Faulty Smoke Detector Troubleshooting & Solution
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2017
- I'm here to share the pain and mental anguish we went through to hopefully save you from doing the same. Learn from my mistakes so that when the perfect crapstorm comes along you know what to do. You're welcome.
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Unfreakin believable. I just got back from walmart, replaced the smoke detector after shutting off the circuit breaker...NO luck. Watched more useless videoes and finally came across this one...it was my carbon monoxide detector as well. This video saved me so much STANGER! thanks!!!!
Glad I could help. One less stangry person in the world. My job here is done.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! After 3 days of searching RUclips videos for help, changing batteries and shutting down the circuit breaker with NO happy results...we came across your video. We couldn't believe it! Finally peace again. We will be forever thankful... and laughing over it too!
So glad I could help Christine. And by all means stick around. I've got a crap ton of other helpful and funny videos that I made just for you.
OMG dude, SPOT ON!!
Just got back from vacation, house is being painted and the painters unplugged my CM detector and set it in my master bedroom.
We started hearing chirping the morning after we returned from our trip, and I started changing batteries. BUT I kept hearing that damn chirp!
I kept going back to the master bedroom because that damn smoke detector was still chirping. I took the battery out, unplugged it but the chirping persisted!! I briefly looked at the unplugged CM detector on the ground but my wife insisted it couldn't be that!!
I about lost my shit, then started watching RUclips videos and the third video I watched was yours. And after your epiphany, I picked up the CM detector, walked it downstairs and waited.. 30 seconds later I heard it!!!
THANK YOU!!
2 lessons in life learned.
1. Subscribe to your channel
2. Dont listen to the wife.LOL!!
Not listening to wives and subscribing to my channel are both really good moves! Hahahah glad I could help you out today! Thanks for watching.
@@joelnertyou cured my stangriness in less than 2 hours. Thank YOU
You just saved my life more than any detector would!! And saved me a trip to Walmart.
themisianos Glad i could help!
Same exact thing , monoxide detector in the same area as smoke detector thought I was going crazy
I know your pain. We were going nuts trying to figure out why the chirping continued. Thanks for explaining why it starts chirping at night!
Very good point about the batteries getting cold. We used to keep spare batteries in the refrigerator to extend their shelf life. Here checking out smoke alarm videos since I was rudely awoke at about 5 AM this morning by my inter-connected, CO/Smoke alarm going off. FIRE!!! FIRE!!! FIRE!!! Spouse getting ready for work shouting at me, cat freaking out and me stumbling around trying to make sense of what was actually going on. After a bit of checking for smoke... There was none. Checked breakers and the clothes dryer which got turned on again to make sure clothes were dry. House was cool and humid from recent rains and windows being left open. For me it appears that the detector in our living room kitchen area has failed. It was the one flashing after the alarm was reset. All the others were solid green. Battery is still good at 9.67 volts. I smoke in this area so I guess that after several years of this varying use/abuse it has had enough. Pulled it out of the circuit and all is well. Guess I will be buying a new one today and some batteries for the others. ;)
Joel. You rock dude. Mine has been chirping for a day now and Im going to replace the battery in my carbon monoxide detector to save me some time and aggravation. Love your video and a great sense of humor too. On a side note....love your shirt too.
Thanks Peter! Glad i could help you and thanks for watching my stuff!
I'm laughing while understanding your pain. I have had that regularly with my wired detectors. My problem was 99% of the time the two combo 120v Carbon/Smoke detectors that I bought for the two kids bedroom. For some reason those always chirped as if the battery was low even though they are hardwired with the battery as back up. When I would swap a regular detector with those combo units the problem would follow where I put the combo. My detectors are about 10yrs old now so I am going to be replacing them all today. One feature I wish they made VERY clear was the light that would stay constant NOT BLINK to the detector that is having the problem. I hate waking up and then waiting for that 3-10min chirp. Wait in the hallway, nope, move to bedroom, nope...
Make a clear separate LED light that is for the alarming detector that stays light that it has detected something or battery is low. I feel your pain and frustration. All this would be solved with better designed detectors with separate indicator lights. I love the something about marry crazy tick face you made.. :)
I have been dealing with a beeping smoke detector for over a year and a half. Not once did I think to check the carbon monoxide detector plugged into an outlet in the same room as the smoke detector. Thank you Jesus for directing me to this video. I can finally have some peace. Bless you brother.
OHHHH MYYYYYY GOSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! ALL MORNING TRYING TO SOLVE BATTERY PROBLEM WITH FIRE ALARMS UNTIL I RAN INTO YOUR YOU TUBE CHANNEL!! THANK YOU!!!! THE CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM WAS THE ONE GOING OFF!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
I cant believe I had the exact problem. Thank you for saving my time
Im glad to help. I wish somebody else had made this video before so i could have saved myself the trouble.
I went through same thing!!! Replaced the whole 4 smoke detectors and found that it was the co detector sitting in the basket by the TV. Thank you sooo much for your vid!
you are one of the few youtubers that make videos that i watch the whole way through, Very entertaining dude keep it up!
CappinKiwi you are the greatest viewer ever. Happy to have you.
You sir, get ONE BILLION LIKES! Mine was a plug-in CO sensor near the "malfunctioning smoke detector." At least all the other ones have fresh batteries...
Why thank you! Glad I could help, my PNW friend.
I replaced every battery and two of the actual smoke detectors before I saw this video. Thank you for posting this! Google/RUclips doesn't have any videos for "Why does my brand new smoke detector still beep?... I guess that's because it doesn't.
I now am "su-appy"! super happy! I was stangry.... very stangry... I also changed every battery, visited 3 stores for the exact smoke alarm, attempted to order from Amazon, which for some reason would not deliver to my area...huh? I was sitting on my ladder defeated. I watched so many videos and then the heavens opened and this video rained down. When I located that little stupid mutha....g device i could not believe it was the problem for the last 5 days. Thank you so much for saving my life! Cheers!!!
I love these success stories! Thanks for sharing!! Im so happy i helped you.
Outstanding..... Out-F'n-Standing...... Stangry, check... I was but I'm not now... Demolition will commence in 5 min or so. Cheers!
So glad I could help you out, friend! Thanks for watching.
I really expected the blown up CO detector to still be chirping. LOL. I'm dealing with chirping now. Thanks for the help
Glad I could help you out, Patricia. And thanks for tuning in!
unbelievable....up and down a ladder for 30 mins swapping out the battery in my smoke alarm to no avail...beep...beep..beep....then come across your video and low and behold its my blooming carbon monoxide detector located just yards from the smoke detector that was beeping....thanks !!
So frustrating. Did you feel pretty stangry like I did when you realized it?
THANK YOU! It took me a couple searches to find your video. Our chirping started last night. Drove the family nuts. The humans could sport ear plugs but my poor dog had to suffer through it. I changed all the batteries and even tried the circuit breakers! NOTHING worked......until we unplugged the &^^$* carbon monoxide detector. Peace has been restored. I wish I had one of those nifty M80s, LOL.
I am glad you did this. The same thing happened to me, and it only happens at 4 am
notimjw I was losing my mind.
Facts i hate that my smoke detectors go off random times
It just happened to me early this morning! Naturally it’s smoke detector you can’t reach!
Thank you Sir. You made my day. I removed all smoke alarms except the one at 16ft above ground trying to figure out how to reach that high. After watching your video realized in CO detector causing the problem. Thanks for your video
@joelnert you are my hero! I was just going through the same damn thing these last two nights. You sir saved my ass a whole lotta frustration. I thank you sir! Funny and very informative video. 🍻
Glad I could help, Serjio. That's what I'm here for. Making everyone's life better.
Dude ........YOU. SAVED. MY. LIFE. 4’11” 63 yr old disabled female. I live alone, no immediate family. Chirping = One solid week, once every 5 minutes, 24-7. Smoke detector domes and batteries removed. Still chirping in my face all the time. Sound Omni directional and maddening. Male relatives tearing hair out...they gave up and abandoned me. Desperate for silence. Debated executing smoke alarms with my .38 S&W. Decided against it, went on RUclips search instead. Saw this video. Tested carbon monoxide battery units. No more chirping. Blessed silence.....................at last. God bless you all.
Thank you for this video...you saved my dogs ears and sanity.
Thank you soooo much. I had the same sequence of events of the chirping nightmare. I turned to RUclips , watched a few videos, not helpful. So much time was wasted while enduring the painful chirping sound, until Eventually I watched the bearded guy in cool T shirt video. indeed it was the CO detector that caused all that suffering and agony. It took a few seconds to remove it and toss it in the garbage. AGAIN THANK YOU, VERY GRATEFUL.
Yes! Another satisfied customer. Glad to help.
Same .. we were so angry and frustrated with our chirping and you saved the day!!! Thank you for this video .. saved our insanity
Another satisfied customer.
Thanks very much for the video. I had exactly the same problem and went thru the same pain you did. Until I discovered it was my Carbon Monoxide Detector. Thanks again.
I wish someone had made this video before i did. No one had so I felt it was my duty!
ADDING CARBON MONOXIDE BATTERIES TO MY SMOKE ALARM BATTERY LIST TO REPLACE THIS MORNING...
Look at the bright side...you have LOTS of new batteries
You added a NEW WORD to the English language ...
You helped. EVERYONE ...and you made lots of people laugh...😁😁😁😁
Thanks a bunch
Win, win, win! Thanks Mark.
OH Joe!!! You saved us!!!!! God bless you and your video!!! Problem solved!!! Thank you tons!!!!
Hooray! I'm so glad you found this video and ended the frustration.
@@joelnert A thousand Thank you's again!!!
Hi Joel. Thanks for the video. Great info, and making me laugh with your final solution! I thought that was coming .... ha ha
You nearly had me going crazy as it was your video that kept chirping after I had removed both sets of batteries. Turned you off and no more chirping. Peace stats and off to the shop tomorrow. Lol.
Thank you so much! This was exactly my problem!!! The good news is our detectors were 21 years old so I needed new ones anyway. So as I watched this I realized that OMG! it's our Carbon dioxide detector. Sure enough that was it. Thank goodness for your comments and RUclips. :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Glad I could help, Joe!
OMG thank you SOOOO much! My husband and I were going CRAZY!! You just solved the problem for us! Wow, what a lifesaver. Loved how you ended it. hahahaha
Im glad I helped you. I wish someone else had made this video before me so I could have figured it out faster!
Omfg!!!! Thank you so much!!! I was so mad that I could not figure out why they kept chipping. It was the stupid carbon monoxide detectors!!!🤬😡😠 Thank you so much for posting this video.
So glad I could help! Vote for Pedro! You rock.
I had a smoke detector that kept going off. Not chirping, but going off. The damn thing was new with a built -in 10 year permanent battery. I kept pressing the button to silence it and it still kept going off. I took a hammer and smashed it to bits, wrote a nice nastygram, packed it all up and mailed it to Kidde. They sent me a replacement with a nice letter saying that they don't normally do warranty replacements for physical damage!
Now this was a house I was renovation so I wasn't living in it, but damn if these things only fail if it's 3am if you're actually living in the house.
this is such perfect comedy for me
Outstanding and smart too. The last bit was really something. I need to look for a CO detector and do likewise. By the way, you could add a H2 bomb picture on your T shirt... just to complete the line up
Thank you and great idea!
I don't condone violence, but in this case, very understood🎆
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This is like the Office Space of carbon monoxide detectors. Hilarious. Anyone searching for this video understands your pain...one
Thanks, Mr Le! The pain is real.
I love your word "stangry" ... perfect.
I love the "perfect fit" of that M80! musta been destiny.
It was destiny indeed. They made the battery hole that shape for a good reason!
Thank you!!! We have been going crazy. Had even looked for the carbon monoxide detectors, but couldn't any. After watching your video, we went on another search and found the detector hidden behind legos in the bedroom of our son who is gone to college. Our daughter who is virtually learning thanks you as well
Yes! Another satisfied customer!
Thanks man. You saved me a lot of money.
This was my problem too, I thought it was coming from the smoke detectors, turns out just like your situation it was coming from my carbon monoxide alarm. Thank you so much for going through all that trouble at night to help others who were in that similar desperate situation.
This is a much more widespread mistake than I ever knew. I went to RUclips to try to find the answer and there was no solution. When I FINALLY figured out the problem I knew I needed to make a video and help others get through it. If you browse the comments a ton of people had the same issue.
You’re a great story teller. Loved your video....my wife says she feels your pain. Nice ladder, you probably have no use for it now
3 Days after blowing up the Carbon Monoxide Alarm joelnert passed away peacefully in his sleep without any chirping when he was overcome by Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Pallbearers at the funeral included the staff of Carrier Furnace Co Ltd.
Hahahaahaha! Nice one. Luckily for me my house has 3 or 4 more that i didn't blow up. They got fresh batteries and they're still quietly doing their job. 👍
YOU HAVE SAVED MY SANITY !
Much obliged!
Well done !
Thank you so much for this video ! Your video helped me to solve the problem!
Great troubleshooting! I think you did the right thing.
I'm sure there's a German word for that, because Germans have some very specific verbiage, but I really like #stangry. I feel that way often.
My ancestors were German. I wonder if they sometimes felt #stangry when they couldn't figure out why their plows weren't working when they tried to fix them.
Mine too. Maybe our ancestors were neighbors! 😆
They absolutely were. I'm sure if it.
Omg!! I have been going crazy trying to find out why the detectors kept beeping. Did everything you did. Then, I find your video and realize it was my carbon monoxide detector the whole time ughh! I never even thought to check it. Thanks for the video.
Yes!! Another satisfied customer.
Dude you saved my life. Awesome
Another satisfied customer!
@@joelnert I didn't even know I had a carbon dioxide detector (I'm renting) until I looked for it. As soon at I found it and walked up to it beeped ughhhhhh. This is after I took down all of the smoke alarms. Life saver is not a strong enough phrase for the pain and suffering you have saved me from.
@@dr.connell5791 I'm glad you didn't have to go through the extent of pain i did. I was so pissed.
@@joelnert If I hadn't found your video I would have gone caveman on those alarms. Glad it's over and know I can get some sleep lol
Thanks! Very helpful.
This is what works for me. If detector starts to chirp, I take it down and vacuum it. Dust, cob webs, insects, and various debris can get inside and fool detector causing it to chirp. Next, I put the battery in and let detector sit near me for couple of hours (while I watch TV), making sure it does not chirp. Then I reinstall it. In many cases I was able to reuse the same battery since chirping had nothing to do with it.
Watched this entire video just to see him litter at the end.
I live in a multi-unit. My neighbor upstairs just took up pipe smoking. All day and night. My alarm BEEPED 6 TIMES, then went dormant. I grabbed my ladder and flashlight. Now...there is no green light on, but rather the Red Light is Blinking!! I've been on the internet for hours....researching. We just changed the battery last week on this hard-wired, First Alert, smoke and carbon monoxide combo. What the heck should I be doing? A new unit? Press the test button? Hit the unit with a hammer?? Pain in the knuckles. What does all of this mean??? Am I doomed with the smokers upstairs??
Thank you for saving my sanity
I'm just here to help!
Hahahaha omg i think this me last night..you made my day 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks so much you fixed my problem 😊😊😊😊😊
God bless you
watched so many video's of people explaining how to install a smoke detector, none of them said anything about needs to be same brand of smoke detector until i read some article on the actually website of the smoke detectors didn't think that matter at all, thought interconnectivity was the same throughout all smoke detectors, so started reading more about them, Now I am waiting on a new smoke detector to come to the house and then connect it to see if it will work with the old smoke detectors, I should just change them all out at once but parents on a cheap budget just like everyone else throughout the country. I've also notice that we should all have a combination of smoke detectors throughout the house in each room and on each level of the house, Yes a combination of smoke and CO ( Carbon monoxide) ones. Smoke/CO in the utility Room, one by the stairs, and one in the family room, then the rest of just smoke detectors in each bedroom. I also have concerns about the CO ( Carbon Monoxide) detectors I've notice them being up three or more feet in the house which I find weird because my concern is if gas rises that high in the house would it not be hard to walk through that if its already throughout the home I would suggestion putting a plug in your outlet that way they will go off before it's High than your Bed or your kids bed to alert you of the dangerous gases seeping throughout your home that will give you enough time to get out before its at the 3 or 4 foot level mark, Just a thought i've had while researching smoke and CO alert alarms. Oh and it's always good to have a battery checker with you while installing batteries in anything these days, FYI. HEHE
Great Video kinda reminds me of a tribute from the movie office space where they take the printer out in the field and just have at it! LOL Wink three fingers salute! LOL
Aren't you fed up watching smoke alarm videos?🤣I am
Seriously, you really believe that we should have a smoke alarm in every room of the house!? That sounds a bit obsessive, like a selling tactic of whoever wrote the article. Back in the olden days we never had any, did we!? We survived. I hate the things & only feel one is necessary, in the hallway by the kitchen. You haven't put one in every room have you!? (I don't have a carbon monoxide detector, I'm struggling to get my smoke alarm casing off)
Wow........ I had the same them problem thank you so much for making this very valuable one of a kind the best video I ever and mean ever watch”” thank you “again”” and “again” and I had watched some other stupid videos before your
Thank you I so tired by battery you save me
I sledge hammered mine, and I made sure I wore goggles.
Safety first
Very humorous video. Like yourself, I changed the battery first on the old smoke detector and still chirping. So I exchanged the smoke detector altogether and still chirping. Don't have a carbon monoxide sensor. Any thoughts on how to get it to stop chirping?
Thanks Scott. I think you need to skip all the way to the final step in the video.
@@joelnert Okay, I'll give changing all the batteries out of the other ones and see what happens. Thanks.
Just those beeps in the video are giving me anxiety lol
Lmao dude, exact same thing just happened to me. I feel your pain and I’m jealous you got revenge hahaha
NEVER THROW AWAY SMOKE ALARMS! You Should Sell Them On eBay Or Recycle Them
@joelnert Great video :) I can feel your frustration even here. You should send a link to this video to the manufactur of this detector.
That's a great idea marcin!
What if it’s not the chirping of low batteries but a beep beep beep alarm sound that has gone off at 3 a.m. and again at 8 a.m.? Could it be that all of my hardwired First Alert smoke detectors are old and need replacing? I only gave the one battery operated carbon monoxide detector in the kitchen so it’s not connected to the alarm that went off in my bedroom. I don’t know what to do.
I think it's time for you to do what i did at the very end of the video. Good luck!
I'm a lady so I don't know much, lol 🤣But I'm pretty sure I read steam or something can affect it, like if it's right outside a bathroom door! And did I read room temperature too!? So is your heating off around the times you stated? And is it right outside your bathroom door, on the ceiling!?
I have a cheap, basic smoke alarm right outside my bathroom door on the ceiling. It's chirping & I can't get the plastic casing off to change the battery. I can't feel a groove with a screwdriver, like another video said. It says turn anticlockwise, so surely it should come off!? Any ideas how I can get the flippin thing off please? Or how I can silence the chirping!?
#Stanrgy. Thank you for ridding this world of that horrible piece of trash.
YES
Up at 1:40 am....and this video was perfect for the emotions I am feeling right now.
So.dang.stangry!!!!
From the hills of Israel.
I'm so glad I was able to help you solve the problem, my stangry friend 😄 thanks for watching.
Thank you! I was my CO detector!
I think this happens a lot. Glad I could help.
Great video!! I'm in the middle of the chirping phase of the story. I don't have any M-80's. Perhaps a sledge hammer will do the trick. Thanks for the interesting entertainment.
A sledge hammer ought to do just fine in a pinch! Thanks for watching.
Hahahaha...good story...and Stangry!....😆
Lol im about to throw my phone a while ago i thought my phone is about to blow up lol and found out that it wanst my phone when i went out of the bedroom because the sound is lower then i thought maybe it is my tinititus lol
I was starting to freaking out 😂 till i found your video same sound. Thanks! 😅
Ok i need help
Video is great but my kiddle brand detector does not only beep loudly to give you a migrane but it T a l k s. Says Fire Fire Fire
???there is no bloody fire
What does that mean ?
What do i do ??
It seems to be going off randomly every 3 to 4 hours , these stupid trauma divices are hard wired .
Should i rip them all out ?
Sounds like 2 or 3 are screaming at the same time .
I d have to go buy a tall ladder to reach them all
That sounds horrible. There is only one thing you can do. Go forward to the 6:00 mark and do as I did.
@@joelnert thanks Joe 😘
I don t have your fire cracker but i have a heavy range rover and 4 wheels ...i think i can do some damage that way ...🚙😀
I believe these hard wire codes and ideas came to persons who like torturing human beings , dark souls who have sadistic tendencies and hate those made in the image of The Almighty .
Look how many people are affected
You would be a great story teller.
Why thank you
Hey brother don’t feel bad the same shit happened to me🤣
😂😂😂thanks, شكراً bro for the great idea.
Replace those they only last 5 years and get one that plugges in and with battery back up
Luv the video I give you thumbs up. I would of destroy the carbon monoxide too.
Thank you, Mr. Wong.
Stangry feeling 😆
One question. Can I use a sledge hammer instead?
If you don't have access to high quality explosives, a sledge hammer is definitely the next best course of action.
Anyone ran into a scenario where the beeping is coming from the ceiling and not the detector itself? I replaced my detector with a new one hoping it stops the 5 beeps but to no avail. Anyone?
Nice house dude
Thanks
Mine started saying "fire" when there was no fire at 1am
They make ones that talk? I hope you taught it a lesson!
This person has voice alert smoke alarms. Very common in new buildings.
What did you replace them with?
New 9v batteries in the surviving carbon monoxide sensors.
Love the story thanks. LOL
How about it is not chirping, but it is continuous sound (4,5 seconds) after changing a new battery?
Ah yes. I do have a solution for that. Skip ahead to the 5:25 mark in this video and proceed as I did. Glad to be of service!
Its happening to me now too.......your not stupid, who knew!?!? It should at least be posted on the stupid product packaging.
Im glad im not alone!
My smoke alarm keeps beeping at night
Just added Stangry to my vocab😆
Them my work here is done.
R.i.p. first alert co detector
It had a good life
@@joelnert I hope ur gonna get a good replacement for it
That was a good story though
@@joannestealey4482 haha yeah I did replace it. But that particular one needed to die!
@@joelnert I've never owned a co detector personally cause the appliances are all electric I find gas dangerous
Thank you so much !!
You just helped us , we were getting crazy trying to figure out what’s wrong with the smoke detectors. It turned out to be the carbon monoxide one chirping. As usual it happened at 3am and if I didn’t watch your video never could have figured out by myself.
Glad i could help, Ms. Palle. It took way too long for me to figure it out!
Your video is so entertaining, I continued watching and found the solution, otherwise in that situation watching a video was also difficult . Thank you once again !! :)
Dude you are a genius! I'm going to beat mine with a ball bat or shoot em.
❤️
That’s a co alarm btw
Yes! Sweet Revenge!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's good for the soul
Yes m80