{"id":332,"date":"2023-07-14T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/2023\/07\/home-maintenance-myth-5-press-button-to-test-smoke-alarm\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:05:48","slug":"home-maintenance-myth-5-press-button-to-test-smoke-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/2023\/07\/home-maintenance-myth-5-press-button-to-test-smoke-alarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Maintenance Myth # 5 – Press Button To Test Smoke Alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Test Button is the Best Way to Check Your Smoke Alarm<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

By pressing the test button on your home’s smoke alarm, what you’re really doing is testing whether the sound is functioning properly, according to Security First Insurance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, to properly test your smoke alarm, place a newly burned out match under the device. The smoke should cause the alarm to sound. Experts suggest you test your smoke alarm at least once in the spring and once in the fall. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Test Button is the Best Way to Check Your Smoke Alarm By pressing the test button on your home’s smoke alarm, what you’re really doing is testing whether the sound is functioning properly, according to Security First Insurance. Instead, to properly test your smoke alarm, place a newly burned out match under the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions\/333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}