Chirping alarms
Our rig has been in storage for the past year and when I went to prep it for an upcoming trip, I heard the infamous smoke-alarm chirping coming from it. Figuring the batteries were dead, I pulled the...
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TheBeans wrote:
Our rig has been in storage for the past year and when I went to prep it for an upcoming trip, I heard the infamous smoke-alarm chirping coming from it. Figuring the batteries were dead, I pulled the batteries from the smoke alarm and the Co2 detector and replaced them all with new ones (fully charged verified). But the chirping continues!
What is causing this to happen? Is it fuse related or shore-power related (it's been plugged in to keep a trickle on the batteries when not being used)? We've never had this problem come up before. When chirping has happened in the past we just put in new batteries and it would stop.
How old are the detectors? Ones built in the last 10 years or so will chirp continually once the replacement time hits. They don't have an infinite life and to keep people from using them for decades and decades they now chirp continually when replacement is needed.
