replace smoke detector battery - first alert wired smoke alarm

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Changing a smoke detector battery is at least a yearly task. Here is how to change out the battery of a wired smoke detector in 20 seconds.
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@cookingstarlady Ай бұрын

It is 3:03 am and I was sweating and about to cry because I have guests staying. I couldn’t get battery back in or remember how to put it back in. I wanted to smash it. You saved me. Thank you for being quick and getting to the point.

@Housebarons Ай бұрын

Hey cookingstarlady, Again - middle of the night ! Happens so often in the middle of the night - or so it seems! Glad we could help!

@hotthuyy77 8 ай бұрын

It’s 3am and I was about to bash this thing into a million pieces. Thank you sir! 😅

@Housebarons 8 ай бұрын

Hey hot…, I don’t know how they know to always go off in the middle of the night… Glad it helped! Thx for watching!

@Sulfen 7 ай бұрын

@@Housebaronsthat’s why I set a schedule to check the batteries with my multimeter every 4 months and replace when it drops below 9V. Technically they can operate down to 7V but batteries are cheap so I just replace them earlier. I replace them every 8 months or so unless they’re faulty and drain quickly after 4 months (Amazon basics batteries do that mostly).

@briansounalath 9 ай бұрын

Crazy a million people needed to see this

@GreenGenerationTV 8 ай бұрын

It’s crazy that 14% of the population needs to

@prizma45 7 ай бұрын

could've been based but you're subbed to pewdiepie @@GreenGenerationTV

@superduperdonkey911 7 ай бұрын

not everyone had dads that showed them how a-hole

@ubeaight7774 6 ай бұрын

People learning is crazy, are you Rockefeller?

@3headedsnake388 4 ай бұрын

You’re here too

@jadaba17 Жыл бұрын

You’re doing gods work Sir

@lunarbliss5319 Ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this. Super easy compared to the manual that doesn’t say anything about how to change the battery.

@Housebarons Ай бұрын

Glad it helped

@littlebumgorf 10 ай бұрын

Short and clear. Amazing.

@Housebarons 10 ай бұрын

Hey little…, Glad it was helpful!

@ZkasonR 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU for this video I was so close to unhooking the wires😂

@Housebarons 9 ай бұрын

😃 Been there! They always want to chirp at 2a.m. at our house!

@Kh1811-ym8md 4 ай бұрын

Did that… it kept on beeping 😂

@deannjones6049 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Two of my alarms went off at 5:30am ! Just moved in a month ago and obviously no one changed the batteries so your video was a life saver 😊

@estellapartida8624 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video because I was about to break my smoke alarm just to change the battery😂❤

@Housebarons 5 ай бұрын

👍Thx for watching!

@BlueydaHeeler 8 ай бұрын

What am I doing with my life where I’m literally watching videos about smoke alarms beeping 😂

@Weezie007 5 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@darinhuffman1127 11 ай бұрын

Awesome, after watching other "battery installation " videos that did nothing but rattle on about the locking pin, this one actually delivers the content in the video title. Thank you sir!

@manita2653 10 ай бұрын

SOOO GREATFUL to find your instructions.

@Housebarons 10 ай бұрын

Hey Anita, Thx for watching!

@Carl007Jr 8 ай бұрын

Chirp.

@Lanestunes123 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Saved me. 11 ft ceilings so that was fun at 1 am.

@Housebarons 8 ай бұрын

I can imagine! Glad it helped!

@alfiz10 8 ай бұрын

Great job!!!!!

@Housebarons 8 ай бұрын

Hey Kevin, Thx much!

@robbynennis9253 2 ай бұрын

This man is doing Gods work. Thank you! 🙏🏾

@Housebarons 2 ай бұрын

Thx for watching.

@SodiumInduction-hv Жыл бұрын

Good job! 👏

@amyem8231 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I was really struggling to get the dang battery in there. Test worked, and now my ears are ringing.

@Housebarons 3 ай бұрын

hey Amy, yes - they are super loud!

@vanryker2011 9 ай бұрын

Omg thank you 😳🙄❤️

@davemullins8266 8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!

@Housebarons 8 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@rebeccaalexander8877 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! My dogs thank you too.

@Housebarons 9 ай бұрын

Hey rebecca…, Been there! We get ya! Thx for watching!

@FoxyNinetails 11 ай бұрын

Living in a place with this Alarm. It sucks, but great tutorial! Finally can get some sl

@Housebarons 11 ай бұрын

Yay! Thx for watching!

@kyenewman4495 10 ай бұрын

Thank you much my man

@Housebarons 10 ай бұрын

No problem. Thx for watching!

@deyanirabrizuela4871 9 ай бұрын

Super quick 😎, Super easy TAHNK YOU very god job 🤩🥰

@Housebarons 9 ай бұрын

You’re welcome 😊thx for watching!

@natynt227 7 ай бұрын

Thanks sir you saved my night 3am 😅

@Housebarons 7 ай бұрын

Happy to help

@karenreilly7711 Жыл бұрын

God bless you!

@Housebarons Жыл бұрын

Hey Karen, Thank you so much!

@yassirmakkawi1438 2 ай бұрын

Thank you , it was helpful

@Housebarons 2 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

@robertdelvecchio6690 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much.!!! I really appreciate your video.!!!

@Housebarons 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@mrchase1 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@Housebarons 8 ай бұрын

Welcome

@cookingstarlady Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Housebarons Ай бұрын

Hey cookingstarlady, Thank much for the support. We really appreciate the help! Thx for watching too!

@MH5XXXX 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Housebarons 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@monicaivy2497 6 күн бұрын

So everybody's smoke alarms are going off at 3am around the world. Crazy!!!😮

@Faxanadu 4 ай бұрын

Life saver!!!! (maybe even literally...)

@Housebarons 3 ай бұрын

Thx for watching!

@Tbonex23b Ай бұрын

Thank you!!! Omg!!!!!

@Housebarons Ай бұрын

Happy to help

@tinawood5926 9 ай бұрын

I replaced my battery, easily thanks to you. But it’s still twitting. I did hit the test button but not beep.

@Housebarons 9 ай бұрын

Hey Tina, Make sure the battery is new and good. Maybe smoke alarm is too old or broken? Could replace it with a new one and see if that is the problem. Thx for watching!

@mmbryans9889 8 ай бұрын

same experience @tinawood5926, opened 2 new batteries and no beep. It was a struggle to get the old battery out and new one inc! The device is less than 2 years old, and I will be looking for the receipt. It seems this First Alert model SA303A is extremely unreliable! Just the same, @Housebarons, your instructions are excellent; your conciseness and brevity are very much appreciated.

@Fightnomics 8 ай бұрын

@@Housebarons I had the same experience on now two alarm sets. Gone through several packages of new batteries, and once batteries are replaced, alarms just keep chirping. I'm very aware of the battery connector alignment, but also tried flipping them to no avail. What else could be the issue? One by one I'm going to have to remove all of these alarms in my house. Brand new home when we moved in, so all alarms are exactly three years old. Would replacing batteries on a completely unplugged unit help, then reinstalling the alarm? Must be some simple fix, I can't imagine so many units would no longer work after the first battery replacement.

@tinawood5926 8 ай бұрын

@@Housebarons it was new batteries. I just popped them out and back in again. They have to really fit just right. But it’s all good.

@ballan00 6 ай бұрын

I always have a struggle getting the old battery out and the new one in... sometimes I don't think it seats right and still beeps at me... so I have to wiggle it around to make sure it is in correctly and eventually it goes away. These are not that expensive or hard to replace if you have one that won't stop no matter what.

@carlos56683 8 ай бұрын

why would you change the basketball court mimic

@NellaColemanEl 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Sir. I appreciate it. It's so annoying.

@Housebarons 5 ай бұрын

Glad it helped! Thx for watching.

@maxinemiles-heidmann4656 8 ай бұрын

My alarm is on a 10 ft ceiling 😢l have a ladder but still can’t get it to open to replace battery. Nice video though. Thanks

@HazardousSmoker 6 ай бұрын

Getting the battery into those compartments are a pain in the arse! I hate those damned things.

@1incipitvitanova 5 ай бұрын

Try doing it at night after the power went out & it's 10° outside & just slightly warmer inside & the ceiling is 10' & your holding a flashlight. Who are the people that design this!?

@HazardousSmoker 5 ай бұрын

@@1incipitvitanova Oh I'm with you. I had to do mine on ladder by myself while I have a dog running around the house that freaks out every time she hears the beeping going off. It takes an hour just to get her back in the house after it's done.

@thomasholman3587 10 ай бұрын

Helpful. Does it matter how long you press when you hit "test"?

@Housebarons 10 ай бұрын

Usually ( on first alert ), it a pretty quick press to sound…

@ericawright8253 8 ай бұрын

I hit test and it set off all of the alarms in my building (not a duplex but a triplex). Oops

@bartharris 7 ай бұрын

Mine didn’t reset until I did that. Pressing it once and hearing a little bleep didn’t stop it chirping after I replaced the battery.

@robertdelvecchio6690 5 ай бұрын

That's actually what happened to me at my house. Every single time I replaced the battery on each fire alarm and test them individually it would trigger the rest of the alarms(I have 5 in my house).

@daniboy4153 2 ай бұрын

@@robertdelvecchio6690 Maybe yours are all hard wired and connected?

@shawnballot8667 6 ай бұрын

Same model

@FishSundae 5 ай бұрын

YO BIG PROPS MAN. Our alarm kept beeping in the middle of the night I switched the battery and pressed the button Then it went off for a bit💀 but it doesntbeep every minute now

@Housebarons 5 ай бұрын

Hey fish…, How do they get them to fail at night! 🤣 Thx for watching!

@TechnicalYDP 11 ай бұрын

Nice video👍 How long the battery last? Is this a wireless detector?

@Housebarons 11 ай бұрын

Hey tech…, No. it is wired. The battery typically should be replaced each year just to be safe. Thx for watching!

@andreia2582 9 ай бұрын

Mine is beeping, I would like to replace but scared to touch and it beep so loud 🥹🥹 do we need turn off first then remove the battery, replace then turn on again?

@Housebarons 9 ай бұрын

Hey Andrea.., We just opened the battery door and swapped the battery - pretty straight forward. Thx for watching!

@andreia2582 8 ай бұрын

@@Housebarons it worked, life saver 👏🏼

@maxinemiles-heidmann4656 8 ай бұрын

Probably gonna have to sleep in garage in vehicle or fork up funds to sleep in hotel. Desperately in need of sleep. It’s 2 AM & need to be out the door for work at 7

@maxinemiles-heidmann4656 8 ай бұрын

I’m unable to get the ‘latch’ open and replace battery. It is beeping every 30 seconds.

@mmbryans9889 8 ай бұрын

same here, eventually opened he latch and eventually got the old battery out and eventually the new battery in. It does not beep! Tried 2 new batteries.

@BarbNEbert 8 ай бұрын

@@mmbryans9889 - Same here. I had to twist it off from the ceiling and holding the tab that releases the door i forced it with a screwdriver. There was a tab holding it from opening. It easily snapped closed when I finished replacing the battery.

@noahlopez7952 10 ай бұрын

Is it suppose to be blinking red or green?

@Housebarons 10 ай бұрын

Hey Noah, I think red. Not sure there was a green light - though they could have changed over different models I suppose. Thx for watching,

@MP-ph6ob 10 ай бұрын

If it’s hardwired, it’s supposed to be solid green light

@deepthimareedu9878 9 ай бұрын

Large terminal is -Negative

@mmbryans9889 8 ай бұрын

it would be nice if the device indicated negative and positive, but in any case, the device failed on battery replacement, opened a second new battery and still failed.

@mr.Bowtie40 10 ай бұрын

I looked in there I done never see any prones on the inside

@Housebarons 10 ай бұрын

Somehow they designed it to work… gotta be something …

@fishingmaster99 11 ай бұрын

Did you shut breaker off first?

@Housebarons 11 ай бұрын

Hey fishing, I did not to replace the battery. Thx for watching!

@kulled 11 ай бұрын

you only have to do that when removing the alarm itself. its fine to keep it on while replacing the battery.

@EvonDee 10 ай бұрын

Also, it may not have it's own breaker. Mine are connected to my master bedroom.

@cristalvette 4 ай бұрын

Does the breaker need to be shut off?😊

@Housebarons 4 ай бұрын

Hey Christa…, Not to replace the battery. Only if you were disconnecting the wires to remove the smoke detector and replacing the whole detector would you want the breaker off. Hope the at helps. Thx for watching!

@taylormaygrier2489 8 ай бұрын

Is this for the one that talks? I did something wrong the last time and I thought the world was going to end….Lol

@Housebarons 8 ай бұрын

Chirp rather than talk. Pretty annoying… by design!

@cynthiasalas3616 7 ай бұрын

What if it keeps beeping after changing

@shelbyplace8635 5 ай бұрын

Mine is doing the same thing. Was hoping for a solution in the comments :/

@Nick_315_Palumbo 5 ай бұрын

Yeah same f-ing here!! 😩🤦🏻‍♂️

@meganm6269 4 ай бұрын

Do yall know how to fix it? I’m struggling with the same thing

@Nick_315_Palumbo 4 ай бұрын

@@meganm6269 I live in an Apt so I just called maintenance to come and replace the whole smoke alarm lol

@thelonercoder5816 7 ай бұрын

after months of beeping, I finally stopped being lazy and decided to change the battery lmao.. only reason im changing it is bc my friends complain about it in the background when I call

@Housebarons 7 ай бұрын

Hey the…, LOL! I hoped it was successful 😃

@frierstransport9448 10 ай бұрын

But how does the battery connect when door closes? Directions with system say absolutely nothing about direction of battery. I feel like it’s a battery just sitting there.

@Housebarons 10 ай бұрын

Hey frier…, I’m kind believing w/o seeing, But by design, there have to be 2 metal contacts in there that engineers have designed so it works seamlessly when the battery door closes. If you press the test button it should function and beep. That is you check for proper operation. Thanks for watching!

@mmbryans9889 8 ай бұрын

@@Housebarons unfortunately mine did not work on battery replacement. I had a new battery on hand and bought a second one as back up, tried both, device failed.

@shawnballot8667 6 ай бұрын

I replaced mine an still it beeps 🤷🏽‍♂️ dud batteries maybe?

@mwint1982 7 ай бұрын

That Chinese Amazon battery should last ya 2wks

@krause2012 10 ай бұрын

Whenever i try just opening that door to remove the battery, my entire system goes off

@Housebarons 10 ай бұрын

Hey krause…, Hmmm. Something is amiss. That is not typical in my experience. I would try replacing the entire smoke detector. Thx for watching.

@krause2012 10 ай бұрын

@@Housebarons You're right. After watching your video, I checked the date on my detector and it's 12 years old. Time to replace them. Great video.

@shibuthomas6772 6 ай бұрын

What planet are you on that it changed out that easily?!!!

@higherspirit1 4 ай бұрын

Didn’t reset after changing battery

@Housebarons 4 ай бұрын

Maybe recheck the battery - or replace whole detector…

@gtizzle101 5 ай бұрын

Mine won't open wtf

@gdb5448 10 ай бұрын

Those Amazon batteries are pure TRASH. Use a quality Duracell, Energizer, Rayovac and replace it every 24 months if your system is a wired for permanent power.