Something is Beeping…

So recently there was a terrible beeping in my house and neither my husband nor I could figure it out.  We checked everywhere and it was beep that we hadn’t heard before.  Finally, we figured out it was our battery backup from our sump pump.  Apparently, you need to add water to it every now and then to keep it ready.  Seems strange but it only took my husband a few minutes a couple bottles of water to make the terrible beeping go away.

Hearing the beeping though reminded me of our last house where we had the worst smoke detectors ever.  They beeped every time we made breakfast and not only did they beep, but they also talked saying “Fire Fire!”  It was so weird and loud.  I am sure our neighbors hated it because our houses were so close and since every smoke detector in our house went off if one detected smoke, they all beeped and talked!  It reminded me of the boy who cried wolf and I figured when we really did have a fire emergency I probably wouldn’t have one of my fire extinguishers ready because I would assume it was a false alarm.  I know it defeats the purpose, which is why eventually we disconnected it until we remembered to replace it.  It made me wonder though how many fires could have been prevented had someone taken it seriously and had a fire extinguisher ready.  Luckily in our new house we haven’t had smoke detector issues, but then again it was comforting to know they worked in our last house.

I definitely need to add checking our smoke detectors to our list to check.  They are just one of those things that you just assume is going to work when the time is ready and hopefully it won’t be too late.

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