Where is that BLEEPING BEEPING coming from?

[JDgreen227]

Not sure how many of the members here have poor hearing like I do, but here is my rant:

Wife left for work today, and once she got there she sent me a text, "I forgot to tell you that I heard something beeping when I left this morning but I am not sure where it was coming from..."

So, it could have been coming from one of numerous electronic items we have:

5 APC back up power supplies

3 battery powered smoke detectors and 2 battery powered carbon monoxide detectors

2 dehumidifiers

6 battery powered water sensor alarms

Or maybe NONE of those, because the beeping was coming from the tv set...:laughing:

After wasting 3 hours testing batteries I finally discovered the beeping was coming from a five year old APC back up power supply, and although the newer models have an indicator light that comes on when the internal battery needs replacement none of our APC's had that feature. Too bad ALL devices cannot signal via an indicator light that the battery needs replacing.

Thanks for letting me rant !

 

[Egon]

Cheer up; a few more years and the Beeping will not bother you.

 

[ragkar]

Next time try using an old time ear trumpet. You can make one from a paper cone.

 

[turnkey4099]

Cheer up; a few more years and the Beeping will not bother you.

Eh??

Too many years running a chainsaw without ear protection.

Harry K

 

[Sigarms]

I've known that feeling since my 20's and I haven't even hit 50 yet.

What the Army calls "High Frequency hearing loss":laughing:

When I tell people I hear things in my head, I'm really not lying.

My wife has learned to live with me. She's given up asking me "don't you hear that?"

 

[moored4]

Thats Ok! I got up this morning and rest all the clocks in everthing! Got them all done set down to get my morning fix of TBN and the lights went out! Lost power for about 10 min. I'm not going to rest them till tonight just before bed!:mur: we were not have any bad weather!

 

[dmccarty]

First it is whining....

Then it is ranting....

Now we find out that JD can't hear. :laughing:

Dont feel so bad though. Years ago the male host on the morning radio show I listen too heard a beeping in his condo in the middle of the night. It was the fire alarm telling him the batter was low. This guy has pretty much ZERO handy man skills. He tried to get to the battery but he could not. The more he tried, the more frustrated he got, which made it that much more impossible to get to the battery. He ended up hitting the alarm with a hammer or golf club. He broke the alarm....

But it kept on beeping..... :laughing::laughing:

I think he eventually pulled the whole thing out of the ceiling but of course it still beeped.

Later,
Dan

 

[sodamo]

We have a commercial on the radio for one of the lumber suppliers. The commercial has the reverse warning bleep in the background. Too funny, just came on as I am typing Gets my wife just about every time. I no longer check the drive for the delivery truck. LOL

 

[dodge man]

I've known that feeling since my 20's and I haven't even hit 50 yet.

What the Army calls "High Frequency hearing loss":laughing:

When I tell people I hear things in my head, I'm really not lying.

My wife has learned to live with me. She's given up asking me "don't you hear that?"

Man, does that ever sound like me. Our septic tank has an overflow alarm, and I have to almost be standing next to it before I hear it. Everyone else in the house can hear it but me.

 

[Egon]

Man, does that ever sound like me. Our septic tank has an overflow alarm, and I have to almost be standing next to it before I hear it. Everyone else in the house can hear it but me/QUOTE]

For this case is it selective hearing??