Mysterious intermittent beeping in my apartment... (phone, laundry room, dryer, electrical)
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I thought I was losing it. Then the neighbors (its a duplex style building) asked me if I could let their dog out one day, and I realized that she had installed a fax machine for telecommuting twice a week, right next to where my office sits.
You don't say if you own or rent, but two things I have encountered were moisture alarms. One was installed by an apartment owner, the other by a previous homeowner. Both had low battery alarms that sound a lot like what you describe.
They can be found at the lowest points in rooms with water supplies (often against the back wall of kitchen and bathroom cabinets). Just use a level (any size) to find the low spots.
It was also in vogue for while to put them under and behind hot water heaters.
Hope this helps, good luck.
I bought a house and while I slowly moved in, discovered the beeping noise. Ran around looking everywhere for a cause. The thing that helped me to find it was to shut off the house electric power. That stopped the noise. I added back one circuit at time and got to the root cause, an ancient hard-wired detector of some sort that I disconnected.
I bought a house and while I slowly moved in, discovered the beeping noise. Ran around looking everywhere for a cause. The thing that helped me to find it was to shut off the house electric power. That stopped the noise. I added back one circuit at time and got to the root cause, an ancient hard-wired detector of some sort that I disconnected.
I had an apartment with a smoke detector that was wired to AC power but also required a 9v battery, and would beep when the battery was low/dead/removed. Because there was another power source connected, it was able to continue beeping forever.
I had an apartment with a smoke detector that was wired to AC power but also required a 9v battery, and would beep when the battery was low/dead/removed. Because there was another power source connected, it was able to continue beeping forever.
We found that out when we took out the battery and it kept beeping. Hard wired smoke detectors are good for 10 years. We replaced all of them at the same time then.
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Hard wired smoke detectors are good for 10 years. We replaced all of them at the same time then.
