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Beeping smoke alarm
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The smoke alarm is wired into the mains but it keeps beeping (I did give it a quick hoover earlier). Any ideas what's wrong with it - it's going to be quite a trick for me to reach it so I don't want to have to examine it too many times. Thanks
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Get yourself a can of compressed air... you know... the type used for cleaning computer keyboards, etc. Then use it to blow out the sensor area... it's a gap between the plastic top and the (probably) metal base. In the worst case scenario of not having a can of compressed air, use you vacuum cleaner (Oh, a Hoover in the U.K., no?) and using the crevice attachment, go around it.
Dust, bugs, small pets and other undesirables can get into this area and cause false beepings quite often...
Get yourself a can of compressed air... you know... the type used for cleaning computer keyboards, etc. Then use it to blow out the sensor area... it's a gap between the plastic top and the (probably) metal base. In the worst case scenario of not having a can of compressed air, use you vacuum cleaner (Oh, a Hoover in the U.K., no?) and using the crevice attachment, go around it.
Dust, bugs, small pets and other undesirables can get into this area and cause false beepings quite often...