My smoke alarm just yelped at me! For no reason. Hold me.

[applegrove]

[Tobin S.]

1. Probably needs a new battery.

[snacker]

2. High humidity will set it off too. n/t

[applegrove]

4. Landlord changed the whole thing a few months ago.

[Lionessa]

5. Spider can set one off.

[applegrove]

6. I have not seen spiders in my apartment this summer. I did not have a shower today so humidity

is out. Not too hot outside. No wind (mine or the outside kind). Batteries and whole unit is new. I can't figure it out.

[Lionessa]

12. Curioous though if you actually believe

that if you don't see a spider, none are in your house? or attic, which is generally how they get into a ceiling smoke detector.

[Kaleva]

3. Passing wind on it will also set it off

Don't ask me how I know this.

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. Perhaps you should modify your dietary habits. Or at least admit you were lighting them at the time.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Sometimes they will beep if some dust gets inside...

The dust is seen as smoke.

Try not to worry!

[jp11]

8. CHECK THE BATTERY!

Sorry I yelled.


But really they can beep when they don't like the battery or the battery is going to die.

[benld74]

9. We have 8 in the house at various levels,,,

and they have monds of their own. NEVER 'YELP' during the day, always begin upstairs, by the bedrooms at around 230am. WITH NO replacment battery in the house!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. They do that if they get cold, which is more likely in the middle of the night.

Try to close them off, and heat the area. That will normally work.

[Lionessa]

13. Yes, it's the night time condensation I think.

[benld74]

15. Everythig is heated C.P.,,,,

sometimes taking out the battery and reseating it works, sometimes not. And sometimes it happens with fresh batteries as well.
Have now goe 2 months without a CHIRP! knock on wood,,,,,

[Phentex]

14. We had to replace them all when they did this...

they were old and new batteries didn't help. Drove us INSANE because it happened at all hours of the night.

Good luck!

[SkatmanRoth]

16. Your place was at the focal point for a HAARP transmission

Either that or some of those CHEM trails got in through the dryer vent.