Get Louder When Ignored

smoke alarm

is really more like a 9-volt-battery-slowly-drainer.

I got a smoke alarm at home, but really it's more like a 9-volt-battery-slowly-drainer.

 goes off in the hallway upstairs, either to let us know the battery had just died or because the house was on fire.

The smoke alarm went off in the hallway upstairs, either to let us know the battery had just died or because the house was on fire.