It should be a law...

[spiritseeker]

... that when you pull the battery from a smoke detector is should stop the "low battery" beep. Silly extra safe wired in units. Now I've got to go out and get a new battery before it will stop beeping right above my head. And, of course, my car is iced in and the furnice guy is here so it's an hour of:

beep

beep

beep

beep

Aarrggghhh