jayc89 Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 2x wired smoke alarms, one in the hallway, one on the landing. Linked. Every couple of hours last night they were going off (red light showing for smoke, rather than yellow for a fault). Resetting one silenced them until the next time... I've taken them off this morning and cleaned them, hovered them out, although they weren't particularly dirty... Not happened again since, but it was only 30 mins ago I did that. Any other suggestions if they keep going off? Presumably at least one of them will have a fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 As there are only 2, disconnect the link wire at one end. Then you will know which one is going off as it won;t trigger the other. What make and how old? It might just be time to replace them. Before anyone asks, I only ever recommend Aico smoke alarms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc89 Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 19 minutes ago, ProDave said: As there are only 2, disconnect the link wire at one end. Then you will know which one is going off as it won;t trigger the other. What make and how old? It might just be time to replace them. Before anyone asks, I only ever recommend Aico smoke alarms. Both are Aico. Upstairs is EI3016 not sure what the downstairs one is, it has a smaller test/reset button, but same make. They were only fitted 2 years ago, the stamp on them has a date in 2036, I think it was. If they go off again, I'll pull the link wire and go from there - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 They should be okay. The point of removing the link is to see which one is triggering. When you know that, swap them over and see if the same one triggers again. If it is one in the same location triggering after swapping them it is time to look very hard for a real problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc89 Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, ProDave said: They should be okay. The point of removing the link is to see which one is triggering. When you know that, swap them over and see if the same one triggers again. If it is one in the same location triggering after swapping them it is time to look very hard for a real problem. My suspicion is the downstairs one is full of crap (although it looked pretty clean when I removed it) as we had a plasterer working in the room under it when I was away a few weeks ago and SWMBO said it was going off every time he mixed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc89 Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 SWMBO just informed me our youngest was very confused when Alexa wouldn't turn off the noise this morning 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuerteStu Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Most low end smoke alarms work on the concept of air transparency. I've seen them triggered by vaping, talcum powder and even ants. If it happens again, consider maybe looking inside it. It's too new to be a fault I'd say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Seen one triggered by carpet moth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayc89 Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 A successful night. There really wasn't much muck to clean out yesterday but whatever the fix was, I'll take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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