Re: Napco Magnum 900 False Alarms - Fire

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

25 year old AC wired smokes attached to a 25 year old 900 with a dead
battery and no code...sounds like the service calls I get on Sunday nights
at 3am.

Time for a total remodel IMO.


"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:SMvdf.2669$Mr4.133@xxxxxxxxxxx
| 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
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| "Roveer" <roveer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:1131841305.270385.14370@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > 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
| >
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