5AM and *something* in this house is letting out a plaintive beep once per minute.
Doesn't seem to be the smoke alarm, which is a relief!
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This fucking carbon monoxide alarm was hiding in the fucking loft on a fucking beam.
I will pay a million fucking quid to anyone who invents a CO detector which sends me a fucking email at five A fucking M rather than disturb my fucking sleep!
FUCK!
@Edent I’ve got one of these zigbee smoke detectors which will notify me via HA rather than beep - https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/TS0205.html. There’s CO detectors too…
@Edent Similar here. Changed batteries in smoke detectors before discovering it was the CO detector. Ours is a sealed unit, and it took some fettling to find the way of disabling it.
@gilesdring I took a screwdriver to the bastard. That'll learn it!
@Edent I found a little sticky panel behind which was a jumper, which I removed and lo! No beeping. I can honestly see the appeal of geocaching, having completed that introductory level.
@Edent I hope this email finds you... alive. We have detected high levels of CO. So high, in fact, that they have reached the roof beams... 😬
@Edent CO is a silent killer, be happy the thing watches over your.
That said, it should be at eye height in the room, not on top of the beam 🤦♂️
@semanticfire how tall do you think my loft is?
@Edent well I hope it is taller than you are 🤣
CO detectors should be at eye height depending on the usage of the room. Your eyes are at a different height in your bedroom compared to your living room.
@Edent When that happened to me I was pretty sure it was my main server about to die. Turned out it was another smoke alarm that I had forgotten existed.
Also, I think smoke alarm batteries tend to die in the wee hours because the low temperature affects their capacity. Or maybe they are just malicious.
@Edent not sure about the plumbing situation over there, but I’ve got an automatic shutoff for my water heater that decides to do that every six months or so
@Edent the once a minute thing is the most sadistic isn't it. Can't ignore it, can't locate it. Argh.