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"Don Phillipson" <d.phillipsonSPAMBLOCK@ncf.ca> wrote in message
news:epim13$5jh$1@theodyn.ncf.ca...
> "ronv11" <ronv11@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1169954984.329521.313810@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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>> i just bought a new kidde fire alarm it chirped every 30 seconds
>> after i put the batteries in. Its Saturday night and the 1800 help
>> line is closed.. then i checked and i put the batteries in wrong. if
>> you just bought a new kidde fire alarm or you put new batteries in
>> and
>> the thing starts chirpping check the batteries you mght have them in
>> wrong.. the stupid users guid dont tell you that ......your welcome
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> Look carefully at the way the plastic is moulded
> for the battery compartment. You ought to see
> an outline of the battery showing its correct
> alignment.
>
> The chirping alarm is a safety feature designed
> into the product, intended to warn you if you
> inserted the battery with the wrong orientation.
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>
>
If the battery was installed wrong .. where is the alarm getting the power
to produce the chirp?
Mike
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