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Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Dennis - Batteries lose power as temperature drops. Your home is coolest in the middle of the night, so that's when borderline-charged batteries tip into that red zone.

Apr 29, 2017 08:47 AM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Thank you for the question on smoke detector annoyance levels.

1) you are at your sleepiest & most uncoordinated

2) you've used a cheap battery & what do you expect

I'd like to add a funny story if I might making the Q&A section a learning experience that it is.

Smoke detector chirping in listing, I take it down & it is really hard to get off the wall & unplugged. Older system from 90's maybe with electrical backup. Finally get it out & throw it in the car. Calling customers & it's still chirping in my car but I can't get the battery out for nothing. Get home & get the 'Mighty Mo' screwdriver out & litterally bash that 9 volt out of that smoke detector!  Get this:  keeps chirping even with the battery removed for a good 30 seconds like it's possessed!

Apr 29, 2017 09:45 AM
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Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
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Poltergeist's Law. 3:)

Apr 29, 2017 09:37 AM
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

smoke detectors are nocturnal?

Apr 29, 2017 09:14 AM
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Kasey & John Boles
Jon Gosche Real Estate, LLC - BoiseMeridianRealEstate.com - Boise, ID
Boise & Meridian, ID Ada/Canyon/Gem/Boise Counties

Seriously! Always! And last time it was when my husband was away, and he had just changed the batteries a few weeks earlier....-Kasey

Apr 29, 2017 08:14 AM
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Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

Haaa... so you can get out of bed and replace the battery right away.

Apr 29, 2017 02:43 PM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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I do not know.  I just know that they do.  I posted years about about a long night I had because I could not get the sound to stop even after shutting down power to my house! 

Apr 29, 2017 08:57 AM
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Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Because they can!  I have 2 dogs, and one of them is super sensitive to that high pitched chirping.  As soon as it goes off just once she starts shivering and has to leave the building.  The other dog could care less.  It just happened yesterday but thankfully it was at 10 pm.

Apr 29, 2017 06:46 PM
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Dennis Swartz It's hard to argue with Dick Greenberg 's answer.

Apr 29, 2017 12:42 PM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Because they can!  Happy to read Dick Greenberg 's answer.  Ours do not need batteries, they are hardwired.  A

Apr 29, 2017 10:36 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Karma.

Apr 29, 2017 08:35 AM
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Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

Murphy's law.

Apr 29, 2017 08:20 AM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Because they can? They also start the minute you list a vacant home!

Apr 30, 2017 04:47 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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Thats just when you finally settle down and hear the beep.

Apr 29, 2017 08:44 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Ours go out at around 11 at night just as we are trying to go to sleep. If we fix it then the next night or two another follows.

Apr 29, 2017 05:26 PM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Just to annoy you & everyone in the house.  

Apr 29, 2017 02:29 PM
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Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

I'm with Carol Williams ..Murphy's law!

Apr 29, 2017 11:30 AM
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Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

Because you want to sleep of course.

Apr 29, 2017 11:18 AM
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Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

Why would anyone be offended? Then again some get offended when the wind blows out of the west. It is one of those things that fate brings to keep us on our toes

Apr 29, 2017 10:06 AM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

I had one that was hard-wired and should not have gone out but it chirped away day and night when it felt like it. I actually called the MFG and got the inventor who said it was a defect and he walked me through the remedy

Apr 29, 2017 09:58 AM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

I know some people who are so annoyed with that "peep peep" sound that they disable the smoke detectors.

Apr 29, 2017 09:15 AM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

I was going to say Murphy's Law, but I think Dick Greenberg has the real answer.

Apr 29, 2017 08:59 AM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

worse things could happen.... 

Apr 29, 2017 08:17 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

The most convenient time for them and most inconvenient for you!

Apr 29, 2017 08:05 AM
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Dave Martin (703) 585-4687
Fairfax Realty - Fairfax, VA
Making Realty Dreams a Reality #WeWillGetYouHome

Because you replaced them at the wrong time of day Dennis Swartz 

Apr 11, 2018 07:24 PM
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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I would like to know the answer to that too.    

May 02, 2017 04:59 PM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

They have a program for a practice drill to get out of the house while you are sleeping.

 

May 02, 2017 08:27 AM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
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And now, the new smoke detectors have no-replaceable batteries to add insult to injury!

May 02, 2017 05:37 AM
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

I wish we knew.

May 01, 2017 05:59 AM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Isn't that Murphy's law?

Apr 30, 2017 12:57 PM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

We all like the chirping of birds to wake us up.

Apr 30, 2017 11:04 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

SERIOUSLY!!!!  Mine went off at 145 this morning.

Apr 30, 2017 09:44 AM
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Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

To get your attention?

Apr 30, 2017 08:21 AM
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Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

because they can

Apr 30, 2017 07:53 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Just a reminder that you should have changed the batteries.

Apr 30, 2017 05:55 AM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

They don't go out at 3 AM.  It's just that's when they wake you up.

Apr 30, 2017 05:26 AM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

"Because they can" -- no offense.  

Apr 30, 2017 05:08 AM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Candice A. Donofrio nailed this one!

Apr 30, 2017 03:43 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Not happened to me.

Apr 30, 2017 03:12 AM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Dennis Swartz - so that we wake up from our dream sequence...

Apr 29, 2017 11:19 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Oh, I never knew what Dick Greenberg mentioned! I always thought you were supposed to store your batteries in the REFRIGERATOR!!!  

I haven't had one go out on me for years - since I started changing out the batteries every 6 months. (knocking on wood!)

Apr 29, 2017 10:31 PM
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

In order to make sure we hear them

Apr 29, 2017 09:49 PM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Murphy's Law

Apr 29, 2017 06:34 PM
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John Slocum
Premiere Property Group, LLC - Vancouver Washington - Vancouver, WA
Broker, SFR - Vancouver WA Real Estate

It could be that the air in the home is not being "stirred" buy people moving around, and the methane gas rising to the upper layer of air may be stressing the battery.

Apr 29, 2017 09:05 AM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

I have them wired to the house. But the back up will go out every 10-15 years.

Apr 29, 2017 08:54 AM