# What is with our smoke detector?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-our-smoke-detector/647430>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 16, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-our-smoke-detector/647430 "2013-01-16T22:30:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![toyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@toyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toyo)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-with-our-smoke-detector/647430/21 "2013-01-17T21:44:11Z")

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> [@Asimovian](#):
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> It should be mostly a non-factor at the moment because it’s been far too cold for the a/c to kick on most days (despite the fact that I keep the thermostat at a _much_ lower temperature than most people would consider reasonable). But there was a time a couple of months ago where it actually seemed like the detector chirp coincided with the a/c coming on.

If the chirping is at regular intervals as if the battery is low, the false alarms maybe due to a cold environment.

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