Firex FADCQ User Manual
SMOKE/CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM
MODEL FADCQ
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CONGRATULATIONS on your purchase of this Firex Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide
Alarm. It is an important investment in your family’s safety and a key component of your home
protection/security system. Please read this booklet thoroughly. The more familiar you are with
the information it contains, the easier you will find it to install, operate, and maintain your smoke
and carbon monoxide alarm properly. This ultimately means greater security and
peace of mind for you and your family.
2002 INVENSYS CLIMATE CONTROLS AMERICAS
The ionization type alarms are generally more effective at detecting fast, flaming fires
that consume combustible materials rapidly and spread quickly. Sources of these fires
may include paper burning in a waste container or a grease fire in the kitchen.
The photoelectric type alarms are generally more effective at detecting slow,
smoldering fires that smolder for hours before bursting into flame. Sources of these
fires may include cigarettes burning in couches or bedding.
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I. Quick Reference Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
General Information and Features . . . . .4
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . .6
The Dangers of Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
The Dangers of CO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Where To Install This Alarm . . . . . . . . . .8
II. How To Install This Smoke/CO Alarm . . .9
1. Battery Power (DC)
& DC Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
2. AC/DC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
3. AC & AC/DC Interconnect . . . . . . . .12
4. Installing as Replacements with
Interconnected Legacy Firex Alarms .12
III. If the Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
If the Smoke Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . .13
If the CO Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Quick Quiet™ False Alarm Control™ . .14
Quick Quiet™ (CO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Smart Quiet™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
IV. Understanding the LED Indicators . . . .16
Smoke/CO Alarm Chart (Light & Horn) .17
V. Testing and Maintenance
Testing the Smoke/CO Alarm . . . . . . . .18
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
VI. Troubleshooting the Smoke/CO Alarm 21
VII. Important Safety Information . . . . . . .23
Fire Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
CO Home Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Symptoms of CO Poisoning . . . . . . . . .24
Conditions That Can Cause
CO Levels to Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Limitations of This Smoke/CO Alarm . .25
Important Information
About This Smoke/CO Alarm . . . . . . . .26
VIII. Agency Recommendations
For Alarm Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Suggested Alarm Placement . . . . . . . .28
Smoke Alarm Placement & Exceptions .30
IX. Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
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DANGER
When you see this symbol, be aware that if the
message is ignored, the hazard WILL result in
SEVERE bodily injury or death.
WARNING
When you see this symbol, be aware that if the
message is ignored, the hazard CAN cause
SEVERE bodily injury or death.
CAUTION
When you see this symbol, be aware that if the
message is ignored, the hazard CAN or
WILL cause MINOR bodily injury.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The following symbols identify the most important safety messages in this manual.
About this Alarm
This combination alarm has separate sensors to
detect smoke and carbon monoxide (CO). The
smoke alarm has priority over the CO alarm.
This alarm can be powered two ways: Battery
(DC) only, or 120V AC with a 9-volt battery
back-up source.
This alarm can be interconnected in a series of
up to 18 compatible devices (maximum of 12
can be Firex smoke alarms and 6 CO alarms or
heat detectors).
Features/Benefits:
• Quick Quiet™False Alarm Control
™
Helps you evaluate and respond more calmly
to alarm situations by quieting the alarm
horn(s) without disrupting protection.
• Smart Quiet ™One feature, two functions.
1) Smart Quiet ™ Trigger Alarm Locator:
Improves safety by identifying areas of
immediate danger, and helps residents
calmly evacuate without the distraction
of all alarm horn(s) sounding. All but the
trigger alarm(s) will be silenced for up to
10 minutes.
2) Smart Quiet ™ Low Battery Alert:
Residents can silence alarm and sleep
without losing protection for up to 8
hours, and replace the battery in the
morning.
• Ramp-up Horn: Protects your hearing when
testing the alarm. Ramp-up horn gives you
time to move away from the horn before the
full alarm horn sequence begins.
• Alarm Horn: Separate and distinct horn pat-
terns for smoke and CO alarms. Sounds a
minimum of 85dB at 10 feet. Meets or
exceeds UL and ULC standards for audible
horn. Listed for use in US or Canada.
• Three Indicator Lights With Five
Communication Colors: Improves safety.
BLUE/CO: Blue light flashes rapidly when
sensor detects elevated CO levels. Horn
alarms 4 times, pauses, repeats.
RED-YELLOW-ORANGE/SMOKE:
Patented Red-Yellow-Orange light flashes
rapidly when sensor detects elevated
smoke levels. Horn alarms three times,
pauses, repeats.
GREEN/AC POWER: Improves safety by
giving visual indication that 120V AC is
powering the alarm. Meets UL/ULC agency
compliance regulations for visual AC power
notification.
• Low Battery Warning: (Audible and Visual)
Increases protection with visual and audible
alert of low battery before protection is lost.
In an interconnected series, helps you quickly
identify the unit with low battery.
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I. QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES
IMPORTANT: ALL Quick Reference Guides in this manual are designed to introduce you to the basic
features, operations, and safety considerations of the 7000 Combination Smoke/CO Alarm. You MUST
read this entire manual before installing and using the alarm.
General Information and Features
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• Latching LED: After the alarm condition is
over, helps identify which unit in a linked
series triggered an alarm. The Latching LED
continues to identify the trigger alarm until it is
manually reset by pressing the Smart Button.
Can also help you identify a malfunctioning
alarm in a series.
• Dual Ionization Smoke Chamber:
Meets or exceeds UL/ULC standards.
Generally faster at detecting fast-burning fires.
• Firex CO Sensor System: Improves safety.
Sensor system reacts to CO most like the
human body. Effectively simulates the gradual
poisoning (accumulation) and detoxification of
COHb in the blood stream.
• Smart Button: This one button is all you need
to test the unit and operate features like Quick
Quiet™, Smart Quiet™, and reset the Latching
LED. It automatically activates the proper
response to the alarm condition at the time
you press it.
• Replacement: This combination Smoke/CO
Alarm can be used as a replacement for all
Firex Smoke and CO* alarms without additional wiring. Lets you easily upgrade from individual smoke or CO alarm to a combination unit.
*(Existing CO alarms may need to be replaced
in interconnected systems.)
• Product Family Styling: All Firex alarms have
a clean, consistent look in the home.
Installation Features/Benefits:
• Front Load Battery Compartment: Fast,
safe and convenient! Change the battery without removing the alarm from the mounting
bracket. Saves installation time, too.
• 9V Alkaline Battery: Included with the alarm.
UL/ULC Listed to provide a minimum of one
year battery back-up and battery operation.
With AC power applied, battery can be
expected to last up to five years.
• Powerlink Tab: Keeps battery power from
draining between alarm installation and
homeowner move-in.
• Dust Cover: Protects the sensors from dust,
dirt, fumes, or other common construction
contaminants—which can contribute to false
alarms—until the job is complete.
• Shared Bracket and Wire Leads: Lets you
replace or move alarms around quickly and
easily using the standard Firex smoke
connector and mounting bracket.
Interconnect Features/Benefits:
• Interconnect: Linking units in a series broad-
ens the coverage in a home, and can give residents extra time to respond to the alert.
• Smart Interconnect: Saves cost of additional
wiring by allowing smoke and CO alarms to
share a single, smart interconnect wire.
Installations can be done using just three
wires: hot, neutral, and interconnect.
• DC Interconnect: Where allowed by code,
lets you interconnect units which operate on
battery power only in a cost-effective way.
Interconnected units can provide earlier
warning of a dangerous situation.
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Important Safety Information
Required Power Supply
• This combination smoke-CO alarm requires
constant 120V AC power AND/OR a working
9-volt battery to operate properly.
Recommended Coverage
• Because smoke in one area may not reach a
smoke alarm in another, smoke alarms are
recommended in every room and on every
level of the home. Interconnected alarms can
provide better whole-home protection than
stand-alone alarms.
• CO alarms are recommended near bedrooms
and sleeping areas where they can wake
sleeping residents. Additional CO alarms are
recommended 5-20 feet from sources of CO
like a furnace, water heater, or fireplace.
Installation/Interconnect
• This combination alarm should be installed
only by a licensed qualified electrician.
Observe and follow all local and national electrical and building codes for installation.
• Connect this combination alarm ONLY to
compatible devices listed in this manual.
Compliance
• This combination alarm is designed to be used
in ordinary indoor locations of single-family
households only.
• The sensitivity of both the smoke and CO
sensors, and the horn patterns for both warnings, comply with UL/ULC standards.
General Limitations
• This alarm cannot alert every household member every time if it cannot be heard because of
location, obstructions, ambient noise, condition of residents, etc. It is not intended to alert
residents who are hard of hearing.
• ALL alarms have limitations. This combination
smoke-CO alarm is not foolproof and is not
warranted to protect lives or property. It is not
a substitute for insurance.
• Because it is possible for the alarm to fail at
any time, you must test the alarm weekly and
replace it every 5 years.
• Smoke alarms can sound an alarm only when
smoke reaches their sensors. Smoke may not
reach the smoke alarm QUICKLY ENOUGH to
ensure safe escape. They do not sense heat,
flame, or gas.
• CO Alarms are designed to detect carbon
monoxide gas from any source of combustion
that reach their sensor. They are NOT
designed to detect smoke, fire, or any other
type of gas.
IMPORTANT: Please see Chapter VII
“Important Safety Information” for detailed
safety considerations and alarm limitations
before installing or using this alarm.
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The Dangers of Fire
Fire is Unpredictable
• Fire can burn a two-story home to the ground
in minutes.
• Fire can elevate air temperatures at eye-level
to over 1200˚F (650˚C)!
• In a typical home fire you have just minutes to
escape, which is why it is so important to
have at least one smoke alarm on every level
of your home and in every bedroom or sleeping area.
Depending on the source, materials involved,
and environment, fire can spread rapidly or
smolder slowly for hours.
NOTE - This FADCQ alarm uses only an ioniza-
tion type detector for sensing smoke.
You may wish to consider installing
other photoelectric alarms or combination ionization/photoelectric dual
sensor alarms in your home for
increased protection.
The Dangers of CO
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a Toxic Gas
Carbon monoxide poisoning is a serious issue.
Many families suffer daily, and over one thousand lives are lost each year because of this
deadly household gas.
• You cannot see, smell, or taste CO.
• The effects of CO poisoning can cause household members to become extremely ill or even
cause death.
• CO poisoning can happen almost anywhere.
Many appliances like furnaces, ovens, fireplaces, kerosene heaters, and grills may
silently emit CO because of damage, poor
maintenance, or defects.
Understanding How CO Forms
Appliance Malfunction: CO forms when
fuel burns without sufficient oxygen (incomplete combustion). This type of malfunction
can happen to any fuel-burning appliance
at any time.
Environmental Conditions: Example:
Fireplace chimneys can fill with leaves during
the fall season. If enough leaves, dirt, and
soot are accumulated in the chimney, proper
ventilation will be interrupted. This can cause
a backdraft of CO into the home. The result
can be fatal. With proper maintenance and
cleaning, however, the potential for CO build
up can be reduced.
WARNING
BE AWARE OF COMMON SOURCES OF
CARBON MONOXIDE. See Chapter VII for
details.
Different Types of Smoke Alarms
Ionization smoke alarms are generally more
effective at detecting fast, flaming fires which
consume combustible materials rapidly and
spread quickly. Sources of these fires include
paper burning in a waste container or a
grease fire in the kitchen. Photoelectric
smoke alarms are generally more effective at
detecting slow, smoldering fires which smolder for hours before bursting into flame.
Sources of these fires may include cigarettes
burning in couches or bedding.
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Where to Install This Alarm
Before installing your combination Smoke/CO
Alarm, it is important to choose the best locations in your home. Placement can affect how
well the alarm performs and how well residents
hear the alarm if it sounds.
IMPORTANT!
The following are general guidelines for
choosing where to install your alarms.
For more details and Agency Placement
information, please read “Chapter 8: Agency
Recommendations for Alarm Placement”
before installing this alarm.
Install the Recommended Number of Alarms
• Fire safety professionals recommend at least
one smoke alarm on every level of your home,
in each bedroom hallway, and inside each
bedroom or sleeping area.
• At least one CO alarm should be placed where
it will wake all sleeping residents. For additional protection, place additional CO alarms
between 5 and 20 feet from potential sources
of CO, like a furnace, water heater or fireplace.
This combination Smoke/CO Alarm makes it
easy to provide both types of protection
throughout the home.
Choose Appropriate Locations
• Alarms can alert you to a problem only after
smoke or CO reach their sensors. Choose
locations free of obstructions, where the alarm
will stay clean and protected from adverse
environmental conditions.
• Make sure the alarms can be easily heard from
multiple locations throughout the home.
Check Your Local Building Codes
• This combination Smoke/CO Alarm is
designed to be used in single-family homes.
It alone may not meet requirements for multiple-resident dwellings (apartment buildings,
boarding houses, hotels or motels).
• Some codes may require that smoke alarms
be interconnected in new construction.
Placement Guidelines
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II. HOW TO INSTALL THIS SMOKE/CO ALARM
One of the features of this combination smoke
and CO alarm is that it can be mounted and
operated as follows:
1. Battery (DC) Only Stand Alone
2. Battery (DC) Only Interconnect to another
battery operated Firex alarm.
3. AC w/Battery Back-up, Single Station
Stand-alone
4. AC w/Battery Back-up Interconnected with
other Firex AC and AC w/Battery Back-up
Alarms.
Installation for Battery (DC)
Operation Only
1. Remove the mounting plate. Hold the alarm
and turn the mounting plate clockwise to
separate it from the back of the alarm.
2. Hold the mounting plate against the ceiling or
wall in the desired position and use a pencil to
trace the inside of the mounting slots.
3. Use a 3/16” (5mm) drill bit to drill through the
center of the outlines you made in Step 2. (For
DC Interconnect–use an appropriately sized
hole saw for interconnect hole.)
4. Insert screw anchors into the drilled holes. If
necessary, gently tap anchors with a hammer
until they are flush with the mounting surface.
5. Attach the mounting plate to the mounting surface with the mounting screws provided.
6. Position the combination smoke and CO alarm
on the mounting plate and turn clockwise to
lock the unit into place.
7. Activate the battery.
Remove the arrow
tab and close the
battery door.
The combination
alarm will beep
briefly and the RED
light will flash as
the battery door is
closed.
8. Test the combination alarm. See “TESTING
THE COMBINATION ALARM”.
IMPORTANT!
To interconnect two Battery Operated (DC)
alarms, trace a third point 1-3/8” to 2”
(3.5cm to 5cm) where the interconnect wire
will come through mounting surface to
connect to the alarm, then proceed to
“INTERCONNECTING TWO BATTERY (DC)
ONLY ALARMS”.
Battery
Battery Door
Interconnecting Two Battery (DC)
Only Alarms
When interconnecting compatible DC alarms,
location is important. Do not locate alarms on
ceiling joists or other obstructions.
NOTE: Use #18 AWG minimum solid or stranded
wire. When interconnecting, maximum
wire length between any two is 1,500 feet
for #18 AWG or 4,000 feet for #14 AWG
(20 OHMS loop resistance).
1. Follow Steps 1 to 3 in “INSTALLATION FOR
BATTERY (DC) ONLY OPERATION” for alarms
being interconnected.
2. Thread the low voltage wire through the interconnect hole drilled in the mounting surface.
Strip off 1/2” of insulation and attach to the
alarm connector with a wire nut.
3. Connect yellow and white wires to the connector using a wire nut. Connect yellow to yellow
and white to white for proper operation. Do not
connect black wire.
4. Insert the screw anchors into the holes drilled
for the mounting slots. If necessary, gently tap
the anchors with a hammer until they are flush
with the mounting surface. Repeat Steps 2 and
3 with the other Firex alarm.
5. Attach the mounting plate to the mounting
surface with the mounting screws provided.
6. Plug alarm connector into alarm. Feed wire
through hole in mounting surface. Position the
combination smoke and CO alarm on the
mounting plate and turn clockwise to lock the
unit into place.
7. Activate the battery. Remove the arrow tab
and close the battery door. The combination
alarm will beep briefly and the RED light will
flash as the battery door is closed.
8. Test the alarm with both local and interconnect
tests (See TESTING AND MAINTENANCE.)
Installation For AC With
Battery Back-up
DANGER
ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD. Turn off power
at the main fuse box or circuit breaker by
removing the fuse or switching the circuit
breaker to the OFF position.
WARNING
This combination alarm should be installed
only by a qualified electrician. Smoke and
Carbon Monoxide alarm installation must be in
accordance with the requirements of Article
760 of the National Electrical Code and any
local codes that may apply (AC/DC models
only).
THIS COMBINATION ALARM SHOULD BE
INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION’S STANDARD 72 (National Fire Protection Association, One
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269).
• Install combination
alarm on any 4-inch or
single gang junction
box only.
1. Remove mounting
plate from combination alarm box.
2. Align recessed slots
on plate with mounting holes of any
4-inch or single gang
junction box.
3. Gently pull household wires through center
hole of plate.
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