Shhh, she’s listening…
:whispers
I think that House read my post yesterday.
Last night, after husband and I finally got home after /another/ 2 hours of clean up moving, I finally got to sleep around midnightish. Bear in mind that I’m at a new low in terms of pure exhaustion.
5am.
beep beep
beep beep
beep beep
beep beep
I dream that my phone is ringing until I realize it’s happening somewhere in my house. And it’s not my phone.
beep beep
beep beep
It’s the house alarm.
Which we inherited, have no documentation on, and was, at present, disarmed.
beep beep
I think that “April”, on the homesecuritystore.com forum, says it best:
“I HAVE LIVED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS AND HAVE NEVER TOUCHED THEIR ALARM SYSTEMS. I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND IT WILL NOT STOP BEEPING. THE BEEPING IS NOT CONSTANT, ABOUT EVERY 20 TO 30 SECONDS THERE ARE TWO QUICK BEEPS. IF I HIT *6 (WHICH SAYS TO TURN DOOR CHIME ON/OFF) IT MAKES A LONG BEEP AND STOPS THE BEEPING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND THEN STARTS UP AGAIN. I DO NOT HAVE A MANUAL FOR IT SO IF ANYONE KNOWS SOMETHING I COULD TRY TO MAKE THIS STOP I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS”
Exactly (except that it was every 5 seconds).
And I would like to send “Old EW Tech” a basket of mini-muffins, for his reply:
“Try pressing the # key to silence the beeping.”
…
I hate you House.
Oh, and also? EW Tech goes on to say:
“It probably has a failing battery, to confirm this as the trouble condition, press *, 2 and watch the Zone Lights, the Zone 1 Light is the indication for the battery.
If it is the battery, you will find the culprit in the metal enclosure that houses the system. The replacement should of equal voltage an Amphour rating.”
What’s that? The metal enclosure which the Bell guy /disconnected/ from the line? Which line is no longer there as he got rid of the jack?
And he also unplugged the unit. Which I’m hoping is what made the system think the battery was missing. And though it kept beepbeeping after I plugged it back in in the middle of the night, I’m hoping it’s just a charge thing and that given time, it will magically resolve.
Yes, that sounds like a solid plan.
Solid. Nothing can go wrong here.
:breaks a mirror and spills some salt.