Replacing smoke detector alarm battery help

[BobG]

Do not put a 9 Volt battery in your pants pocket with your keys. I don't know why but I had to do it twice before it was burned into my brain.

Why do you wear your pants on your head?

As to the original question: You need to have the apartment building manager replace the alarms (or at least let him task the building's facility manager to do it). The apartment building manager needs to ensure ALL fire alarms are in working order since a dead smoke detector in one apartment could have a catastrophic effect on all of the residents. They should check the alarms once a year and replace the batteries often enough that a detector chirping would be a very rare occurence.

 

[Astronuc]

Do not put a 9 Volt battery in your pants pocket with your keys. I don't know why but I had to do it twice before it was burned into my brain.

or change/coins. I did that, and it was amazing how fast and how hot it got.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Put in brand new alarms and the speaker still chirps

 

[jedishrfu]

I found this reference that talks about resetting it since it may still retain the error code for a low battery

http://sacramentopress.com/2010/08/...ries-but-my-smoke-detector-wont-stop-beeping/

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I found this reference that talks about resetting it since it may still retain the error code for a low battery

http://sacramentopress.com/2010/08/...ries-but-my-smoke-detector-wont-stop-beeping/

yeah I've done that a few times with no luck. I think it must be the control panel in the lobby

 

[russ_watters]

Put in brand new alarms and the speaker still chirps

I found this reference that talks about resetting it since it may still retain the error code for a low battery

http://sacramentopress.com/2010/08/...ries-but-my-smoke-detector-wont-stop-beeping/

It doesn't appear to me that the speaker and your alarms are directly related to each other, so that isn't surprising to me.

If it is keeping you up at night and your landlord won't come immediately to fix it, I'd be inclined to rip it out of the wall.