So, my wife and I awoke to the screech of the carbon monoxide alarm going off at about 2 AM this morning. No, we didn’t have a sudden influx of CO… just some battery somewhere was dying, and thus time to get us to fix it by going off. Well, after fumbling around looking for screwdrivers to unscrew the 3 screws holding the box, cycling the power in a couple rooms a few times, and generally being frantic and cranky in our underwear, we finally got the damn thing off.
But really… all this just to say, “Yes, I hear you alarm, please stop now.” At 2 AM, you’re not going to be able to replace the battery (and no, it isn’t a nice 9V, but one of these weird form factor ones), so you just want things to end so you can go back to sleep. So why doesn’t someone put in a big “OFF” switch? Or at least a timed “SLEEP” switch for like 12 hours or something? Or even have the damn thing just “beep!” every 30 seconds like the smoke alarms do?
Gah. Stupid alarms…