DragonWoman

Ahaha, yes.

Mara Martín

Ah! That would explain quite a few things… (…if one believes in such things!)

Becky Harding

The one near my bedroom was hard-wired (with a 9v backup battery!) and it does long beeeeps if we have a power outage or surge! Of...view more

Paximilian

That's why I get the fancy "forget about them (except when cooking) for 10 years" smoke alarms.

Renee

Having flashbacks to house sitting for my in-laws this summer and the smoke alarm chirped. Got a neighbor to help because I don’t ...view more

Emmy

Oops, it broke 🤣

Catherine

One time the alarm in our hallway started beeping, so we replaced the batteries and it still beeped. Turns out there was another s...view more

K

LOL i sent this to my husband bc this was literally us a few weeks ago. And ours are hardwired!!! The beeps mean it needs a new 9v...view more

Julia

I hate those random beeps. Reminds me of a story I heard Dusty Thunder's tiktok. It was an AITA thing. I won't tell cuz it's a bit...view more

Charles Bowman

Something I discovered this year in replacing old detectors: there are now 10-year sealed battery versions! That means the battery...view more

Kim B

Once went to help set up my brother's house removing we haven't been there for a while. All of his smoke alarms were out of batter...view more

Eva

For years, my landlord would get the cheap ones that get triggered easily for no reason (no "just" the low battery noise bit the f...view more

Lainie Peltz

💯! Or it's the plugged in carbon monoxide detector that got dislodged from the outlet that I always forget we have. And our poor ...view more

Sherri

Or it chirps early in the morning. And intermittently.

Karen

...or when the baby has finally, finally fallen asleep. $&#_$!

Mathea

What a coincidence! It rang today at home!

Bryan Lucas

Ha! My new ones run on 2xAA. 🤩

Pablo Pellegrini

Not to be dramatic, but I'd rather just burn to death

I have 12 foot ceilings in my townhouse. I have to get the huge ladder out at 1am.

Laura

Now take a modern one that is wired into the house (battery is back up only) and have it go bad. Ours went off at 2AM screaming "...view more

Tudza

Did you destroy the bad one with fire? Such irony.

Melissa Gregan

Always the middle of the night! We moved into a house a few months ago, smoke alarms were meant to have been checked and batteries...view more

Samantha

The devil ducks are definitely to blame

Ron Bolesta

As a musician and an electrician, I do have spare 9 volt batteries lying around. Ha!