RE: The _________ Is Beeping

[Airdorn <a-i-r-d-o-r-n@xxxxxxxxxx-m>]

On=20Sun=20Apr=2011=2011:03:56=202021=20Bob=20La=20Londe=20=20wrot=
e:
>=20I=20have=20had=20customers=20tell=20me=20the=20___________=20i=
s=20beeping=20in=20the=20middle=20of
>=20the=20night=20for=20no=20good=20reason.
>
>=20a)=20Keypad
>=20b)=20Window=20Contact
>=20c)=20Motion=20Sensor
>=20d)=20____________=20(other)
>=20e)=20All=20of=20the=20above
>
>
>
>=20--
>=20This=20email=20has=20been=20checked=20for=20viruses=20by=20AVG=
=2E
>=20https://www.avg.com
>

WOW!=20I=20thought=20I=20was=20the=20only=20one!

I've=20been=20awakened=20numerous=20times=20in=20the=20night=20ove=
r=20the=20years=20by=20frantic=20customers=20about=20"something=20=
beeping".=20Here's=20my=20top=205=20list,=20in=20order=20of=20sani=
ty!=20(1=20-=20most=20sane,=205=20-=20INSANE!!)

1.=20Honeywell=20Vista=2020P=20system=20decided=20to=20inform=20th=
e=20homeowner=20that=20the=20battery=20was=20low=20after=205=20yea=
rs=20of=20operation=20--=20at=203AM!

2.=20System=20in=20chime=20mode,=20a=20random=20zone=20is=20faulty=
=20(opening/closing=20intermittently)

3.=20Power=20problems=20=3d=20random=20zone=20chime=20(similar=20t=
o=20#2=20above)

4.=20Some=20random=20smoke=20or=20CO=20detector=20--=20not=20part=
=20of=20the=20alarm=20system=20--=20doing=20that=20crazy=20'chirp=
=20every=2030=20seconds'=20thing.=20Seriously,=20who=20decided=20t=
his=20should=20be=20a=20thing?=20It=20chirps=20enough=20to=20irrit=
ate=20people,=20not=20enough=20for=20most=20people=20to=20easily=
=20locate=20it=20by=20sound.

5.=20The=20craziest=20for=20me:=20Clock=20not=20set=20on=20stove=
=2E=20Yes,=20some=20stove=20manufavturer=20decided=20it=20was=20a=
=20great=20idea=20to=20make=20their=20stove=20emit=20a=20sharp=20"=
CHIRP"=20about=20once=20every=202=20minutes=20when=20the=20clock=
=20was=20not=20set.=20Super=20hard=20to=20find,=20even=20for=20me=
=20on=20a=20service=20call=20at=203am.