aclute
Dec 8, 2006, 02:56 PM
I have 5 detectors in the house: 1 in the basement, 1 in the MBR on the first floor, and 3 upstairs in the bedroom.
The detector in the basemet has a Green LED on. I am assuming it is the first detector in that circuit coming from the breaker box.
Inside the basement detector are 4 other wires nutted together -- the basement lights are wired on the same circuit.
What is odd is that the other 4 detectors do not have the green led on. Additionally, when I test the one in the basement, none of the other ones go off.
When I test one upstairs, the others do go off, except for the basement.
When I swap detectors between locations, regardless of which one I put where, the basement location has a green led, and the upstairs do not (and they are the same models).
Is it safe to assume that the 4 other detectors are not getting 110V power, are running off battery, but still can talk because their interconnect wire is working?
So, to fix this, is my best guess to re-nut the connections in the basement detector, with the hope that something is loose in the 14/3 wire that sends it up to the rest of the house?
If the connections are secure in that detector, and that is not the problem, what else could be causing this?
Thanks in advance!
The detector in the basemet has a Green LED on. I am assuming it is the first detector in that circuit coming from the breaker box.
Inside the basement detector are 4 other wires nutted together -- the basement lights are wired on the same circuit.
What is odd is that the other 4 detectors do not have the green led on. Additionally, when I test the one in the basement, none of the other ones go off.
When I test one upstairs, the others do go off, except for the basement.
When I swap detectors between locations, regardless of which one I put where, the basement location has a green led, and the upstairs do not (and they are the same models).
Is it safe to assume that the 4 other detectors are not getting 110V power, are running off battery, but still can talk because their interconnect wire is working?
So, to fix this, is my best guess to re-nut the connections in the basement detector, with the hope that something is loose in the 14/3 wire that sends it up to the rest of the house?
If the connections are secure in that detector, and that is not the problem, what else could be causing this?
Thanks in advance!