First Alert SA340 User Manual

USER’S MANUAL

SMOKE ALARM WITH TEN-YEAR

NON-REPLACEABLE LITHIUM POWERCELL

Model SA340

IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ

CAREFULLY AND SAVE.

This user’s manual contains important information about your Smoke Alarm’s operation. If you are installing this Smoke Alarm for use by others, you must leave this manual—or a copy of it—with the end user.

Printed in Mexico M08-0143-002 J1 05/07

Model SA340

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Fire Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Before You Install This Smoke Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

How to Install This Smoke Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Weekly Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Regular Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

If This Smoke Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

If You Suspect a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Recommended Locations for Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Locations to Avoid for Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Special Compliance Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Limitations of Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing First Alert®for your Smoke Alarm needs. You have purchased a state-of-the-art Smoke Alarm designed to provide you with early warning of a fire. Please take the time to read this manual and make the Smoke Alarm an integral part of your family’s safety plan.

Key Features of the SA340 Smoke Alarm: Tamper Resistant Lithium Powercell: Provides continuous power for

up to 10 years. Powercell cannot be removed. Single Test/Silence Button: Allows you to test the Alarm or silence

nuisance alarms. Testing the Alarm assures you that the unit is functioning correctly and ready to protect you and your family. The Alarm can be silenced for up to 10 minutes in the event of a nuisance alarm.

Low power warning: The Alarm will sound a “chirp” once per minute when the Alarm reaches the end of its service life and needs to be replaced.

Blinking Power Indicator: Confirms that the Smoke Alarm is receiving power.

FIRE SAFETY TIPS

Follow safety rules and prevent hazardous situations: 1) Use smoking materials properly. Never smoke in bed. 2) Keep matches or lighters away from children; 3) Store flammable materials in proper containers;

4) Keep electrical appliances in good condition and don’t overload electrical circuits; 5) Keep stoves, barbecue grills, fireplaces and chimneys grease- and debris-free; 6) Never leave anything cooking on the stove unattended; 7) Keep portable heaters and open flames, like candles, away from flammable materials; 8) Don’t let rubbish accumulate.

Keep alarms clean, and test them weekly. Replace alarms immediately if they are not working properly. Smoke Alarms that do not work cannot alert you to a fire. Keep at least one working fire extinguisher on every floor, and an additional one in the kitchen. Have fire escape ladders or other reliable means of escape from an upper floor in case stairs are blocked.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL THIS SMOKE ALARM

IMPORTANT! Read “Recommended Locations for Smoke Alarms” and “Locations to Avoid for Smoke Alarms” before beginning. This unit monitors the air, and when smoke reaches its sensing chamber, it alarms. It can give you more time to escape before fire spreads. This unit can ONLY give an early warning of developing fires if it is installed, maintained and located where smoke can reach it, and where all residents can hear it, as described in this manual. This unit will not sense gas, heat, or flame. It cannot prevent or extinguish fires.

Understand The Different Type of Smoke Alarms

Battery powered or electrical? Different Smoke Alarms provide different types of protection. See “About Smoke Alarms” for details.

Know Where To Install Your Smoke Alarms

Fire Safety Professionals recommend at least one Smoke Alarm on every level of your home, in every bedroom, and in every bedroom hallway or separate sleeping area. See “Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms” and “Locations To Avoid For Smoke Alarms” for details.

Know What Smoke Alarms Can and Can’t Do

A Smoke Alarm can help alert you to fire, giving you precious time to escape. It can only sound an alarm once smoke reaches the sensor. See “Limitations of Smoke Alarms” for details.

Check Your Local Building Codes

This Smoke Alarm is designed to be used in a typical single-family home. It alone will not meet requirements for boarding houses, apartment buildings, hotels or motels. See “Special Compliance Considerations” for details.

• This unit will not alert hearing impaired residents. It is recommended that you install special units which use devices like flashing strobe lights to alert the hearing impaired residents.

• Do not connect this unit to any other alarm or auxiliary device. It is a single-station unit that cannot be linked to other devices. Connecting anything else to this unit may prevent it from working properly.

• This Smoke Alarm cannot detect smoke until you activate it. You must activate the unit for it to receive power from the powercell. Failure to activate the unit will prevent the alarm from providing any warning of smoke or fire.

• The powercell in this unit cannot be replaced—once it reaches the end of its service life, you must install a new Smoke Alarm. You must deactivate the unit before disposing of it.

• Do not install this unit over an electrical junction box. Air currents around junction boxes can prevent smoke from reaching the sensing chamber and prevent the unit from alarming. Only AC powered units are intended for installation over junction boxes.

• Do not stand too close to the unit when the alarm is sounding. It is loud to wake you in an emergency. Exposure to the horn at close range may harm your hearing.

• Do not paint over the unit. Paint may clog the openings to the sensing chamber and prevent the unit from operating properly.

All First Alert®Smoke Alarms conform to regulatory requirements, including UL217 and are designed to detect particles of combustion. Smoke particles of varying number and size are produced in all fires.

Ionization technology is generally more sensitive than photoelectric technology at detecting small particles, which tend to be produced

in greater amounts by flaming fires, which consume combustible materials rapidly and spread quickly. Sources of these fires may include paper burning in a wastebasket, or a grease fire in the kitchen.

Photoelectric technology is generally more sensitive than ionization

technology at detecting large particles, which tend to be pro-

duced in greater amounts by smoldering fires, which may smolder for hours before bursting into flame. Sources of these fires may include cigarettes burning in couches or bedding.

For maximum protection, use both types of Smoke Alarms on each level and in every bedroom of your home.

HOW TO INSTALL THIS SMOKE ALARM

THE PARTS OF THIS SMOKE ALARM

1. Test/Silence button

2. Power/alarm indicator LED

TOOLS YOU WILL NEED:

This unit is designed to be mounted on the ceiling,

• Pencil

• Drill with 3/16” (5 mm) drill bit

or on the wall if necessary.

• Standard flathead screwdriver

• Hammer

FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS!

INSTALL THE MOUNTING BRACKET:

1. To remove the mounting bracket from the Smoke Alarm base, hold the Smoke Alarm base firmly and twist the mounting bracket counterclockwise.

2. Place the bracket on the wall or ceiling where you want to mount the alarm.

3. Hold the mounting bracket against the ceiling (or wall) and trace around the inside of the two keyhole slots.

4. Make a mark inside each outline for the drill holes.

5. Put the unit where it won’t get covered with dust when you drill the mounting holes.

6. Using a 3/16-inch (5 mm) drill bit, drill a hole through each pencil mark.

7. Insert the plastic screw anchors (in the plastic bag with screws) into the holes. Tap the screw anchors gently with a hammer, if necessary, until they are flush with the ceiling or wall.

8. Line the mounting bracket up over the plastic screw anchors.

9. Screw the mounting bracket to the ceiling or wall through the mounting slots using the two screws provided.

10. Tighten both screws all the way.

1. Mounting bracket

2. Mounting slots

3. Powercell

4. Deactivation Tab (located under label)

5. Turn to attach to bracket

6. Turn this way to remove from bracket

INSERTING THE POWERCELL:

You must activate the powercell before attaching the Smoke Alarm to the bracket.

1. Turn Alarm upside down. Line up the pins and snap the powercell into the Alarm.

2. The powercell cannot be removed after it is locked into the Alarm. If you have trouble activating the unit, call Consumer Affairs at: 1-800-323-9005 for assistance.

3. Test the Smoke Alarm. Press and hold the test button on the cover of the unit until the alarm sounds (the unit may continue to alarm for a few seconds after you release the button).

During testing, you will hear a loud, repeating horn pattern: 3 beeps, pause, 3 beeps, pause. If the unit does not alarm

during testing, call Consumer Affairs for assistance.

ATTACH SMOKE ALARM TO MOUNTING BRACKET

1. Line up the alignment tab on the unit with the alignment tab on the mounting bracket. Push the unit toward the bracket, and turn it clockwise until you feel it snap into place.

2. Test the unit again. Press the test button until the horn begins sounding. During testing, you will hear a loud, repeating

horn pattern: 3 beeps, pause, 3 beeps, pause.

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