A friend of mine moved into a new trailer last weekend. The fire
alarms were chirping, so I took out all the the batteries and
tripped off the breaker.

Four batteries were running high voltage (carbon cells) and the
alkaline was running a bit low. Wonder if that's related some
how?

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"Robert11" wrote in message
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: Hello:
:
: Have been buying a bunch of those standard 9V batteries (a few
different
: brands) over the past few months, and have noticed that instead
of 9V they
: have been measuring out, with a VOM, at around 10.0 to 10.25.
This is under
: no load.
:
: Anyone else notice this ?
:
: Was wondering if this might be the cause of all the problems
I've been
: having with my fire alarms
: giving 3 to 4 chirps, around once a day ?
:
: It's probably the same type of chirp signal that the unit gives
when the
: batteries are low.
:
: Thanks,
: Bob
:
: