Kidde H230 Owner's Manual
HEAT ALARM FEATURES
• This heat alarm is powered from a 230V AC supply, and has
a 9V DC battery back-up source. AC/DC heat alarms offer added
protection in the event of a power failure or a flat battery.
• Unique power connector prevents interconnecting with incompatible heat alarms, smoke alarms, or security systems.
• This Model H230 heat alarm can be interconnected with as many as
35 other heat alarms of the same model, or Firex 230V AC smoke
alarms. Interconnectable Firex smoke alarms include: GC240, I240C,
IAR230C, PG240, PAD240, PADC240 and PAR230.
©1998 Maple Chase Company
57°C FIXED TEMPERATURE
MODEL H230
PLEASE READ AND SAVE
THIS MANUAL
Installer: Please leave this manual with
the occupier (or, in the case of a house
in multiple operation, with the owner)
CONTENTS
p.1-2 Heat Alarm Features
p.2 Specifications
p.2-3 Important Safety Information
p.4 Heat Alarm Location
p.5 Heat Alarm Siting
p.5-6 How To Install This Heat Alarm
p.7 Interconnecting Heat Alarms
p.7 Red and Green Led Indicators
p.8 Testing the Heat Alarm
p.8-9 Maintenance and Cleaning, Battery Replacement, Repair
p.10 Fire Safety Rules and Preventing Hazardous Situations
p.10-11 Fire Procedure
p.11 What to Do in Case of Fire
p.11-12 Troubleshooting
p.12 Guarantee
!WARNING: HEAT ALARMS ALONE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT FOR LIFE SAFETY AS THEY ARE NOT
DESIGNED TO DETECT SMOKE
. THEY ARE INTENDED TO DETECT TEMPERATURES OF 57° C TO
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION THAT IS SUPPLEMENTARY TO THAT PRO
-
VIDED BY SMOKE ALARMS TO INCREASE THE PROBABILITY THAT AN EARLY WARNING WILL BE
PROVIDED AND SO ENHANCE LIFE SAFETY AND PROPERTY PROTECTION
. SEE “HEAT ALARMS HAVE
LIMITATIONS
” IN THE IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION SECTION OF THIS MANUAL.
230V AC
with 9V Battery
Back-up
110-607
1 2 3 4 5 6
Heat Alarm
®
• Optional use tamper-resistant feature serves as a safeguard against
tampering.
• Unique “battery missing” device. The heat alarm will not attach to
the mounting bracket if a battery is not in the battery compartment.
• The heat alarm will sound a short beep about once a minute if the
battery is low or improperly connected.
• Multi-purpose green and red LEDs indicate that the heat alarm is connected to the AC supply, is working normally, or is in alarm.
• Loud alarm sounder – 85 decibels [dB(A)] at 3m – will sound to alert
you of an emergency.
• Test button checks heat alarm operation.
SPECIFICATIONS
UMBER H230
MODEL N
ATING 230V AC, 9 VOLT DC BATTERY BACKUP
ELECTRICAL R
INTERCONNECTING FIREX UP TO ANY COMBINATION OF 35 OTHER FIREX HEAT
SMOKE AND HEAT ALARMS ALARMS (MODEL H230) OR FIREX SMOKE ALARMS
OR PATTRESS WITH RELAY)(MODELS GC240, I240C, IAR230C, PG240,
(
TEMPERATURE RATING 57°C FIXED TEMPERATURE
MBIENT 37.8°C
MAXIMUM A
UNIT
TEMPERATURE AT
OPERATING TEMPERATURE -23°C TO 70°C
RECOMMENDED COVERAGE 50M
RECOMMENDED SPACING 5.3M
MAXIMUM DISTANCE FROM WALL 7.7M
MAXIMUM CEILING HEIGHT
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
PLEASE READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
!WARNING
• This heat alarm requires constant 230V AC power AND a healthy
9V DC battery to operate properly. This heat alarm WILL NOT work if
AC power is not connected, or has failed or been interrupted for any
reason, AND the batteries have been removed or are flat or improperly connected. DO NOT use any other kind of battery except as
specified in this manual. DO NOT interconnect this heat alarm to
any other type of smoke alarm or heat alarm or auxiliary device,
except those listed in this manual.
• The Push-to-Test button accurately tests all heat alarm functions.
DO NOT use any other test method for routine testing. Test heat
alarm weekly to ensure proper operation.
• Higher ceilings will increase the time needed by the heat alarm to
detect a fire. In most dwellings the ceiling height will keep this reaction time within acceptable limits. However, ceilings with a height of
over 6m may delay the reaction time of the heat alarm significantly.
PAD240, PADC240
N
OTE
INTERCONNECTED WITH
ODEL PATR). HOWEVER, A MAXIMUM COMBINA-
(M
TION OF 12 OF THESE MODELS (FIREX SMOKE AND
EAT ALARMS AND
H
INTERCONNECTED AT ONE TIME
6M
: T
2
HE ABOVE
AND PAR230)
FIREX MODELS MAY BE
ATTRESS WITH RELAY
FIREX P
PATTRESS WITH RELAY) MAY BE
.
Advice from your local distributor or Fire Brigade should be
obtained when installing a heat alarm on a ceiling higher than 6m.
• This heat alarm should be installed only by a qualified electrician.
The installation should comply with BS 7671 and all prevailing local,
regional and national codes.
• This heat alarm is designed to be used only as part of the protection
of a single family dwelling or a house in multiple occupation (HMO)
of no more than two stories. It may also be used in conjunction with
smoke alarms within individual flats or apartments in larger houses
in multiple occupation, to provide an early warning to occupants
of a fire in a room within the dwelling, but a communal fire alarm
system should also be provided in such cases. DO NOT install this
heat alarm in any other buildings, such as hotels, motels, dormitories, hospitals, nursing homes or group homes of any kind. In these
occupancies, a complete automatic fire detection and alarm system,
complying with BS 5839: Part 1, should be installed.
• Heat alarms should only be used in conjunction with smoke alarms,
with which the heat alarms should be interconnected, in order to
provide early warning of heat, smoke, or fire. Smoke alarms should
be installed on every level of the dwelling.
• Interconnected heat alarms and smoke alarms offer maximum protection. By interconnecting heat alarms and smoke alarms, when
one unit senses heat, smoke, or fire, and sounds its alarm, all others
will sound as well. DO NOT connect this heat alarm to any other
type of alarm (except those stated in this manual) or approved
auxiliary device.
• Heat alarms interconnected with smoke alarms may not alert every
household member every time. The alarm sounder of the heat alarm
is loud in order to alert individuals of a potential danger. However,
there may be limiting circumstances where an occupant may not
hear the alarm (e.g. outdoor or indoor noise, sounder sleepers, drug
or alcohol usage, impaired hearing, etc.) Household members 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 fire.
• Check carefully that, when any one device operates, the alarm
signal given by interconnected devices is clearly audible throughout
the building, particularly in bedrooms, where it is essential that
the alarm signal will wake sleeping occupants.
• This heat alarm can only sound an alarm when it detects temperatures of 57°C or above. Heat alarms do not sense smoke or gas.
In some fires, hazardous levels of toxic chemicals and smoke can
build up before a heat alarm will operate. Temperatures may not
reach 57°C to activate the heat alarm QUICKLY ENOUGH to ensure
safe escape.
• Some fires are slow smouldering, low heat-producing, or are in a
different room to that in which the heat alarm is located, or the heat
from the fire may bypass the alarm – the heat alarm may not give a
warning under these circumstances.
• Heat alarms have limitations. This heat alarm is not guaranteed to
protect lives or property. Heat alarms are not a substitute for insurance. Householders should insure their lives and property. In addition, as with any electronic device, it is possible for the heat alarm
to fail at any time.
• Never paint this heat alarm.
HEAT ALARM LOCATION
Heat alarms give an audible warning when the temperature at the alarm
reaches 57°C. Heat alarms are ideal for kitchens, garages, cellars, boiler
rooms, attics and other areas where there are normally high levels of
fumes, smoke or dust which preclude the use of smoke alarms due to
the risk of false alarms.
Guidance on fire detection in dwellings is contained in BS 5839: Part 6.
For normal-sized bungalows, two-story houses, flats and maisonettes, the
British Standard recommends that the minimum level of protection should
comprise smoke alarms in the hallways and staircases. This minimum
standard necessitates one smoke alarm in the hallway of a typical bungalow or one smoke alarm on each level of a two-story house. Heat alarms
should not be used in these circulation areas. If there are, for example,
long hallways, even the minimum standard may necessitate additional
interconnected smoke alarms.
If, however, the design of the dwelling does not comply with modern fire
safety standards, or if factors such as the presence of several young
children, of elderly occupants or disabled people, or of smokers, the use
of portable heaters or solid fuel fires during the night, or the use of electric blankets, particularly by the elderly, the British Standard advises that
additional detection devices, installed within rooms, may be necessary.
The British Standard recommends that, if the risk justifies the provision of
detectors in a kitchen, boiler room, or other area (except a circulation area)
in which smoke alarms would be likely to give false alarms, heat alarms
should be used. However, the Standard also advises that heat alarms
may be installed in other rooms instead of smoke alarms, provided that
the construction enclosing the room (including the door) can resist fire
for a sufficient time after operation of a heat alarm to enable occupants
to escape safely. However, a heat alarm is unlikely to operate early enough
to save the life of anyone asleep in the room in which it is installed.
Moreover, a heat alarm in the room of fire origin may not give sufficient
warning for occupants to escape safely if the door to that room is open.
HEAT ALARM
UNFINISHED ATTIC
SMOKE ALARM
SMOKE ALARM WITH
FALSE ALARM CONTROL
BEDROOM
BOILER ROOM
BEDROOM
KITCHENLIVING ROOM
UTILITY/
LAUNDRY
GARAGE
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