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What cause smoke alarm to make a noise when there is no smoke?

Sometime the smoke alarm will make a noise when there is no smoke inside the house the house was built 2015 and that when the smoke alarm was replace what i need to check and how to check to stop the smoke alarm from making the noise when there is no smoke in the house?

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There may be possible smoke that triggered your alarm or the battery needs to be replaced. Outdated alarms lose sensitivity and may not work properly after several years of service, so it is suggested you regularly replace the smoke detector.

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Possible smoke or defective smoke sensor, faulty connections.Have the installer to check and replace the sensor

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alarm may be in battery back up mode when power is lost it will automaticly start running off these batteries that are usually located in the panel. diffrent devices have diffrent ways or restoring regular mode. i would contact the maker.

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