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To: dangus

I’m with you, brother. I build all my communications and security equipment into our front hall coat closet. Because of all the electronics, I put a smoke detector in the ceiling of the closet. The smoke detectors are all AC connected, but the batteries still run down and the damn things beep.

A year ago we had one of those damnable brief “beeps” happening every few minutes. It took me HOURS to remember I’d put a smoke detector in the closet. We had, one by one, taken down all the smoke detectors in the bedrooms, hall, and living room without finding the culprit. Then I finally remembered I’d put one in the hall closet.

The “Marketing Requirements Documents” for these things must include a requirement: “Drive consumer insane with 100 millisecond beeps every five minutes.” They sure succeeded meeting that requirement!


2 posted on 04/02/2020 8:47:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
The “Marketing Requirements Documents” for these things must include a requirement: “Drive consumer insane with 100 millisecond beeps every five minutes.” They sure succeeded meeting that requirement!

I think I'd just rather burn.

23 posted on 04/02/2020 9:01:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Beep


113 posted on 04/03/2020 3:46:58 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (I'm essential!)
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