugh. Ours is an annoying, sharp "chirp" every few minutes. I think they say to check the batteries twice a year, but of course we don't think of it and forget. Then come the chirps

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

10 Dec 24

Oh no does it need a new battery

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

10 Dec 24

That's a cruel way to find out

RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (97912)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

10 Dec 24

I sure hate it when the smoke detector goes off and it always scares me,

LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222288)

• United States

10 Dec 24

Ours are hard-wired into the alarm system which isn't working now because of our phone problem. I do have a separate carbon monoxide detector. Have a good day.