Your smoke detector’s beeping is supposed to protect you, not confuse you. Yet there are moments when a chirping alarm is a warning that the device itself is no longer trustworthy, even if it still ...

If you’ve ever swapped the battery in your smoke detector only to find it still chirping at you, you’re not alone. That persistent beep is one of the most frustrating household mysteries, but there’s ...

An ear-splitting smoke alarm siren is one of the worst midnight surprises. But it's even worse when your detector keeps beeping in the middle of the night but then stops and acts perfectly normal ...

We’ve all been there. It’s 2 a.m. and you hear an eardrum-piercing beep. Your first reaction is to cover your head with a pillow and pretend it never happened. Eventually the slow chirping takes ...