Re: Napco Magnum 900 False Alarms - Fire

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Smoke detectors are not designed to last forever. You will need to replace
all the smoke detectors. Though heat detectors can last much longer, it
would be a good idea just to replace them all.

Jim Rojas


"Roveer" <roveer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've got a house that's 25 years old and has a Napco Magnum 900 alarm
> Probably 15-20 years old or newer.  Recently It's been false alarming
> in the middle of the night between 2-4am for fire.  The fire is made up
> of A/C wired smokes and heat sensors (basic melt away type).
>
> Any ideas on why I'm getting the false alarms?  Does seem to happen on
> the colder nights.  Don't want the house to be unprotected, but man
> does that siren make a heck of a wake-up call when it goes off.  Also,
> the battery went bad a while back and has not yet been replaced, so to
> silence the alarm I have to go and unplug the transformer.  We do not
> use the berg side and have no centeral station so most of the time we
> don't even have a password set which is another reason I have to pull
> the transformer to shut it up.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Roveer
>