Comments on: For *beep* sake! http://blog.mattrevell.net/2008/08/27/for-beep-sake/ aka "That Rambling Fool" Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:45:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kieran O'Shea http://blog.mattrevell.net/2008/08/27/for-beep-sake/#comment-8922 Kieran O'Shea Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:51:30 +0000 http://blog.mattrevell.net/?p=110#comment-8922 It does happen a lot. It can also happen in your own house and not get stopped for two days. Heather has a mains powered smoke alarm in her house with a backup battery. It chirps when it is running low, even when the mains supply is there. Because the system is live its not like you can just open the detector and replace the battery. She had to call out the landlord/letting agent, only, because it wasn't an "emergency" like a flood or similar they took two days to pitch up and fix it. At least you had a wall insulating your noise rather than an empty, hollow, echoing stairwell ;) It does happen a lot. It can also happen in your own house and not get stopped for two days.

Heather has a mains powered smoke alarm in her house with a backup battery. It chirps when it is running low, even when the mains supply is there. Because the system is live its not like you can just open the detector and replace the battery. She had to call out the landlord/letting agent, only, because it wasn’t an “emergency” like a flood or similar they took two days to pitch up and fix it.

At least you had a wall insulating your noise rather than an empty, hollow, echoing stairwell ;)

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