OK, I guess someone is trying to tell me something. Last Wed at 6am I was awakened by a call from a wrong number.
This morning, at the precise moment my 6am alarm went off (I have an appt I must be dashing off to shortly) the SMOKE ALARMS went off!!!! They're all hard-wired and interconnected, so if one goes off, they ALL go off. But, there was NO smoke, not even a hint. So I got the stepstool and punched the button on the nearest one (outside the guest br I'm currently using) and they all went quiet -- for about 20 seconds.
Now I'm figuring it must be another one in the house that's causing problems, so I haul the stepstool upstairs with me, trying to plug both ears with my one free arm, and I have two or three cats and Cinnamon underfoot going "Make it STOP Mom, make it STOP!!" and I'm thinking the very same thing!!!! I mash the button on the one in the master - nothing happens. I go to the spare room and punch that one, same result. While I'm up on the step, Pansy comes up and bites my heel! like it's MY fault the noise is hurting her ears - I'M the one with my ear three feet away from the bloody thing!!!!!
I come back downstairs with the stool and punch the button on the original offender, and -- silence. Blessed silence!!!
I'll have to dig thru mom's ppwk this afternoon and see if she still has the manuals for these bloody alarms! I know it ain't the backup batteries, I checked them just a couple weeks ago and replaced one. ARGH! my ears are still ringing!
This morning, at the precise moment my 6am alarm went off (I have an appt I must be dashing off to shortly) the SMOKE ALARMS went off!!!! They're all hard-wired and interconnected, so if one goes off, they ALL go off. But, there was NO smoke, not even a hint. So I got the stepstool and punched the button on the nearest one (outside the guest br I'm currently using) and they all went quiet -- for about 20 seconds.
Now I'm figuring it must be another one in the house that's causing problems, so I haul the stepstool upstairs with me, trying to plug both ears with my one free arm, and I have two or three cats and Cinnamon underfoot going "Make it STOP Mom, make it STOP!!" and I'm thinking the very same thing!!!! I mash the button on the one in the master - nothing happens. I go to the spare room and punch that one, same result. While I'm up on the step, Pansy comes up and bites my heel! like it's MY fault the noise is hurting her ears - I'M the one with my ear three feet away from the bloody thing!!!!!
I come back downstairs with the stool and punch the button on the original offender, and -- silence. Blessed silence!!!
I'll have to dig thru mom's ppwk this afternoon and see if she still has the manuals for these bloody alarms! I know it ain't the backup batteries, I checked them just a couple weeks ago and replaced one. ARGH! my ears are still ringing!