Everday SD-738/w User Manual

SINGLE-STATION PHOTOELECTRIC

SMOKE DETECTOR

SD-738/w USER’S MANUAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION................................................................... 1

LOCATIONS TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ..... 1

LOCATIONS NOT TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE

DETECTORS ........................................................................2

INSTALLING YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ........................... 2

TESTING YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ................................ 3

TAKING CARE OF YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ................. 3

TIPS TO ENHANCE YOUR PROTECTION FROM FIRES .. 3

MORE TIPS TO FACE A FIRE IN YOUR HOME ................. 3

SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................ 4

SMOKE DETECTOR WITH OPTIONAL WIRELESS

TRANSMITTER INFORMATION .......................................... 4

FIVE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY....................................... 4

INTRODUCTION

Everday’s single station photoelectric smoke detector is designed to sense
smoke that comes into the detector chamber. It does not sense gas, heat, or
flame. This smoke detector is designed to give early warning of developing
fires by giving off the alarm sounds from its built-in alarm horn. It can provide
precious time for you and your family to escape before a fire spreads.
However, the smoke detector makes such pre-warning of fire accident
possible, only if the detector is located, installed, and maintained properly as
described in this User's Manual.

WARNING:

unit only, which means that it should be used inside a single-family home or
apartment. It is not meant to be used in lobbies, hallways, basements, or
another apartment in multi-family buildings, unless there are already working
detectors in each family unit. Smoke detectors, placed in common areas
outside of the individual living unit, such as on porches or in hallways, may not
provide early warning to residents. In multi-family buildings, each family living
unit should set up its own detectors.

WARNING:

buildings. Warehouses, industrial or commercial buildings, and special
purpose non-residential buildings require special fire detection and alarm
systems. This detector alone is not a suitable substitute for complete fire
detection systems for places where many people live or work, such as hotels
or motels. The same is true of dormitories, hospitals, nursing homes or group
homes of any kind, even if they were once single-family homes. Please refer
NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, NFPA71, 72A, 72B, 72C, 72D, and 72E for
smoke detector requirements for fire protection in buildings not defined as
“households”.

WARNING:

strongly recommended that the special-purpose smoke detectors, using lights
or vibrating devices, should be installed to alert occupants who are hard of
hearing.

LOCATIONS TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR

Smoke detectors should be installed in accordance with the NFPA Standard
74 (National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA

02169). For complete coverage in residential units, smoke detectors should

This smoke detector is designed for use in a single residential

This detector is not meant to be used in non-residential

This detector will not alert people who are hard of hearing. It is

be installed in all rooms, halls, storage areas, basements, and attics in each
family living unit. Minimum coverage is one detector on each floor and one in
each sleeping area. Here, we have good tips for you:

• Install a smoke detector in the hallway outside every separate bedroom
area, as shown in Figure 1. Two detectors are required in homes with
two bedroom areas, as shown in Figure 2.

• Install a smoke detector on every floor of a multi-floor home or apartment,
as shown in Figure 3.

• Install a minimum of two detectors in any household.

• Install a smoke detector inside every bedroom.

• Install smoke detectors at both ends of a bedroom hallway if the hallway

is more than 40 feet (12 meters) long.

• Install a smoke detector inside every room where one sleeps with the
door partly or completely closed, since smoke could be blocked by the
closed door and a hallway alarm may not wake up the sleeper if the door
is closed.

Figure 1: LOCATIONS FOR PLACING

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR
SINGLE RESIDENCE WITH
ONLY ONE SLEEPING AREA

Figure 2: LOCATIONS FOR PLACING SMOKE DETECTORS FOR

SINGLE-FLOOR RESIDENCE WITH MORE THAN ONE SLEEPING
AREA

Figure 3: LOCATION FOR PLACING

• Install basement detectors at the bottom of the basement stairwell.

• Install second-floor detectors at the top of the first-to-second floor

stairwell.

• Be sure no door or other obstruction blocks the path of smoke to the
detector.

• Install additional detectors in your living room, dining room, family room,
attic, utility and storage rooms.

• Install smoke detectors as close to the center of the ceiling as possible. If
this is not practical, put the detector on the ceiling, no closer than 4
inches (10 cm) from any wall or corner, as shown in Figure 4.

• If ceiling mounting is not possible and wall mounting is permitted by your
local and state codes, put wall-mounted detectors between 4 and 6
inches (10 ~ 15 cm) from the ceiling, also see Figure 4.

DETECTORS

• If some of your rooms have sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, try to
mount detectors 3 feet (0.9 meter) measured horizontally from the
highest point of the ceiling as shown in Figure 5.

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR A
MULTI-FLOOR RESIDENCE

Figure 4:
RECOMMEN
DED BEST
AND
ACCEPTABLE
LOCATIONS
TO MOUNT
SMOKE

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Figure 5: RECOMMENDED LOCATION TO

MOUNT SMOKE DETECTORS IN
ROOMS WITH SLOPED, GABLED,
OR PEAKED CEILING

CAUTION (As required by the California State Fire Marshall)
“Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire

detection equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as follows: (1) A
smoke detector installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity, but
outside of the bedrooms), and (2) Heat or smoke detectors in the living rooms,
dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways, attics, furnace rooms, closets,
utility and, storage rooms, basements and attached garages.”

For your information, NFPA Standard 74, Section 2-4 reads as follows:
“2-4.1.1 Smoke detectors shall be installed outside of each separate sleeping

area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms and on each additional story of
the family living unit including basements and excluding crawl spaces and
unfinished attics.

The provisions of 2-4.1.1 represent the minimum number of detectors
required by this standard. It is recommended that the householder consider
the use of additional smoke detectors for increased protection for those areas
separated by a door from the areas protected by the required smoke
detectors under 2-4.1.1 above. The recommended additional areas are living
room, dining room, bedroom(s), kitchen, attic (finished or unfinished), furnace
room, utility room, basement, integral or attached garage, and hallways not
included in 2-4.1.1 above. However, the use of additional detectors remains
the option of the householder.” We recommend complete coverage and use

of additional smoke detectors.

LOCATIONS NOT TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE
DETECTORS

Nuisance alarms take place when smoke detectors are installed where they
will not work properly. To avoid nuisance alarms, do not install smoke
detectors in the following situations:

• Combustion particles are the by-products of something that is burning.
Thus, in or near areas where combustion particles are present you do not
install the smoke detectors to avoid nuisance alarms, such as kitchens
with few windows or poor ventilation, garages where there may be vehicle
exhaust, near furnaces, hot water heaters, and space heaters.

• Do not install smoke detectors less than 20 feet (6 meters) away from
places where combustion particles are normally present, like kitchens. If
a 20-foot distance is not possible, e.g. in a mobile home, try to install the
detector as far away from the combustion particles as possible,
preferably on the wall. To prevent nuisance alarm alarms, provide good
ventilation in such places.
IMPORTANT: For any reason, do not disable the detector to avoid
nuisance alarms.

• When air streams passing by kitchens, the way how a detector can
sense combustion particles in normal air-flow paths is graphically shown
in Figure 6, which indicates the correct and incorrect smoke detector
locations concerning this problem.

Figure 6: RECOMMENDED
SMOKE DETECTOR
LOCATIONS TO AVOID AIR
STREAMS WITH
COMBUSTION PARTICLES

• In damp or very humid areas, or near bathrooms with showers. Moisture
in humid air can enter the sensing chamber, then turns into droplets
upon cooling, which can cause nuisance alarms. Install smoke detectors
at least 10 feet (3 meters) away from bathrooms.

• In very cold or very hot areas, including unheated buildings or outdoor
rooms. If the temperature goes above or below the operating range of
smoke detector, it will not work properly. The temperature range for your
smoke detector is 40

• In very dusty or dirty areas, dirt and dust can build up on the detector’s

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F to 100oF (4oC to 38oC).

sensing chamber, to make it overly sensitive. Additionally, dust or dirt
can block openings to the sensing chamber and keep the detector from
sensing smoke.

• Near fresh air vents or very drafty areas like air conditioners, heaters or
fans, fresh air vents and drafts can drive smoke away from smoke
detectors.

• Dead air spaces are often at the top of a peaked roof, or in the corners
between ceilings and walls. Dead air may prevent smoke from reaching
a detector. See Figures 4 and 5 for recommended mounting locations.

• In insect-infested areas. If insects enter a detector’s sensing chamber,
they may cause a nuisance alarm. Where bugs are a problem, get rid of
them before putting up a detector.

• Near fluorescent lights, electrical “noise” from fluorescent lights may
cause nuisance alarms. Install smoke detectors at least 5 feet (1.5
meters) from such lights.

WARNING: Never remove power from a DC-power operated detector to stop
a nuisance alarm. Open a window or fan the air around the detector to get rid
of the smoke. The alarm will turn itself off when the smoke is gone. If nuisance
alarms persist, attempt to clean the detector as described in this User’s
Manual.

WARNING: Do not stand close to the detector when the alarm is sounding.
The alarm is loud in order to wake you in an emergency. Too much exposure
to the horn at close range may be harmful to your hearing.

INSTALLING YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR

This smoke detector is made to be mounted on the ceiling or on the wall if
necessary. Since this smoke detector is a single-station type, it cannot be
linked to other detectors.

WARNING: Do not connect this smoke detector to any other alarm or auxiliary
device. Connecting anything else to this detector will keep it from working
properly.

Read “LOCATIONS TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS” and
“LOCATIONS NOT TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS” section in
this Manual first, and then decide where to install a detector. Please follow
these steps to install your smoke detector:

1. At the place where you are going to install the detector, draw a horizontal
line six inches long.

2. Remove the mounting bracket from your unit by rotating it
counterclockwise.

3. Place the bracket so that the two longest slots are aligned on the line. In
each of keyhole slots, draw a mark to locate a mounting plug and screw.

4. Remove the bracket.

5. Using a 3/16-inch (5mm) drill bit, drill two holes at the marks and insert
plastic wall plugs. Put the detector away from getting plaster dust on it
when you drill holes for mounting.

6. Using the two screws and plastic wall plugs (all supplied), attach the
bracket to the wall.

7. Line up the side slot of the bracket and the detector. Push the detector
onto the mounting bracket and turn it anti-clockwise to fix it into place.
Pull outward on the detector to make sure it is securely attached to the
mounting bracket.

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8. The steps to open the detector cover and to install the battery are listed
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