Topic
Home Safety
Why Your Smoke Alarm Can Pass Its Test and Still Fail You
A smoke alarm's test button only confirms the horn and wiring work, not whether its ionization or photoelectric sensor can still detect real smoke after a decade of dust, grease, and radioactive decay.
Why Your Smoke Detector Keeps Chirping, Even With a New Battery
Swapping the battery is supposed to end the chirping. When it doesn't, the real cause is almost always one of four things, and a dead battery usually isn't one of them.