Replaced Battery/Cleaned smoke detector- Still BEEPING (Must RESET Detector)

[DIYwithMichaelBorders]

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[BoujeeHustlaTV]

Man, your video is the only one that actually showed how to drain the additional power by removing the detector from the clip!!! You deserve all the stars ⭐️

[jennifergaver]

This video got me back to sleep. I was up between 1 am and 2:30 am with the low battery chirp and feeling incredibly helpless. You saved me! My "manual" said nothing about discharging the detector by holding the button down after the batteries were removed. It also did not explain the weird red latches (what should I call them?) that had to be held down to install the batteries, or what to do with the weird yellow tape (please!). I followed the directions with little hope that it would actually work, but to my amazement it did. I am a 65 year old woman living alone. You and the rest of the commenters here (I read all of them, they were super helpful) are my heroes! Long live YouTube.

[bjovel]

Dude I was forcing myself to sleep through the chirp. You saved me.

[CBee-wqkx]

I found these videos to be informative but I still couldn't get the beeping to stop even in a new device with new batteries. I drained the charge and restored the power but it still chirped. I finally decided to look at the other smoke alarms in the system. I found an old battery which I removed and replaced. I then did a re-cycle of the problem device and when I restored power and inserted the battery it was quiet. Its been quiet for 10 hours. I have concluded that the failing battery in the other unit was affecting the completely new smoke detector. I really hope this is helpful.

[Regi.]

4 am and the alarm has been beeping for 2 hours. We have done everything even turned off the electricity. Still beeping. Now we are removing it as you said. Thank you.

[MyMsultan]

Wow! I must say... This video is 5 years old but it obviously never gets too old. I finally got the chirping to stop. It's been like 2-3 months that I have been living with this. Thank you so much!

[gustavobanuelos]

5 years into the future and ur video is still helping people out thats crazy lol, first try did not work for some odd reason, it kind of pist me off so i did it again thankfully now it is noise free lol, thx so much!

[TheDonzim]

Thanks for posting. This is the only posting that actually resolves the chirping issue . Not a long winded explanation of a bunch of nothing but right to the point! Thanks again

[marco]

Thanks, this video was very helpful.
I thought I was going crazy for a second, I swapped out 3 different fresh batteries and the beeping wouldn't shut off. Unplugging it from AC, removing the battery and discharging it for 15 seconds did the trick!

[DELAWAREBOWHUNTER]

Dude – I was ready to spring 80 bucks for four new replacement. Smoke detectors! You save my life! You’ve got a good video, thank you very much.

[vladd]

I changed the battery and it beeped the next day! and the worst part is it only does it at night time. It finally stopped after the reset procedure! Thank you!

[mariekoehler]

After watching this and following your steps, I did it!! The chirping stopped and I can finally go to sleep peacefully!! Thank you so much for making this video!!

[snaspotter]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! After 3 new batteries, and an hour standing on the ladder, I was about to rip the whole freaking unit right off the ceiling!

[christiejohnson]

Thank you so much for this video. Our dog was having serious anxiety with the chirping. Your directions were perfect. Thank you for doing a step-by-step

[marymagmartha]

My husband actually had no idea that the wires could be unplugged😉 We did what you suggested and _complete silence_ good sleep. No Dollar Tree batteries either! Thank you again.

[nikmor]

Well, it's now 2020 and this video still saved us some sleep! Thanks for posting this.

[LieselInTheWoods]

I thought unplugging it and taking out the batteries was enough. I had no idea it could still be holding a charge that had to be drained!
Thank you for saving my sanity!!!

[mmscheidt]

Thanks for posting this, Michael. I just reset the faulty alarm that was waking us between 1 and 2 AM regularly. I took the time to do the rest of the house's alarms as well. Hopefully we've heard the last of the chirping.
While I had them down, I also blew some dust out of each one with compressed air, as I had read about elsewhere. Seemed like a good idea. Much appreciated!

[lourdespena]

Thank you so much for this video.. you just saved me from Smoke Detector Hell!! The ones that came with the house speak and would not shut up!