Kidde I12040A, I12020A User Manual

i12020A	For models:
i12040A	i12020A, i12040A, i12080A
i12080A

Smoke Alarm User’s Guide

AC Wire-in Single and/or Multiple Station (up to 24 Devices) Ionization Smoke Alarm with HUSHTM Control to temporarily silence nuisance alarms.

Models i12040A and i12080A have a 9-Volt Battery Back Up and the model i12080A has a battery powered safety light.

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. Kidde alarms and accessories CAN ONLY BE interconnected with other Kidde alarms and accessories as well as specified brands and models of interconnect compatible alarms. Connection of Kidde products to a non-specified manufacturer’s interconnect system, or connection with non-specified equipment from another manufacturer into an existing Kidde system could result in nuisance alarming, failure to alarm, or damage to one or all of the devices in the interconnect system. Refer to the User’s Guide supplied with each Kidde product for interconnect compatible models, brands, and devices. Refer to the wiring instructions in section 3 for NFPA initiating device limits.

For your convenience, write down the following information. If you call our Consumer Hotline, these are the first questions you will be asked.

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

Date Code (located on back of alarm): The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the manufacturer recommend replacing this alarm ten years from the date code.

Date of Purchase:

Where Purchased:

SIGNALING
UL	Manual P/N 820-1183 Rev.D
LISTED	1220-7205-00

This alarm detects products of combustion using the ionization technique. It contains 0.9 microcurie of Americium 241, a radioactive material (see section 9). Distributed under U.S. NRC License No. 32-23858-01E. Manufactured in compliance with U.S. NRC safety criteria in 10 CFR 32.27. The purchaser is exempt from any regulatory requirements. Do not try to repair the smoke alarm yourself. Refer to the instructions in section 12 for service.

WARNING! WARNING! ON MODELS WHICH CONTAIN BATTERIES, THE BATTERY DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE UNLESS ALL THE REQUIRED BATTERIES ARE PRESENT.

DISCONNECTION OR LOSS OF POWER (AC AND/OR BATTERY BACKUP) TO THE ALARM WILL RENDER THIS ALARM INOPERATIVE.

ELECTRICAL RATING: 120 VAC, 60HZ, 80mA maximum per alarm (maximum 80mA for originating unit with 24 devices interconnected).

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

CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL

1 -- RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS FOR SMOKE 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 -- NRC INFORMATION

10 -- NFPA PROTECTION STANDARD 72

11 -- CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL REQUIRED INFORMATION

12 -- SERVICE AND WARRANTY

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 sleeping room.

•Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances are operated (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 preferred in ordinary residential construction.

•For mobile home installation, select locations carefully to avoid thermal barriers that may form at the ceiling. For more details, see MOBILE HOME INSTALLATION.

•When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it at a minimum of 4” (10 cm) 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 4” (10 cm) and a maximum of 12” (30.5 cm) below the ceiling (see figure 1).

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

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

FIGURE 3

•Install Smoke Alarms on sloped, peaked or cathedral ceilings at or within 3ft (0.9m) of the highest point (measured horizontally). NFPA 72 states: “Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling slopes greater than 1 ft in 8 ft (.3m in 2.4 m) horizontally shall be located on the high side of the room.” NFPA 72 states: “A row of detectors shall be spaced and located within 3 ft (0.9m) of the peak of the ceiling measured horizontally” (see figure 3).

MOBILE HOME INSTALLATION

Modern mobile homes have been designed and built to be energy efficient. Install smoke alarms as recommended above (refer to RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS and figures 1 and 2).

In older mobile homes that are not well insulated compared to present standards, extreme heat or cold can be transferred from the outside to the inside through poorly insulated walls and roof. This may create a thermal barrier which can prevent the smoke from reaching an alarm mounted on the ceiling. In such units, install the smoke alarm on an inside wall with the top edge of the alarm at a minimum of 4” (10 cm) and a maximum of 12” (30.5 cm) below the ceiling (see figure 1).

If you are not sure about the insulation in your mobile home, or if you notice that the outer walls and ceiling are either hot or cold, install the alarm on an inside wall. For minimum protection, install at least one alarm close to the bedrooms. For additional protection, see SINGLE FLOOR PLAN in figure 2.

WARNING: TEST YOUR SMOKE ALARM OPERATION AFTER RV OR MOBILE HOME VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN STORAGE, BEFORE EACH TRIP AND AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK DURING USE.

2. LOCATIONS TO AVOID

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

•Less than 4” (10cm) from the peak of an “A” frame type ceiling.

•In an area where the temperature may fall below 40ºF (4.4˚C) or rise above 100ºF (37.8˚C), such as garages and unfinished attics.

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

•In very humid areas (Greater than 85% R.H.). 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. If a kitchen alarm is desired, it should have an alarm silence feature or be a photoelectric type.

•Near fluorescent lights. 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

WIRING REQUIREMENTS

•This smoke alarm should be installed on a U.L. listed or recognized junction box. All connections should be made by a qualified electrician and all wiring used shall be in accordance with articles 210 and 300.3(B) of the U.S. National Electrical Code ANSI/NFPA 70, NFPA 72 and/or any other codes having jurisdiction in your area. The multiple station interconnect wiring to the alarms must be run in the same raceway or cable as the AC power wiring. In addition, the resistance of the interconnect wiring shall be a maximum of 10 ohms.

•The appropriate power source is 120 Volt AC Single Phase supplied from a non-switchable circuit which is not protected by a ground fault interrupter.

•WARNING: This alarm cannot be operated from power derived from a square wave, modified square wave or modified sine wave inverters. These types of inverters are sometimes used to supply power to the structure in off grid installations, such as solar or wind derived power sources. These power sources produce high peak voltages that will damage the alarm.

WIRING INSTRUCTIONS FOR AC QUICK CONNECT HARNESS

CAUTION! TURN OFF THE MAIN POWER TO THE CIRCUIT BEFORE WIRING THE ALARM.

•For alarms that are used as single station, DO NOT CONNECT THE RED WIRE TO ANYTHING. Leave the red wire insulating cap in place to make certain that the red wire cannot contact any metal parts or the electrical box.

•When alarms are interconnected, all interconnected units must be powered from a single circuit.

•A maximum of 24 Kidde devices may be interconnected in a multiple station arrangement. The interconnect system should not exceed the NFPA interconnect limit of 12 smoke alarms and/or 18 alarms total (smoke, heat, carbon monoxide, etc.). With 18 alarms interconnected, it is still possible to intercon-

nect up to a total of 6 remote signaling devices and/or relay modules.

•When mixing models which have battery backup (i12040, i12040A, i12060, i12060A, i12080, i12080A, i12090A, i4618, i4618A, i5000, 1275, 1276, 1285, 1296, PE120, PI2000, PI2010, KN-COSM-IB, RF-SM-ACDC, KN-COPE-I, KN-SMFM-I, HD135, KN-COB-IC, KN-COP-IC) with models without battery backup, (1235, i12020, i12020A, KN-COSM-I SM120X, CO120X SL177I) be advised that the models without battery backup will not respond during an AC power failure.

•The maximum wire run distance between the first and last unit in an interconnected system is 1000 feet.

•Figure 4 illustrates interconnection wiring. Improper connection will result in damage to the alarm, failure to operate, or a shock hazard.

•Make certain alarms are wired to a continuous (non-switched) power line. NOTE: Use standard UL listed household wire (as required by local codes) available at all electrical supply stores and most hardware stores.

FUSE OR CIRCUIT BREAKER

BLACK	RED		BLACK	RED
WHITE			WHITE
	CONNECTOR	Kidde		CONNECTOR
		Relay Module
		SM120X
First	Additional	Optional	Additional
Alarm	Alarm	Accessory	Alarm

FIGURE 4 INTERCONNECT WIRING DIAGRAM

WIRES ON ALARM HARNESS	CONNECTED TO
Black	Hot Side of AC Line
White	Neutral Side of AC Line
Red	Interconnect Lines (Red Wires) of Other
	Units in the Multiple Station Set up

BATTERY INSTALLATION (models i12040A and i12080A only)

See MAINTENANCE (section 6) for battery installation.

CAUTION! IF THE BATTERY REMINDER FINGER(S) ARE NOT HELD DOWN IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT BY THE BATTERY, THE BATTERY DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE, THE AC QUICK CONNECTOR WILL NOT ATTACH TO THE ALARM, AND THE ALARM WILL NOT ATTACH TO THE TRIM RING (SEE SECTION 6, FIGURE 9).