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Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse by Klathmon on Sunday December 17, 2017 @06:45PM (#15948341)
About a year after I moved into my previous house, we heard that familiar chirping sound.

After 3 goddamn hours of searching, and having run to the store to buy 9-volts and replaced every goddamn battery in the house, we found a carbon monoxide alarm thrown INSIDE the return air duct of the HVAC unit...

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Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse by SAI_Peregrinus on Monday December 18, 2017 @12:12PM (#15953204)
Which is a reasonable place for one, as it will trigger from excess CO anywhere in the house when the HVAC is running. The problem is only obvious when you're not the original tenant who installed the thing.
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