Random beeping every 5 minutes in apartment?
Hey guys, I wanted to see if anybody could maybe give me some advice about a beeping noise that started today in my girlfriend and I’s apartment.
I was out for most of the day, but my girlfriend was home and asked me if I noticed any beeping noises when I left early that morning, which I didn’t. When I got home, I heard the beeping, as it goes off pretty much every 5 minutes. It initally sounded off 3 short beeps, but it switched to 5 maybe an hour or so after I got home in the afternoon.
Of course the first thing we were worried about was the CO detector, but there was no indication (i.e. a flashing light) on the monitor of it being the source of the beeping, and when you stand directly under it and wait for the beep, it sounds like it’s a good 10 feet away. The smoke detector is right next to the CO detector, so it’s the same problem there.
What’s strange is that we can’t seem to pinpoint the exact area of the sound. Every time we’re sure of what direction it’s coming from, we go to that area and wait for the next round of beeps, and it sounds like it’s yards away in another direction. We’ve checked the kitchen appliances, the thermostat, the humidity sensor, the digital lock, and nothing has really been a clear culprit of the beeping.
Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this and has any suggestions of what could be making this noise. If context is any help, we live in a pretty recently built apartment complex with 5 floors and we’re located in a fairly major US city. Let me know if y’all have ideas, because I’m starting to feel like a subject in a psychological torture study.
Update: So, somehow, the mysterious beeping stopped? I checked the batteries on a lot of things like people suggested, but didn’t really find a solution. I went to work for the day, as did my girlfriend. I got home a couple hours after my girlfriend came back and after an hour or so of my coming home, she realized she hadn’t heard the beeping in a second, which made me realize that I hadn’t heard it either. Someone asked if it was possible if it was coming from a neighbor’s apartment, which we had kind of ruled out because of how little sound tends to travel between these walls and because of how clear the high frequencies of the beeping were. But again, the beeping was pretty quiet compared to any smoke/CO detector’s low battery alarm that I’ve heard and it just miraculously stopped without any action on our part, so maybe it could’ve been from the neighbors? I’m not gonna question it, I’m just happy it’s gone.
Sorry for the disappointment, but thanks for all the suggestions!