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    Oct 31, 2009, 12:17 PM
    How can I stop all the smoke detectors at once?
    We live in a housing development built in 2000 with interconnected smoke detectors powered by AC with battery backup... there are 10 in the house. They are all going off right now (in a neighbors house) and if we cut the AC they stop for a couple of minutes and then trigger again on battery. I guess one has malfunctioned... how can I get them to stop other than disconnecting them until I find the defective one?
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    Oct 31, 2009, 12:51 PM

    We took them all out, then reinstalled them one at a time... when the defective one was installed it malfunctioned. Problem solved.
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    Nov 3, 2009, 06:41 AM

    Just saw the Post, When one goes into Alarm, The Red led should show the one that triggered.
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    Nov 3, 2009, 07:17 AM

    OK... I'll remember that... thanks!
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