Thread: Smoke alarm goes off when it's cold (?)
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Default Smoke alarm goes off when it's cold (?)
On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-5, Louis Desmarais wrote:
replying to Berma, Louis Desmarais wrote:
The solution is to heat your house to at least 60 F. Batteries do not work as
well in cold temperatures thus causing the low battery alarm or chirp.

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I agree, that's the phenomena, batteries will have a lower voltage when
cold. But it's telling you the battery is at the end of it's life and
needs to be replaced.
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