What Happens If You Take Battery Out Of Smoke Detector. Opens in a new window Opens an external website Opens an external website in a new window. While left plugged into 120 Volt the smoke detector will sense there is no battery and continue to chirp.
An alarm will sound for a short time then the alarm will silence. You will find that smoke detectors are not only made of some pretty sturdy stuff its not enough to just remove the battery to stop the godforsaken beeping. Opens in a new window Opens an external website Opens an external website in a new window.
If you take the battery out of one of these units and your power goes out the alarm will fail to sound and warn you of the danger.
This website stores data such as cookies to enable essential site functionality as well as marketing personalization and analytics. But if you install new batteries and the chirping continues there could be other factors that are affecting your smoke detector. Remove the old battery and replace it with a new one. If the new batteries dont work it means you need a new smoke detector.
