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Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse by lostlogin on Sunday December 17, 2017 @11:20PM (#15949389)
Elsewhere in the thead I was moaning about this design, as multiple times it’s been in flat in our neighbours house and I’ve been checking ours. Can’t they just die quietly? If you aren’t checking them periodically anyway, you don’t know they they work.
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Re:Neighbor's house alarm triggers when I put my car in reverse by TeMPOraL on Monday December 18, 2017 @12:49AM (#15949701)
They shouldn't, unless you want to risk dying with them :).

That said, everyone should check their alarms at least once. You should be able to find appropriate "testers" to purchase with alarms. I use CO alarms at the place I live in (gas-heated water), and each of them I tested with what I affectionately call "carbon monoxide in a spray can".

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