Shit that annoys you

[Dantheman]

Glad no one is seriously injured. That road gets pretty bad, add in the Utah driver going too fast on bald tires factor and you have the recipe for mayhem.

6 in the snow is terrifying.

Was thinking of getting them hard-wired or getting ones with an internal 10-year battery. How nice would it be to not have to deal with these things every year when it gets cold?

The 10-year battery ones were on sale a few years ago for like $15 so I just did the whole house. Highly recommend.

[Touring_Sedan]

The 10-year battery ones were on sale a few years ago for like $15 so I just did the whole house. Highly recommend.

I trust a 10 year old battery as much as a trust a 10 year old water heater. I use the First Alert linked system. AA batteries get replaced when the clocks get rolled forward and back, gives me the piece of mind that they're still working. Don't forget one in the garage, by the time fire out there has triggered one inside, it's likely too late.

[TurxSki]

Don't forget one in the garage, by the time fire out there has triggered one inside, it's likely too late.

Good idea. Thx.
Altho where I live, most have converted garages to living space.

[jm2e]

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This is super-annoying.

Fortunately nobody hurt badly from the sounds of it...

That’s scary shit. Glad they’re okay.


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[liv2ski]

Being sick as fuck on holiday. Just shoot me please

[riser4]

Being sick as fuck on holiday. Just shoot me please

Buy me a first class ticket to get there. I'll take care of my own living expenses. And by the time I get there you'll be better, I won't have to dispatch you, which I couldn't do anyway, and we can go party if your wife is driving you crazy.

[old goat]

Rather than replacing the unit just put a new battery in ftmfw

I've been playing the usual musical fire detector game lately and replacing batteries as each one starts chirping. But a few of them seem to be failing as I put new batteries in, and they just continue chirping. So I bought new batteries and tried those, with the same result. So I'm thinking the detectors just need to be replaced. I've been in my place 10 years now so it's probably time. Was thinking of getting them hard-wired or getting ones with an internal 10-year battery. How nice would it be to not have to deal with these things every year when it gets cold?

Most of the ones I've been replacing don't have replaceable batteries--they started chirping. Smoke alarms are only good for 10 years, max. The 10 year battery ones supposedly start chirping at 10 years, or sooner if they're failing. How reliable that feature is I don't know. Hard wired alarms still have to be replaced every 10 years.

When we did an addition 30 years ago we were required to install a hard wired alarm, in addition to battery models. The hard wired one is still up there, as a decorative cover for the hole in the ceiling after I silenced it with extreme prejudice. The last addition we did didn't require a wired alarm, different jurisdiction but aren't the fire codes pretty universal?

[zion zig zag]

The hard wired one is still up there, as a decorative cover for the hole in the ceiling after I silenced it with extreme prejudice. The last addition we did didn't require a wired alarm, different jurisdiction but aren't the fire codes pretty universal?

They don’t need to be hardwired, just interconnected. It reads the same in the IFC/IBC/IRC.

[jm2e]

Last year I replaced all my batteries at once, and a couple detectors kept chirping. I didn’t know detectors went bad, and these were probably all [emoji637][emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]] yo.
Then I bought a contractor pack at HD with [emoji637][emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]] year batteries to replace all [emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji640]] in the house including the CO unit. If they last >[emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]] years it’ll be money well spent to avoid the annual song and dance.


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[old goat]

I checked all the smoke and CO alarms but one kept chirping and I couldn't tell which one. Every time I went to one the sound was coming from somewhere else. I spent at least two hours before my wife said check the burglar alarm. One of the leads on the backup battery was disconnected and the control panel was letting me know. Who knew.

[Self Jupiter]

When we did an addition 30 years ago we were required to install a hard wired alarm, in addition to battery models. The hard wired one is still up there, as a decorative cover for the hole in the ceiling after I silenced it with extreme prejudice. The last addition we did didn't require a wired alarm, different jurisdiction but aren't the fire codes pretty universal?

Here in Massachusetts homes are ok with battery smokes in pre 1975 construction unless there has been a ‘’significant renovation’’ which appears loosely defined as whether or not an architect would need to be involved. Then you need to bring the smoke detectors to current code which are hard wired units that speak to each other with 10 year sealed battery (no battery replacement).

And as of a few years ago the battery ones need to be sealed in order to pass a fire inspection. In most towns most of the time or something.

[heckacali]

Since we're talking about monitors...

If you have a second home/ski house etc you go to...

make sure you have a hardwired CO monitor and not just a battery one.

Plenty of people die each year showing up at a house where the CO monitor might have been going to warn them of a CO problem, until the battery died days or weeks before they got there.

[old goat]

Good reason to visit your ski house often.

[jm2e]

I checked all the smoke and CO alarms but one kept chirping and I couldn't tell which one. Every time I went to one the sound was coming from somewhere else. I spent at least two hours before my wife said check the burglar alarm. One of the leads on the backup battery was disconnected and the control panel was letting me know. Who knew.

Might be able to move this to Things That Amuse You. Well, more amusing to us I suppose.


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[gravitylover]

Boy, you guys go through some shit with smoke detectors and rules and shit. Hardwired CO2 detectors? As big a pita as some shit is here there's none of that I'm aware of.

[zion zig zag]

CO2 detectors?

Speaking of shit that annoys me.....

[whipski]

The fucking server is taking 15 seconds to load a thread

[swissiphic]

Can't stand it when you open a car door after a snowfall and no matter how carefully you clean the upper sill of door, somehow someway some niggly little snowflakes and crystals fall down on the the drivers seat area where you park your ass, you sit on it in the dark and you get a wet cold spot on your pants.

So, I fixed it. Wide strip of 5 dollar crazy carpet double sided carpet taped to the underhang of car frame and sandwhiched in place by door gasket.

Unintended collateral benefit? I'm a smoker and drive with the window open a crack. Eliminates rain from soaking my smoke. 10/10.

Works like a charm.

[old goat]

I have a better idea--a garage.
Anyway, if there's fresh snow the only place I'm going is the ski area and my ski pants don't mind a little snow on the seat.

[skaredshtles]

I have a better idea--a garage.

What an out-of-touch Bougie take.

[Self Jupiter]

Boy, you guys go through some shit with smoke detectors and rules and shit. Hardwired CO2 detectors? As big a pita as some shit is here there's none of that I'm aware of.

See if the site will load these pics from the utility closet in a condo I was in the other day.

[Thaleia]

Thanks guys for all the smoke / CO detector talk, you totally jinxed me.

Changed my furnace filter today and almost immediately after my CO detector started chirping. Huh, put fresh batteries in just a month ago but lets try a new pair. Nope.

5pm during a cold snap I'm googling 24hr emergency HVAC shops but then thought why not get a new CO detecter to verify?

Yeah new one is showing 0ppm. Quite a relief but yeah that was annoying.

And ok course, this lol

[riser4]

The fucking server is taking 15 seconds to load a thread

About 40-50 seconds right now.

[old goat]

What an out-of-touch Bougie take.

Nah, bougie is having too much stuff in your garage to get a car in.

[gravitylover]

Someone needs to go check, I think the box fan for the server room is on the fritz again.