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Re: Driving me mad


  • Subject: Re: Driving me mad
  • From: "darren_karp2001" <darren@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 20:08:46 -0000




this isn't gonna help much but 440hz is Middle C concert pitch. Not
A above middle C.

Darren


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Don McAllister" <donmc@b...> wrote:
> Tracked it down yet Pete?
>
> Dying to know what it was :-)
>
> Don
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: achamp26 [mailto:ukha@a...]
> Sent: 07 October 2004 20:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Driving me mad
>
>
>
> I had something similar happen to me.   It drove me nuts for about
> two weeks it nearly got to the point where I was going to rip
apart
> part of the walls to look for the source.
>
> It turned out to be a Carbon Monoxide detecter which I had left in
> the cupboard under the stairs telling me it needs to be
replaced.
> (Should have been installed by the boiler I know).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers
>
> Adrian
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Pete Shew" <ukha_d@s...>
wrote:
> > I have a sound that I cant locate. It is a "meem"
rather than
> a "peep" and seems to be around 440Hz (A above middle C, if
my
> musical memory serves.)
> >
> > It occurs every 173.5 seconds!
> >
> > It appears to be above the kitchen, but can't be localised. In
the
> room above it can be heard more faintly.
> >
> > It's fairly quiet, so can't be heard if there is TV, radio,
> washing up etc.
> >
> > It continues even with the power turned off at the main
breaker !!!
> >
> > The only other power is the battery to the alarm system. The
> control box and sounder are some distance away and the sound
cannot
> be heard there, but there is a IR detector near the sound.
> >
> > Any suggestions at to what it might be or a method of finding it
> gratefully received.
> >
> > Pete
>
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