What to do if the smoke alarm keeps beeping and how to solve it?

If a smoke alarm false occurs, this is a very serious problem. When the fire did not occur, the smoke alarm kept beeping. If it was removed, the fire did occur, but the alarm did not work at this time. This will bring us losses. So, what should I do if the smoke alarm（or kitchen smoke alarm）keeps sounding, and how to solve it? The first thing to find the reason so that we can solve the problem.

There are generally 5 reasons (with solutions attached):

 1. False positive cause one: cooking

Solution: Move the location of the alarm. Placing the alarm far away from the cooking place will make the cooking smoke thin when it reaches the alarm, thereby reducing false alarms. Choose to buy a photoelectric kitchen smoke alarm. Photoelectric alarms are not very sensitive to tiny smoke particles, so they will not cause false alarms on smoke particles produced by cooking.

2. False positive cause two: the effect of steam or moisture

Solution: Install the alarm device in a place far away from steam and moisture, for example, the corridor of the bathroom should not be installed with an alarm, so as to solve the problem. However, if the alarm was originally working but now reacts to steam or moisture, the problem may be the cause of the alarm's aging. Older alarms will become more sensitive and more susceptible to vapour and moisture. Therefore, the occurrence of false alarms may also be that the alarm has exceeded its useful life and needs to be replaced.

3. False positive reason three: smoke from cigarettes

 Solution: Under normal circumstances, the smoke alarm will not respond to the smoke of the cigarette, unless the smoke produced is very thick. For example, many smokers smoking in the same room may cause an alarm. If the alarm is too old, it will respond even if the smoke concentration is low. So on the contrary, we can also judge whether the alarm has aged.

4.False positive cause four: power supply

Solution: When the battery is almost exhausted, there will be a chirping sound every one minute (different models will have different intervals and sounds, but they have a low battery warning function), and some people think this is a kind of False positives. But this sound is very different, because it makes a single, short sound, and it sounds about every one minute. If your alarm sounds intermittently, you can replace the battery to see if it can solve the problem.

5.False positive cause five: dust

 If the alarm （especially kitchen smoke alarm）sounds continuously, then there may be too much dust in the alarm, and it is time to consider replacing the alarm or cleaning it. When cleaning the alarm, close the end of the vacuum cleaner near the opening around the alarm and vacuum one by one. In this way, the dust accumulated on the alarm can be completely removed.

Smoke alarms need regular maintenance and inspection. The false alarms of smoke alarms should be the cause of the aging of the smoke detectors or the accumulation of dust. If the household sumring firefighters recommend kitchen smoke alarm, meantime suit for home, hotels, schools, etc. , Office building and so on to find relevant maintenance fire alarm system personnel. SUMRING Fire can provide customers with suitable fire safety solutions.