Kidde 10Y29 User Manual

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Lithium (non-replaceable sealed in) Battery-Operated
Optical Smoke Alarm with HUSHTMControl to temporarily
silence nuisance alarms.

Thank you for purchasing this smoke alarm. It is an
important part of your family’s home safety plan. You can
trust this product to provide the highest quality safety
protection. We know you expect nothing less when the lives
of your family are at stake.

10Y29

Smoke Alarm
User’s Guide

For model: 10Y29

Smoke Alarm Model Number
(located on back of alarm):

Date Code (located on back of alarm):
Kidde recommends replacing this
alarm ten years from the date code.

Date of Purchase:

Where Purchased:

21008570 rev.B FHK P/N:0308-7201-02

0086-CPD-535595

Installation instructions and product information can be
found within this manual.

EN14604:2005

Licence No. KM524754

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Ionisation sensing alarms may detect invisible fire particles (associated with fast
flaming fires) sooner than photoelectric alarms. Photoelectric sensing alarms may
detect visible fire particles (associated with slow smouldering fires) sooner than
ionisation alarms. Home fires develop in different ways and are often unpredictable.
For maximum protection, Kidde recommends that both Ionisation and Photoelectric
alarms be installed.

IMPORTANT! READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE INSTALLATION AND KEEP THIS
MANUAL NEAR THE ALARM FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL

1 -- RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS FOR ALARMS
2 -- LOCATIONS TO AVOID
3 -- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
4 -- OPERATION AND TESTING
5 -- NUISANCE ALARMS
6 -- MAINTENANCE
7 -- LIMITATIONS OF SMOKE ALARMS
8 -- GOOD SAFETY HABITS
9 -- KIDDE RECOMMENDATIONS

10 -- SERVICE AND WARRANTY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Waste electrical products should not be disposed of with household
waste. Please recycle where facilities exist. Check with Local Authority
or Supplier for recycling advice.

1. RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS FOR ALARMS

• Locate the first alarm in the immediate area of the bedrooms. Try to monitor the
exit path as the bedrooms are usually farthest from the exit. If more than one
sleeping area exists, locate additional alarms in each sleeping area.

• Locate additional alarms to monitor any stairway as stairways act like chimneys for
smoke and heat.

• Locate at least one alarm on every floor level.

• Locate an alarm in every bedroom.

• Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances are operated excluding
kitchens (i.e. portable heaters or humidifiers).

• Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed.
The closed door may prevent an alarm not located in that room from waking the
sleeper.

• Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizontally.
Mounting the smoke alarm on the ceiling in the center of the room places it closest
to all points in the room. Ceiling mounting is required in ordinary residential
construction.

• When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it at a minimum of 50 cm (20”)
from the side wall. (see Figure 1).

• When mounting the alarm on the wall, use an inside wall with the top edge of the
alarm at a minimum of 10 cm (4”) and a maximum of 30.5 cm (12”) below the
ceiling. (see Figure 1).

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• Put smoke alarms at both ends of a bedroom hallway or large room if the hallway
or room is more than 9.1 m (30 feet) long.

• Install Smoke Alarms on sloped, peaked or cathedral ceilings at or within 0.9 m (3
ft) of the highest point (measured horizontally). Smoke alarms in rooms with ceil­ing slopes greater than .3 m in 2.4 m (1 foot in 8 feet) horizontally shall be located
on the high side of the room. A row of detectors shall be spaced and located
within 0.9 m (3 ft) of the peak of the ceiling measured horizontally (see Figure 3).

Smoke Alarmsfor Minimum Protection
Smoke Alarmsfor Additional Protection
Heat Alarms for Additional

Protection

FIGURE 2

FIGURE 3

FIGURE 1

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2.LOCATIONS TO AVOID

• In the garage. Products of combustion are present when you start your
motor vehicle.

• Less than 50 cm (20") from a side wall.

• More than 0.9 m (3') from the peak of an "A" frame type ceiling (measured
horizontally).

• Less than 102 mm (4") from the peak of an "A" frame type or sloped ceiling
(measured vertically).

• In an area where the temperature may fall below 0ºC (32ºF) or rise above 40ºC
(104ºF), such as garages and unfinished attics.

• In dusty areas. Dust particles may cause nuisance alarm or failure to alarm.

• In very humid areas. Moisture or steam can cause nuisance alarms.

• In insect-infested areas.

• Smoke alarms should not be installed within 3 ft (.9m) of the following: the door to a
kitchen, the door to a bathroom containing a tub or shower, forced air supply ducts
used for heating or cooling, ceiling or whole house ventilating fans, or other high air
flow areas.

• Kitchens. Normal cooking may cause nuisance alarms.

• Near fluorescent lights, including CFL lamps. Electronic “noise” may cause nuisance
alarms.

• Smoke alarms are not to be used with detector guards unless the combination
(alarm and guard) has been evaluated and found suitable for that purpose.

3.INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

CAUTION: THIS UNIT IS SEALED (INCLUDING THE BATTERY). THE COVER IS
NOT REMOVABLE!

FIGURE 4

When mounting
in a hallway, the
“A” line should
be parallel with
the hallway.

1. To ensure aesthetic alignment of
the alarm with the hallway or wall,
the “A” line on the mounting
bracket should be parallel with the
hallway when ceiling mounting or
horizontal when wall mounting.

FIGURE 6

Remove

Install

Locati

FIGURE 5

When wall
mounting, the
“A” line should
be horizontal.

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