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I really thought I'd finally found it, I really thought I'd found why the smoke detectors liked to go off for fun at random times, more memorably at night, most memorably around 1-3am, when I found that long-term defective connector but

GUESS NOT

"Anything to declare?" "Yeah, don't buy Kidde."

seriously, fuck kidde.

We're ditching all of 'em. every single one. fuck 'em. DO NOT BUY KIDDE, they don't even honour warranties.

Trying BRK this time, they're the same people as First Alert, but it's the contractor brand. Combo smoke/CO detectors. They're more expensive. Hopefully they'll also be better.

FUCK kidde.

#kidde #SmokeDetectors #sirens #FuckThatHurts #FuckKidde

Hey I just want to give a shout out to #Kidde the smoke alarm people. I had a wireless alarm start chirping today and its less than a year old.

Bracing for chatbot hell I called the phone number on the back of the unit. To my surprise very nice lady with a Southern accent answered and helped me through the entire reset process.

An actual human, with a sense of humor rather than a nasty #chatbot

So Impressed πŸ˜ƒ

#smokedetectors

My teacher asked if I shared these memes which is why I'm sharing them now, they all insult the smoke detector but the first 2 makes fun of when my dad didn't believe the detector would go off and the 3rd shows the detector goes off in end of life mode after a set time and the power play timer, power play means time with silence and once it runs out, the detector goes off #Kidde #FireAlarm #SmokeDetector #FireDetector #SmokeAlarm #StephenASmith #BallySports #TSN #meme #memes #lol #funny #nhl #MulletArena #hockey

After some digging I found First Alert and Kidde offering devices similar in function (networkable combination alarms, that is) but uglier. But just like X-Sense, they only ship within the US, and not even to all states. It would be mildly interesting to know what the presumably compliance-related issue behind that limitation is.

4/n

#homesecurity #smokealarm #firealarmsystem #firstalert #kidde #xsense

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Why does the battery on a smoke detector fail in the small hours of the morning? And why do all the detectors in a connected system alarm in sympathy for the one expired battery? I'm now wide awake after having climbed a ladder multiple times to retrieve and dismantle every smoke detector in the building. I think that I broke 2 in forcefully prying open the battery compartment. Poor design is one way to ensure a revenue stream, #Kidde

I found the answer! #Kidde actually did do the research. It turns out that it's because houses are typically cooler at night than during the day, and that increases the resistance in an already-low battery to the point where it triggers the voltage sensor.

Fascinating.

https://www.kidde.com/home-safety/en/us/support/help-center/browse-articles/articles/smoke_alarm_beeping_overnight.html

Why Do Smoke Alarms Go Off In the Middle of the Night? | Kidde

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This is not a joke or a bit:

Why do smoke detector batteries always die overnight?

I legitimately want to know. I have been an adult living on my own (i.e. responsible for #SmokeDetectors) for 18 years now. I've probably replaced a dozen #batteries over that time period. I've never done so in daylight, and usually it's after midnight.

Has anyone done this research? Is anyone from #Kidde on the Fediverse? I need to know.