bbb Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 My detector has been going off - is there any way of telling whether it's the real deal or just a false alarm? I suppose death would be a symptom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 my advise is to take a 'wait and see approach', course i am also sitting on a bulging can of botulism Wait and see approach My detector has been going off - is there any way of telling whether it's the real deal or just a false alarm? I suppose death would be a symptom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 My detector has been going off - is there any way of telling whether it's the real deal or just a false alarm? I suppose death would be a symptom. Link If it's not real then replace the unit. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 my advise is to take a 'wait and see approach', course i am also sitting on a bulging can of botulism Wait and see approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Are you dead yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 if you have any game tickets, can i have them, if in fact the alarm is real???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Are you dead yet? To quote Monty Python; "I think she's dead." "No I'm not. AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Crash, bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellDressed Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 My detector has been going off - is there any way of telling whether it's the real deal or just a false alarm? I suppose death would be a symptom. quick, huury up......get out of the house; leave the cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 Good thing this wasn't last Monday night...I definitely had these symptoms: * Headaches * Dizziness * Nausea * Light-headedness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 So, no I'm not dead.........I took the battery out to shut it up. Then I fell asleep because I had a long night last night, and I wasn't sure I would wake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 maybe you should try fresh batteries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Call the gas company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udonkey Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Call the fire department - they can test it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 buy a tent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 So, no I'm not dead.........I took the battery out to shut it up. Then I fell asleep because I had a long night last night, and I wasn't sure I would wake up. We're not sure you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In space no one can hear Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 So, no I'm not dead.........I took the battery out to shut it up. Then I fell asleep because I had a long night last night, and I wasn't sure I would wake up. Is your first name Sue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Buy a canary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Don't end up like Vitas Gerulaitis: Gerulaitis died in an accident on September 17, 1994, at age 40. While visiting a friend's home in Southampton, Long Island, a malfunction in the heating system caused odorless, poisonous carbon monoxide gas to seep into the guesthouse where Gerulaitis was sleeping, causing his death. Gerulaitis is interred in Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 You need to build one of these...make sure you have duct tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 My detector has been going off - is there any way of telling whether it's the real deal or just a false alarm? I suppose death would be a symptom. You can check them for response with a cigarette. Replace them every 5 years. Handy guide courtesy of our Northern neighbors: http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/maho/yoho.../inaiqu_002.cfm And when you purchase smoke detectors, buy the combination photoelectric/ionization units. The ionization part reacts faster to flames, the photoelectric faster to smoldering smoke. http://extension.missouri.edu/publications...ub.aspx?P=G1907 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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