On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 08:35:14 -0400, "Robert11"
wrote:

Hello:

This relates to a question i posted a while back, but was hoping someone
might have any new thoughts on this, or perhaps someone new might.

I had installed a model 0910 Kidde smoke alarm.

This is supposedly the latest and greatest ionization model, and also has
the
sealed, 10 year Li-Ion battery.

The unit is on the ceiling in an upstairs hallway, and from everything I can
tell, this is a dry, and most
normal location. No undue dust, temp., odors, etc.

Anyway, the unit would give 3 to 4 chirps every day or two, at totally
random times.
No correlation with time of day, meal cooking, etc.
Truly random.

Just 3-4 chirps, then nothing until next time, 24 to 48 hrs later.

Called Kidde, and they were nice enought to send me a new unit.
They had absolutely no idea what the 3-4 chirps might mean, or why.

The new unit is doing the same behavior.

I guess I will just find a different brand to put up, but am wondering why,
with two units, what might be happening.

I would leave two of them up, one of the Kiddees and maybe the other
brand you will buy. One should really always have two different
models, maybe ionization and photowhatever. But in your case, maybe 3
of them, i, p, and one of the kiddes.

I have no idea about model, but I'll tell you a story my neighbor's
neighbor told me, after the first guy had a fire in his kitchen.

I was told that their smoke alarm kept beeping, I have no idea how
often or how big or little the beeps were, except that it was
tolerable for a while. Then they removed it have it repaired (which
sounds unblievable since I don't know anyone who repairs these things,
unless they mean they sent it back to the manufacturer) and while they
had none, a fire broke out in the analog clock of the stove.

The conclusion was, and I concur, that the motor had been burning a
teeny bit for weeks or months, however long the smoke alarm was
beeping, and the clock finally burst into flames. That the smoke
detector worked all along.

I had the same smoke detector at the time, and it never gave a little
beep. When I made enough smoke in the kitchen, it blared.

And Kidde themselves told you that they don't know what the chirps
mean, although it was customer service I guess, and not one of the
guys who designed or tested it. One woudl think all that info is the
same in both places, but you never know. Hmmm. I sort of doubt it.

Maybe you could test the alarm if you could generate just the smallest
bit of smoke. I'm not sure you can do that. When I use a kitchen map
to test my smoke alarm, and I hold it about 6 inches from the alarm,
it doesn't go off right away, but when it does after maybe 5 seconds,
it is full blast. If it went off quicker, I would hold the match
further away, but I'm impatient. Maybe you can hold it two feet away
and wait for 20 seconds. That should give only a tiny bit of smoke,
unless the wind is straight towards the alarm.


- Any service history or recalls with the model 0910 ?
- Any ideas on ?

Thanks,
Bob