On 25 Jan 2011 04:31:17 GMT, RobertPatrick wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote in
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I have something that is beeping at me exactly every two minutes. I
have ruled out the usual suspects of smoke alarms, the microwave. And
even some stranger ones like my cell phones, oven timers, etc. Sounds
to me like a battery is going dead, but can't figure out what it might
be. Having trouble tracking down where it is because of the long time
frame between beeps. Any suggestions of things to look for?


When you hear the beep go to the room where it sounds like it's coming
from. Wait for another beep and so forth and keep moving closer and
closer until you locate it. Maybe it's a camera tucked away in a drawer.

BTW, if it's beeping every 2 minutes, that's not a long time frame between
beeps.

Awhile back I had problems with beeping in this case it was traced
back to the smoke detector and was happening more and more
frequently. I tried changing the battery no luck. Then when all else
failed I got the detector's specs and found something I never knew in
the many years and multiple houses I have had with smoke detectors. It
seems that manufacturer calls for you to vaccum the detector every
year or so. The reason being that dust will sometimes accumulate on
the ion sensor in the detector and it thinks there is smoke. I
vaccumed the detector and problem cured. Hey they had been installed
for 8 years. I vaccumed them all.
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