topic Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping in Nest Protect

Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping

EricRichardson — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 15:09:09 GMT

I bought my Gen 1 when Protect was released. All has been great up until the last month. Our kitchen Protect started chirping every minute - I figured it was the batteries so I changed them (Energizer Lithium) As soon as I put in the new batteries, it started chirping again. I gave up and just pulled the batteries out of it and set it aside.

When I changed the kitchen Protect, I went ahead and changed the batteries for our hallway Protect. Fast forward 15-days and now our hallway Protect is doing the same thing!

Now I have no smoke detectors for our house, Has anyone else had this problem? If so, what is the fix?!

Thanks in advance!

Re: Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping

Ashepherdson — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 15:16:19 GMT

Gen 1 was released in 2013 , and only had a life span of 7 years, so I suspect that your devices simply need to be replaced as they are End of life now.

Re: Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping

kiltguy2112 — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 15:26:07 GMT

If these are Gen1 and you bought them in 2013, they are expired. The Gen1 has a hard expiration of 7yrs while the Gen2 is ten years.

Re: Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping

EricRichardson — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:29:26 GMT

Yeah, I kinda figured that was the issue but I thought I would see if I might be wrong. I went ahead and bought 2 new gen 2's! Thank you!

Re: Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping

EricRichardson — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:29:59 GMT

I didn't know there was a hard expiration - good to know! I went ahead and bought 2 new gen 2's! Thank you!

Re: Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping

Jake — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 19:50:13 GMT

Hey EricRichardson,

I just wanted to follow up and ensure you are good to go. Let me know if you have any other questions from here, as I will be happy to help out.

Thanks so much Ashepherdson, and kiltguy2112 for the replies.

Best regards,

Jake

Re: Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping

EricRichardson — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:11:49 GMT

Hi, Jake --

Yes, Ashepherdson, and kiltguy2112's replies were extremely helpful. I wound up going out and buying 2 new gen 2 devices and replaced them. Thank you!

Re: Gen 1 Protect Continually Chirping

Jake — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:44:32 GMT

Hey EricRichardson,

Glad to hear everything worked out! With everything being good to go, I am going to lock the thread at this time. If you run into any questions, please feel free to create a new post, and have a wonderful rest of your day.

Best regards,

Jake