<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P>In my unit at least, the big round detector is a smoke/carbor monoxide detector and runs on batteries. You can pop it out of its holder quite easily. If it beeps once a day, it probably means the batteries are low and need to be replaced.</P>
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<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Chris De Angelis" <deangelc@comcast.net><BR>To: lindengardens@mit.edu<BR>Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:38:44 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR>Subject: Re: [Lindengardens] Sporadic Alarm Noises<BR><BR></P>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ahh - that could be the culprit, although I believe the larger round device is the smoke detector... well if it's coming from within our unit, that explains why Jordan hears it more softly and nobody else seems to hear it at all.<BR><BR>Marty, I may ask you later about how you went about disconnecting whichever detector it is and just rely on the other one. Thanks everyone!<BR><BR>Chris<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Martin Marks" <mmmarks@mit.edu><BR>To: lindengardens@mit.edu<BR>Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:26:50 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR>Subject: Re: [Lindengardens] Sporadic Alarm Noises<BR><BR>I wonder if the alarm I'm talking about is the Heat Detector, not the Smoke Detector. Because whichever it is in my unit, it too was erupting in short sporadic bursts, and it was loud enough to give me a huge jolt each time. I think the heat detector is the larger of two round alarm consoles on the ceiling in my unit, next to one another. Anyway, that's the one I disconnected, and it does sound like the same problem you were having. mmm Martin M. Marks Senior Lecturer MIT, Music and Theater Arts Section, 10-268 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge MA, 02139 Office phone: 617-253-4967 Mobile phone: 617-851-8955 Email: mmmarks@mit.edu On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:24 AM, Chris De Angelis wrote: > David, > > I have no idea where it's coming from. It's definitely not the smoke detector inside our unit -- that's not nearly as loud. > > What other alarms are there inside our units? I was told a long time ago that the heat detector was not active anymore, but maybe it is and it's malfunctioning. > > My wife is home most of the day right now and she reports this happens for a very short time almost daily. When I've been around to hear it, the noise is deafening for about a split second. > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Santucci" > To: lindengardens@mit.edu > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:25:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Lindengardens] Sporadic Alarm Noises > > It might be good to gather more information before contacting the alarm company. Chris, do you know where the alarm sound is coming from? Has anyone else heard it? On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Charlie Denison wrote: > I haven't either. Haven't heard a thing. I wonder where exactly it's coming > from? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Santucci" > To: lindengardens@mit.edu > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:39:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Lindengardens] Sporadic Alarm Noises > > Huh, that's funny -- I haven't noticed this at all. I wonder why that is? > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Aaron Federman > wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> We'll contact Paradigm to investigate this issue. ACP is the alarm >> company for our building. I believe they tested our alarm system in the >> fall. >> >> Aaron >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Chris De Angelis >> *To:* lindengardens@mit.edu >> *Sent:* Wed, February 10, 2010 8:09:18 PM >> *Subject:* [Lindengardens] Sporadic Alarm Noises >> >> Does anyone have an idea as to why there have been short, spontaneous >> alarms going off in the building lately? Valerie and I don't know what that >> is, but when one or both of us is home and that happens it's very LOUD and >> jolting. >> >> This has been happening for several weeks, on average about once a day - >> sometimes during daylight hours, other times in the evening. Whatever it >> is, we'd really like it to stop. Do we need someone to inspect the alarm >> systems? >> >> Chris >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lindengardens mailing list >> Lindengardens@mit.edu >>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lindengardens >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Lindengardens mailing list > Lindengardens@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lindengardens > > _______________________________________________ > Lindengardens mailing list > Lindengardens@mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lindengardens > > > _______________________________________________ Lindengardens mailing list Lindengardens@mit.eduhttp://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lindengardens > _______________________________________________ > Lindengardens mailing list > Lindengardens@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lindengardens <BR>_______________________________________________ Lindengardens mailing list Lindengardens@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lindengardens </DIV><BR>_______________________________________________ Lindengardens mailing list Lindengardens@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/lindengardens </div></body></html>