Given sufficient time, they have a failure rate of 100%


"SteveB" wrote in message
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"Ron" wrote in message
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Some charitable organization did some repair work on our house and in
the process, put up smoke alarms-- everywhere. Now for some unknown
reason, and for no apparent cause, one of those bloody smoke alarms
start going beep-- beep -- beep (long pause) beep-- beep-- beep-- beep
(long psuse) beep-- beep....

It's like a psychotic game of hide and go seek: I go running around
the house trying to find out which of those electronic *******s is
driving the family crazy with the noise, but whichever the device is,
it stops and may not make any noise for another long stretch of time.
Since there is no smoke, no fire, there shouldn't be any reason for
smoke alarms to be doing that right? Has anyone else had this kind of
problem? Have any solutions for this kind of bizarre problem?

Ron


Read the small print on the leaflet. Manufacturers state that these are
not to be used as lifesaving devices, as they have a failure rate of
approximately 35%. National Fire Safety tests show that rate can be as
high as 55%. Ever wonder why you NEVER hear of any smoke detector
companies being held liable and having to pay money for people dying from
asphyxiation and fires?

Steve