why does mine chirp intertmittently
1953783
Yes. It is time to replace it. I have the same problem now. It is supposed to last seven years.
1953784
Check your battery. It has one for backup. Always use alkaline batteries. Not regular, heavy duty or rechargeable. Always alkaline and plug your unit in an outlet as near to your cold air return as possible. Close to where your air filter is.
1953785
I bought it for my husband's cousin and haven't heard any complaints. I'm sorry I can't help you. It doesn't sound good though.
1953786
If it is a 9 volt battery, it may not be seated correctly. See the video on the first alert website, and be prepared to do some hard pushing to get the 9V battery to engage. I had 3 9V units, and 2 of the 3 seemingly required excessive pressure to get the batteries to engage. When I first thought I had the batteries installed by just closing the door, the unit chirped until I got the batteries shoved on hard.
1953787
I haven't had that problem, but if there's a battery backup that might need to be changed.
1034854
I really never paid attention until you posted this question. I just tried it and it chimes for one minute and not until you turn it off.
1568686
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRY_Ck6WY_APress and hold C until it chirps. 1 chirp = high sensitivity. 2 chirps = medium. 3 chirps = low.
1750050
There is a chime, it takes a good bit of shaking for it to happen though. Seems to be impossible to find them without a chime. It's actually a rather "tin" sound and not what i think of when i think of a chime.
208944
Ours makes a small cyclic hum. You can hear it. It doesn't bother me, but everyone has different tolerances.
594905
Yep - its trying to sync with a Bluetooth device. Mine never worked properly and kept chirping at random times so I returned it.
1932795
I sometimes hear false chimes -- ours is set to door chime mode -- but am not sure what triggers them. I believe this looks for warm bodies that move, not just movement of anything.
112762
Hi. The mine works fine so far... Haven't noticed anything weird... Wish I could be of more help. regards
2228382
Confused. The wire that is left in the wall is still chirping? With the battery removed and the unit disconnected from that wall it should stop chirping. Usually they chirp because the battery is low or dead. If you replace the battery and it still chirps I would throw it away and get a new one. Ive installed 8 in my house and the only one that has given me a problem is the one in the garage. Ive read that its because the garage has many free floating particles and chemicals. I will be replacing that one with a temperature detector.
2261204
Make sure you have a fresh battery and hit the reset button and that should stop chirping. The instructions recommends the type battery to utilize and it does make a difference!
585558
No need to apologize lol. Yes it make a constant chirping sound but it comes with a toggle switch and I only turn mine on when I'm on the highway. You wouldn't even need it on in the city unless your city have a lot of deer and moose running around ;)
1977119
mine beeps immediately and the screen glows blue. check your batteries and make sure all are in correctly.
983945
I don't know what 2 quick beeps indicates. According to the published technical information, the unit will "chirp" when either it has a low battery or needs to be replaced due to age. If my unit still chirps after replacing the battery I will replace the unit. Maybe contacting Kidde is a better option that asking consumers.
444321
It does chirps when it is done. There is a line that you fill with water at the bottom and when it runs out, I believe is when it chirps. They do come out perfect every time. It is Awesome. I love it and so does serval of my family and friend I purchased for.
1913293
Yeah could be. I do that all the time and I have no fuzz. U try hard wiring to laptop to see? It could be the Bluetooth adapter. Especially if it only does it when its on the laptop.
2267690
Mine does the same thing but I don't often notice it. Mayby a move to another area or chose a different speed setting. I leave mine on auto and moved it to a corner of the room and that solved the hum/whine issue.
646831
Hi Eric, yes it does chirp when you turn it on, but no you can't find your in a parking lot, you have to arm the alarm after you turn it on & then you would have to diss-arm it after you are finished with it and after you are finished with using it remember to shut it off or your 9V battery will go dead.. Geoffrey