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Help! Smoke alarm beeping

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Misty9 · 06/06/2020 06:23

My smoke alarm started beeping at 5.30am. Fine I thought, it needs a new battery. Ran to shop at 6am and got one. It's still beeping!!! Can anyone save my sleep and tell me how to shut the damn thing up?! It's a kidde 9v battery powered one and it's the holding bracket where the beeps are coming from so removing the unit doesn't stop it. I've tested it (gingerly, didn't wake the kids up phew) and it works. So what's wrong with it?!

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fuuuuuuck · 06/06/2020 11:19

Does a 0530 start really merit being exhausted and sleep deprived?!

BadAlice · 06/06/2020 11:51

Does a 0530 start really merit being exhausted and sleep deprived?!
A) It depends what time you went to bed
B) I’m pregnant and sleep 9.30-7 most nights at the moment as I feel pretty wiped out. I’m also up and down to the loo a lot so my quality of sleep isn’t great. So yeah, a 5.30 start with DS this morning has made me a little more tired than usual.

ShowOfHands · 06/06/2020 11:55

@fuuuuuuck

Does a 0530 start really merit being exhausted and sleep deprived?!
What a ridiculous question.
ShowOfHands · 06/06/2020 11:57

@BadAlice nobody in this house wakes up until 9.30 at the earliest. 5.30 would mean 4hrs of sleep lost. I'd be pretty tired!

fuuuuuuck · 06/06/2020 12:52

Sorry, I'm so grumpy and on my hands and knees ......I've got a 4 year old who hasn't slept through the night yet and is then up from 4am

ShowOfHands · 06/06/2020 16:59

@fuuuuuuck

Sorry, I'm so grumpy and on my hands and knees ......I've got a 4 year old who hasn't slept through the night yet and is then up from 4am
Oh that's hard. Have you got help?
fuuuuuuck · 06/06/2020 18:44

Thanks @ShowOfHands , just my partner and I tagteaming.....wouldn't wish it on my worst nightmare

Misty9 · 06/06/2020 20:56

@fuuuuuuck

Does a 0530 start really merit being exhausted and sleep deprived?!
When you're not used to it, yeah. And I've slept really badly the last few nights so was counting on a weekend lie in to claw some back. Your situation sounds really tough though Flowers and, more usefully, Brew
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ShowOfHands · 06/06/2020 22:50

Sleep deprivation is the pits. Here's to decent sleep for all.

LochJessMonster · 06/06/2020 22:56

First thing I thought when I read the OP was ‘it’s coming from another alarm’! Grin

Also, I would be hella grumpy, exhausted and confused if I had to get up at 5.30am and I don’t have kids and I’m in bed by 10.30pm.

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