This comic is inspired by XKCD and recent events and observations in my life. Disclaimer: I have no artistic ability and blatantly rip off the XKCD style and artwork, however the idea is mine and I feel it fits.
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…and the red bar indicates you (or whoever originally made that meme) started watching it.
Its a screenshot from my YouTube history.
I was really engrossed with the plot.
Voltages drop in the cold, and the middle of the night is usually the coldest. So that’s why this is probably not far from reality.
Wouldn’t the lower temperature make it highly likely that the low power beep occurs only during the middle of the night, but not during the day?
That’s if the alarm reads the voltage directly. But if the low voltage flips a switch that stays flipped, then no.
Pro tip… If your detector is beeping at 2 AM and you don’t have/can’t find a replacement to make it stop… your freezer is sound proof. :)
edit: so it seems that if there is significant day/night temperature difference in your home, that can be a factor and it may not be only about selective memory.
i apologize to the author.
https://diy.stackexchange.com/a/221040
The problem is xkcd is about science and this is as scientific as trump solving the hurricane with a sharpie…
I would say some of them are, but some are just funny observations. Like the current issue: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/olympic_sports_2x.png
Zero science in that either.
yeah, the current issue has zero science in it, but your comics presents dumb folks’ wisdom (untrue and unscientific) and present it to look somewhat “scientifically”, which is imho against the general ethos of xkcd.
the alarm doesn’t really go off more often at night.
it is just that when it goes off during the day, you fix the problem and move on. when it goes off during night, and presumably wakes you up, it pisses you off and you tend to remember it more due to associated emotions.
it is a case of selective memory.
I shall counter with a hypothesis:
It could be that extended lower temperatures at night slow battery chemistry to the point where the voltage sags below the trigger threshold. It would take quite a few hours to cool the battery down from day time ceiling temps, so this would naturally occur in the early hours of the morning just before temperatures rise again.
It is uncanny seeing this, as I experienced this EXACT situation less than a week ago.
I still refuse to replace the battery out of spite. I’d rather burn alive than be awoken in such a way again