Daughter Lise and I had been in the kitchen area for hours, then headed to bed. As I stepped into my bedroom, I heard that dreaded smoke alarm chirp. Another followed within half a minute, meaning we didn’t have much time until it would be sounding relentlessly through the night. There was no one we would call to help us, since it was nearing midnight. We flew into action. I got out a new battery as she tried to find a video to show her how to change it. Unfortunately, only newer models were shown. She climbed on the bed and began to poke and prod the unit. There was nothing to pull open. Finally, she pressed the right area, and a door opened so that she could slide out the old battery. Whew! It was simple to replace it. We thought we needed to test it, so I covered my ears as she pressed the button. That seemed to be all that needed to be done, and indeed, we heard no more chirps. Thank you, handy-woman Lise!
If I had been home alone, I would have gone to the furthest bedroom, closed the door, covered my head with a pillow, and tried to sleep. Thank heavens Lise saved me from that!
Mehrling Muse 
Perhaps Lise could time her visits in the future with the battery change date? Seriously, glad you had Lise there to help out.
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I had a battery change date, and two batteries failed before they should have. Now I can’t remember which other one failed early.
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Isn’t that the way it always goes? Still, help was there when you needed it.
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Why do they always go off during the night? Normally it’s 3 a.m. here. Not my finest hour.
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Mine always seems to go off at 11 pm, just after I’ve gotten to sleep.
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It was that late for us, but we hadn’t made it to bed.
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We were lucky we had enough warning to change the battery.
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Glad to hear Lise was able to stop that chirping. They are very good at keeping one from sleeping.
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Right. Chirps do not promote sleep.
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Good one Lise being able to change the battery and you didn’t have to hit it with a broom till it stopped, yeah that’s what my daughter did
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My alarms are hardwired and can’t be silenced.
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Same here
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We had ours in the hall right next to the kitchen. That was sure a mistake.Son in law only knows one way to cook….wide open!!!! 🤣🤣
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Lise and I laughed at his style of cooking.
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🤭😁😂
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Thank goodness she was there!
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Yes!
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I hate when that happens and my C02 alarm once went off right after I slammed my finger in the garage door slats and couldn’t open the battery drawer cover to pull the battery out – pulling it out of the wall didn’t silence it due to the back-up battery. It happened about 10:00 p.m. and I actually did a post on how I put it outside, thought my neighbor would be alarmed (pardon the pun) and so I e-mailed him and he came and got it and put it in a bucket of water to silence it.
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I would never think of drowning electrical equipment.
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I wouldn’t have either – he said it chirped for a few minutes then went silent. It probably was driving him crazy as well. Years ago, someone in the neighborhood went away for the weekend and their car alarm went off and wouldn’t stop as no one was home. It was nerve wracking and finally someone called the police and they must have had a special tool or called a locksmith and were able to access inside the car to stop the noise.
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what a pain
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Wow! How interesting!
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And Lise saves the day, or rather night!
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Yes, Lise certainly saved the chirpy night.
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