monophoto
Member
Why is it that when the backup battery in the smoke alarm dies, the alarm starts beeping in the middle of the night? Days are actually much longer - so why can't the battery fail around noon when no one is sleeping?
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MPVic
Member
Murphy's Law!!!!!
BULLWINKLE
Member
It has a built in timer to ONLY go off in the middle of the night. See what you learn by being on this forum ?
SteveG
Member
You were close on "Murphy's Law", but this is more a case of O'Briens Law! (O"Briens Law states: "Murphy was an optimist.")
egnald
Member
This problem would be resolved if the smoke alarm companies would integrate a modified turbo encabulator into their design.
The original turbo encabulator had a base-plate of prefabulated prefabulated amulite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two main spurving bearings were in a direct line with the pentametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented. The main winding was of the normal lotus-o-deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bovoid slots in the stator, every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremie pipe to the differential girdlespring on the "up" end of the grammeters. Thus the encabulator would only function during daytime hours, when the operator was awake and available, and when a supply of 9-volt batteries was readily available.
I suppose it would be cost prohibitive though as COVID-19 has made hydrocoptic marzlevanes in short supply and the cost of prefabulated amulite has skyrocketed due to inflation.
Here is the original explanation Link: Turbo Encabulator; the link to Rockwell's Retro Encabulator; and the Micro Encabulator. The Australians have developed one for use in the digital age, the Turbo Cloud Encabulator. Of course one of the latest and one of my favorites is the HyperEncabulator.
Dave
The original turbo encabulator had a base-plate of prefabulated prefabulated amulite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two main spurving bearings were in a direct line with the pentametric fan. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzlevanes, so fitted to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft that side fumbling was effectively prevented. The main winding was of the normal lotus-o-deltoid type placed in panendermic semi-bovoid slots in the stator, every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremie pipe to the differential girdlespring on the "up" end of the grammeters. Thus the encabulator would only function during daytime hours, when the operator was awake and available, and when a supply of 9-volt batteries was readily available.
I suppose it would be cost prohibitive though as COVID-19 has made hydrocoptic marzlevanes in short supply and the cost of prefabulated amulite has skyrocketed due to inflation.
Here is the original explanation Link: Turbo Encabulator; the link to Rockwell's Retro Encabulator; and the Micro Encabulator. The Australians have developed one for use in the digital age, the Turbo Cloud Encabulator. Of course one of the latest and one of my favorites is the HyperEncabulator.
Dave
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KMCloonan
Member
Geez. I come here to escape all the technical stuff I have to put up with at work everyday.
Dalecamino
Local Chapter Leader
I know!! McAfee security scan / updates my phone at midnight too often. Not as loud as a smoke alarm though. Just loud enough to wake me up. 