Firex A, B, C, E, PB User Manual

!WARNING: THIS SMOKE ALARM WILL SOUND A SHORT BEEP WHEN POWER IS CONNECTED
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O NOT USE THIS SMOKE ALARM WITH ANY EXTERNAL BUG SCREENS OR SMOKE ALARM
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. USE OF THESE TYPES OF DEVICES MAY REDUCE SMOKE ALARM RESPONSE TIME.
CONTENTS
ALARM IN MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES p.5-6 WHERE YOU SHOULD NOT INSTALL SMOKE ALARMS p.6 HOW TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE ALARM p.6-7 WEEKLY TESTING OF YOUR SMOKE ALARM p.7 TAKING CARE OF YOUR SMOKE ALARM p.7-8 REPLACING THE BATTERY p.8 USING THE TAMPER RESIST LOCKING MECHANISM p.9 SPECIAL SMOKE ALARM FEATURES p.10 WARRANTY INFORMATION p.10 WHERE TO SEND YOUR SMOKE ALARM FOR SERVICE
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SMOKE ALARM
• Before installing your smoke alarm, you must read this entire
Owner’s Manual.
• This alarm incorporates the internationally recognized horn signal for
evacuation. During alarm mode, the horn produces three short beeps followed by a 2 second pause and then repeats. This pattern is somewhat different than the previous alarm sound, which continually beeped.
• Install a smoke alarm in each room and area of your home. See
“WHERE YOU SHOULD INSTALL YOUR SMOKE ALARMS.”
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Battery Operated
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MODELS A, B, C, E AND PB
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Installer: Please leave this manual with the product.
Smoke Alarm
®
Smoke alarms cannot give you an early warning of fire or smoke
unless you install, use and maintain them by following these instructions.
You must hear the alarm’s warning sound and quickly respond to it to
reduce the risk of damage, injury or death that may result from a fire.
Your smoke alarm is packaged with the battery disconnected.
Connect it to the battery leads before mounting the smoke alarm.
A smoke alarm will not work without a good battery installed correctly.
The smoke alarm must be tested when a new battery is installed and every week after that.
A smoke alarm that beeps about once per minute means the battery
is weak, and you need a new battery.
A smoke alarm should never be used, in any case, for more than
10 years.
WHAT SMOKE ALARMS CAN DO
Smoke alarms can only HELP protect your home and family against loss from a fire. The best protection is obtained by installing smoke alarms in each room, and each other area of the home, making sure the people in the home will be able to hear and respond to the alarm sound.
Your smoke alarm meets or exceeds the requirements for audibility, or loudness, set by Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc.
!WARNING: SMOKE ALARMS MAY GIVE YOU A WARNING OF FIRE AND SMOKE, BUT ONLY
IF YOU INSTALL
, USE AND MAINTAIN THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
WHAT SMOKE ALARMS WILL NOT DO
A SMOKE ALARM WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT POWER. Your smoke alarm needs a good battery that is installed correctly to work. A smoke alarm will not work if its battery is missing, dead or put in wrong.
A SMOKE ALARM WILL NOT SENSE A FIRE WHEN THE SMOKE CANNOT REACH THE ALARM. If a fire starts in a chimney, wall, roof, the other side of a closed door, or any other isolated area, the smoke alarm may not sense the smoke and will not give a warning. If you do not have an alarm in the bedroom, and sleep with the door closed, a fire inside the bedroom may not sound the alarm located in another room. Therefore, a smoke alarm must be placed both inside and outside all bedrooms. A SMOKE ALARM WILL NOT PROMPTLY SENSE A FIRE EXCEPT IN THE AREA OR ROOM IN WHICH THE SMOKE ALARM IS LOCATED.
FOR EXAMPLE: A. A SMOKE ALARM MAY NOT SENSE A FIRE ON ANOTHER LEVEL OF A
RESIDENCE OR BUILDING. A second-floor smoke alarm may not detect a fire on the first floor or in the basement of a building. Therefore, smoke alarms must be installed on every floor or level of your home or building.
B. IF THE SMOKE ALARM IS LOCATED ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN
THE BEDROOMS, OR IN AN ISOLATED AREA OF THE HOUSE OR RESIDENCE, IT IS LESS LIKELY TO WAKE UP PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE BEDROOMS.
ALL TYPES OF SMOKE ALARMS HAVE LIMITATIONS. NO TYPE OF SMOKE ALARM CAN SENSE EVERY KIND OF FIRE OR SMOKE EVERY TIME.
Ionization smoke alarms are your best overall choice for reliability and fast response time (NFP Research Foundation and U.S. Fire Administration Data) since they quickly sense small “invisible” smoke particles and also sense large “visible” smoke particles. Note, photoelectric smoke alarms may respond faster in certain types of fires, for example slow smoldering fires with large visible smoke particles. For additional protection the NFPA recommends the use of multiple smoke alarms and heat detectors.
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You should use both battery-powered and direct-wired 120-volt AC-powered smoke alarms. Since A SMOKE ALARM WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT POWER, having alarms that will work from two different power sources can give you extra protection in case of a dead battery, or an AC power failure.
Using a smoke alarm in a smoky area like a kitchen, or in a high humidity area near a shower, can cause false alarms. DO NOT REMOVE YOUR BATTERY TO QUIET THE ALARM. DO NOT TAKE THE ALARM DOWN. DO NOT SHUT OFF THE POWER TO THE ALARM. IF YOU HAVE A FALSE ALARM, TRY WAVING A TOWEL NEAR THE ALARM TO CLEAR THE SENSING CHAMBER. A SMOKE ALARM WILL NOT HELP PROTECT YOU IF IT IS NOT POWERED, OR THE UNIT IS REMOVED. An alarm with a FALSE ALARM CONTROL feature should be used to minimize these nuisance alarms, where allowed by state and local codes.
A SMOKE ALARM MAY NOT ALWAYS WARN YOU ABOUT FIRES CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS OR SAFETY HAZARDS SUCH AS SMOKING IN BED, VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS, ESCAPING GAS, IMPROPER STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE MATERIALS, OVERLOADED ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS, NATURAL CAUSES SUCH AS LIGHTNING, CHILDREN PLAYING WITH MATCHES AND ARSON. Fire prevention is your best safeguard.
Installing smoke alarms may make you eligible for lower insurance rates, but SMOKE ALARMS ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR INSURANCE. Home­owners and renters alike should continue to insure their lives and properties.
WHERE YOU SHOULD INSTALL YOUR SMOKE ALARMS
The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Standard 74, Section 2-1 provides information regarding the smoke detection equipment required within the family unit.
Section 2-1.1.1 reads as follows: 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 2-1.1.1 represent the minimum number of detectors required by this standard. It is recommended that the householder consider the use of additional smoke or heat detectors for increased protection for those areas separated by a door from the areas protected by the required smoke detectors under 2-1.1.1 above. The recommended additional areas are the living room, dining room, bedroom(s), kitchen, attic (finished or unfinished), furnace room, utility room, basement, garage (attached or unattached), and hallways not included in Section 2-1.1.1 above. However, the use of additional detectors remains the option of the householder.
This equipment should be installed in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard 74, NFPA, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269.
THIS STANDARD MEANS YOU SHOULD INSTALL AND USE A SMOKE ALARM IN EVERY ROOM AND AREA OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD OR BUILDING FOR GOOD PROTECTION.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL HELP YOU SAFELY LOCATE YOUR SMOKE ALARMS:
Do install your smoke alarms in accordance with all applicable laws,
regulations, standards and codes.
Do install a smoke alarm in the hallway outside of every bedroom
area. If the bedroom has a door, there must be a smoke alarm inside and outside the bedroom. See Figure 1. If your home or residence has two bedroom areas, a smoke alarm must be placed outside the second bedroom area, and inside the bedroom(s) if they have doors. See Figure 2.
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IF YOUR HOUSEHOLD OR RESIDENCE HAS SEVERAL FLOORS, THERE MUST BE AN ALARM ON EVERY FLOOR, INCLUDING IN THE BASEMENT. See Figure 3.
Do install a smoke alarm in every
bedroom where a smoker sleeps.
Do install a smoke alarm in every
room and bedroom where electrical appliances (such as portable heaters, humidifiers or electric blankets) may be operated while someone sleeps.
Do install a smoke alarm inside every
bedroom where someone sleeps with the door closed. Smoke can be blocked by the closed door, or the alarm may not wake the sleeper if the door is closed.
Do install smoke alarms at both ends of a bedroom hallway if it is
more than 30 feet long.
Do install basement smoke alarms at the bottom of the basement
stairwell.
Do install second floor smoke alarms at the top of the first-to-second
floor stairwell, as long as no door or obstruction blocks the path of the smoke to the alarm.
Do install a smoke alarm in a room where flammable household
chemicals or solvents are stored. For example, if you keep kerosene, paint thinner or certain types of contact cements within your resi­dence, install a smoke alarm in that room, unless not recommended by a situation described in the section WHERE YOU SHOULD NOT INSTALL SMOKE ALARMS.
Do install smoke alarms on the ceiling not closer than 4 inches to any
wall or corner, or on the wall at least 4 inches but no more than 12 inches from the ceiling. See Figure 4.
If your ceiling has radiant heat or has a lack of insulation to the out-
side, ceiling mounting of your smoke alarm is not advisable due to tem­perature variations. You should follow the wall-mounting procedures.
FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2
FIGURE 3
DINING
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FIGURE 4
ROOM
KITCHEN
BEDROOM
BEDROOM
FAMILY ROOM
KITCHEN
DINING ROOM
BEDROOM
LIVING ROOM
BEDROOM
BEDROOM
LIVING ROOM
DENOTES SMOKE ALARM WITH FALSE ALARM CONTROL
DENOTES SMOKE ALARM
BEDROOM
KITCHEN
BASEMENT
BED-
ROOM
FURNACE
ROOOM
BEDROOM
BATH
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