When they tell us to change the batteries every year, I check mine to make sure the battery is still disconnected.
Well that's the thing.. It was quite cold outside about a week ago when I wanted to smoke a cigar so I figured I would head into the garage and smoke it there. Got up on the step ladder to remove the battery from
that unit only to find that not only was there the ol' 9V battery but also the damn unit itself was hardwired into the house from the underside. Irritated and puzzled, I removed the battery only to find that the thing still gave off a BEEP every 60 seconds as if to say, 'hey shithead, don't forget to replace the battery otherwise I'll just beeep until the end of time'
Smoked away as I slowly became angrier looking for a breaker I could throw that connected all detectors for certain kinds of cooking days.
I'm with you. I ripped them off the ceiling and walls and they are long gone in the trash. The heat of the oven would set them off. I'd do a quick sauté and it would set them off. Hot shower...set them off. The people that previously lived here must've been paranoid. There was a smoke detector randomly placed about every 12 feet. In the bathroom by the mancave there was one. Why? It's the size of a small closet. I can barely move around in there. Sink, toilet, and a few feet of space. Plus there was one right outside the door as you go up the stairs. There was one outside. YES. OUTSIDE! These are the same people that put tape around lightbulbs, so clearly they were crazy. I guess they thought the lightbulbs would just fall out of the fixture. 
A shower set them off?
?? WTF man! Were they hardwired like mine are?
@ShayP
