Perfect Timing
Posted: Thu 31 July, 2014 Filed under: 1BEM, Customer Services, Cynicism, Domestic, Insomnia, Sleep - or lack thereof, Sweary, Technology 4 Comments »On a totally different note, why is it that batteries in smoke alarms and CO2 detectors *always* need replacing at 4am?
Bastard bloody things.
Still, at least I now know – not that I had any doubt, and I certainly didn’t need any proof – that I can’t sleep through a CO2 alarm.
(And of course yes, I can now – because I pulled the dead/dying batteries out of the fucking thing)
That happens to us too. Glad we’re not the only ones
Isn’t that the time that most people die too?
Am I correct in thinking that new-build properties have to have wired-in detectors these days?
Yep – I’ve seen a few places now with wired-in ones.
They’re OK until you do something like burn the toast, and then you can’t turn the alarm off by pulling out the batteries for a few minutes.
We had wired in ones at uni. When I accidentally set the fat in the grill pan on fire they didn’t make a sound but woe betide you if you showered with the door open ( in the en suite)