Has anyone had false alarms? My alarm which is s couple. Of years. Old went off saying GAS but there was no trace of gas in the house.
1304004
I have not had this problem with the two of these that I have in my home. Also I have not had the battery draining issue that several others have complained about. So far mine have worked well for me.
1304005
about 2-3 year old unit just had the fire department coming out telling me it's a bad unit.
1304006
Good morning. I regretted having bought this alarm. It was a waste of money and would have returned it if only I could at that time. I hope this answers a question in your mind about the reliability of this sensor.
1304007
I've also had mine about 2 years but have had no problems with false alarms. The on-board backup battery only lasts about 1 year, and when mine started seeming to give false alarms a couple of times, I found the actual problem was that it was warning me that the battery needed replacing... at least, replacing the battery corrected the alarms. Hope this helps.
1304008
I have two of these detectors and have had no false alarms. There may be other "gases" that trigger the alarm, such as hair spray, disinfectants or other aerosol can contents. The alarm works good for us.
742708
Our propane detector failed. It would alarm for no reason. It was also 10 years old.
1154544
There is no alarm. When you lose power to your home, the back up battery starts to work, thats it. You would only need an alarm if the back up didn't work and for that you can purchase a water alarm that senses an overflow of water. These alarms are very inexpensive and are sold separately. There is no problem with your pump, its the best pump you can buy.
1214852
When you hook up the red (battery wire) and the black (ground) the alarm should yelp a couple of times. If it doesn't, it is probably broke. Bulldog used to be a pretty good car alarm. I had one that spoke Spanish, and it lasted 3 years. I think the new ones are built pretty cheap and are probably junk. Also make sure the battery in the remote is not dead.
1056259
this 7 year lifetime is very accurate. We built our home and moved in late August 2006 - yesterday afternoon my detector on the first floor started beeping and read ERR, at 2:30 this a.m the one on my second floor did the same thing. Both went w/in 8 hours of each other and 7 years and 1 month after we first plugged them in.
1091009
You can dry the sensor and hold the button at the same time and it should reset. If the alarm is still sounding then that means that there is moisture inside the actual alarm portion. Please contact our office if we can help further.
1658012
I called the 800# & they said it needs to be ran under warm water for 20 seconds, dry it & it should be fine. Did that to mine over & over again but still didnt stop my alarm from going off. Had to return mine, i had the same problem as you.
1460505
remember carbon monoxide will build up. I never sleep with heater on. I installed a carbon monoxide detector.
1471593
We had one sensor pad. Had false alarms now and then, but they decreased when we turned the sensitivity up. Also, make sure you have a piece of plywood that covers the entire area beneath the mattress so if the baby is in the crib corner, the breathing can be detected.
1077477
I unplugged mine and threw it away because it gave many false alarms. The unit, and others like it according to comments on the Internet, are too sensitive. Hair spray, perfume, etc. may set off the alarm. Many pressurized cans use propane as the propellant, so it's not actually a true false alarm because propane is in the air but all that beeping was too much to deal with.
1077478
I tested mine by blowing propane at it from a propane torch - the delay was about 5-10 seconds. The alarm stayedon as long as I could stand to keep the propane going, and went off within 30 seconds after I stopped the propane. Haven't tested it with natural gas yet, and haven't had any gas leaks. I like having this unit on duty! I even bought an additional unit for the utility room.
192548
I have had installed there alarms before and they did not cover the warranty from a non authorized installation. No problems with there alarms. The last one lasted 20 years.
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Ill have my husband take a look. As an RN I am surprised just how accurate this has turned out to be, not only with oxygenation levels but heart rate as well. My husband had an inconclusive sleecomp study and we decided to do this instead. Worked great thw alarm goes off when his oxygen levels drop, and has proven to us that he does have sleep apnea.
927763
Detects poisoning gases, fire alarm sensor. Had it since 7/13 and have not replaced the battery. Hope this was useful?
708499
I have never experienced this situation. However, the instructions say that the alarm should be reset due to an abnormal or operation or previous alarm.
1288884
I went with AlarmSim, but as @LeppardQueen said, it will take a while to pay off.. I figure either way is less expensive than getting a new system.. I'll report back once I receive it an set up.
609345
No, we use scented candles and we do not have problems with false alarms from the light candle smoke. If you were to put the candle under the smoke alarm and the candle gave off a heavy black smoke, this would set off the alarm.