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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At 4 AM this morning I learned there was a smoke alarm in my office. Also that the beep it makes when the battery is dead is loud as fuck. Loud enough to wake me from a dead sleep in another room.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's always at 3-4am. Every fucking time

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Be thankful! Lil guy is doing his job well if he wakes you up

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's because battery voltage drops with temperature, and most houses are coldest around that time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's something that never occurred to me but it makes perfect sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It had always been so with me. First time it was 1sm, second was 4am.

I had it go off recently, but it was about 7:30am! I was surprised.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the right amount of loudness, considering its purpose. Hope you were able to replace the battery with a minimum of misery.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I suppose that's a good point. I definitely would prefer that to burning to death. I just wish the dead battery noise could be set at a different volume to the "wake the fuck up, you're about to die!" noise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

An office can be a room in a house.