Kidde KN-COPE-I User Manual
User’s Guide for Model KN-COPE-I
Combination
Photoelectric
Smoke and Carbon
Monoxide Alarm
• 120 VAC (Interconnectable)
• 2-LED Display
• 9V Battery Backup
• Front Load Battery
• Peak Level Memory
• Hush ®
• Voice Message System
• Low Battery Hush
For questions concerning your Smoke and Carbon Monoxide
Alarm, please call our Consumer Hotline at 1-800-880-6788.
For your convenience, write down the following information. If you call
our consumer hotline, these are the first questions you will be asked:
m Model Number
Alar
(located on back of the alarm):
Date of Manufacture
(located on back of the alar
Date of Purchase:
chased:
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Wher
ATTENTION: Please take a few minutes to thoroughly read this user’s
guide which should be saved for future reference and passed on to any
subsequent owner.
Manual P/N 820-1669 Rev. A
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What To Do When The Alarm Sounds!
WARNING:
!
When the carbon monoxide alarm sounds:
If alarm signal sounds:
1) Operate the test/reset button
2) Call your emergency
services (Fire Dept. or 911)
3) Immediately move to fresh air - outdoors or by an
open door/window. Do a head count to check
that all persons are accounted for. Do not reenter
the premises nor move away from the open door/
window until the emergency services responders
have arrived, the premises has been aired out,
and your alarm remains in its normal condition.
4) After following steps 1-3,
if your alarm reactivates
within a 24 hour period,
repeat steps 1-3 and call
a qualified appliance technician to investigate
for sources of CO from fuel burning equipment
and appliances, and inspect for proper operation
of this equipment. If problems are identified dur
ing this inspection have the equipment serviced
immediately . Note any combustion equipment not
inspected by the technician and consult the manu
facturer’s instructions, or contact the manufactur
er’s directly, for more information about CO safety
and this equipment. Make sure that motor vehi
cles are not, and have not been, operating in an
attached garage or adjacent to the residence.
Actuation of your CO Alarm
indicates the presence of
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
which can kill you.
PHONE NUMBER
PHONE NUMBER
What To Do When The Alarm Sounds!
NEVER IGNORE THE SOUND OF THE ALARM!
Determining what type of alarm has sounded is easy with
your Kidde Combination Smoke/CO Alarm. The voice message warning system will inform you of the type of situation occurring. Refer to the Features section on page 4 for a
detailed description of each alarm pattern.
When the smoke alarm sounds:
Smoke alarms are designed to minimize false alarms.
Cigarette smoke will not normally set off the alarm, unless
the smoke is blown directly into the alarm. This unit contains nuisance alarm protection, which will reduce the
impact of cooking particles. However, large quantities of
combustible particles from spills or broiling could still cause
the unit to alarm. Careful location of the unit away from
the kitchen area will give the maximum nuisance alarm protection. Combustion particles from cooking may set off the
alarm if located too close to the cooking area. Large quantities of combustible particles are generated from spills or
when broiling. Using the fan on a range hood which vents
to the outside (non- recirculating type) will also help remove
these combustible products from the kitchen.
If the alarm sounds, check for fires first. If a fire is discovered follow these steps. Become thoroughly familiar with
these items, and review with all family members!
• Alert small children in the home. Children sleep very
sound and may not be awakened by the sound of the
smoke alarms.
• Leave immediately using one of your planned escape
routes (see page 25). Every second counts, don’t stop
to get dressed or pick up valuables.
• Before opening inside doors look for smoke seeping in
around the edges, and feel with the back of your hand
If the door is hot use your second exit. If you feel it’s
safe, open the door very slowly and be prepared to
close immediately if smoke and heat rush in.
• If the escape route requires you to go through smoke,
crawl low under the smoke where the air is clearer.
What To Do When The Alarm Sounds!
• Go to your predetermined meeting place. When two
people have arrived one should leave to call 911 from
a neighbor’s home, and the other should stay to
perform a head count.
• Do not reenter under any circumstance until fire
officials give the go ahead.
• There are situations where a smoke alarm may
not be effective to protect against fire as noted
by the NFPA and UL. For instance:
- Smoking in bed.
- Leaving children unsupervised.
- Cleaning with flammable liquids, such as gaso-
line.
- Fires where the victim is intimate with a flaming
initiated fire; for example, when a person's
clothes catch fire while cooking.
- Fires where the smoke is prevented from reach-
ing the detector due to a closed door or other
obstruction.
- Incendiary fires where the fire grows so rapidly
that an occupant's egress is blocked even with
properly located detectors.
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Product View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Operating/Installation Instructions
Step 1: Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Step 2: Installation Instructions:
A. Recommended Installation Locations . . . . . . 9
B. Where Not to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C. How to Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
D. Tamper Resist Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Step 3: Testing the Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Step 4: Hush®Control Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Step 5: Peak Level Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Alarm Response Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Battery Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
General Alarm Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Carbon Monoxide Safety Information
General CO Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Possible Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CO Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Symptoms of CO Poisoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fire Safety Information
Escape Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fire Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Industry Safety Standards
National Fire Protection Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
California State Fire Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Consumer Product Safety Commission . . . . . . . . . 27
Warranty and Service Information . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Kidde Combination
Photoelectric Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm model
KN-COPE-IB. This alarm is suitable as a Single Station and/or
Multiple Station (24 devices) alarm. This alarm has a fiveyear limited warranty.
Please take a few minutes to thoroughly read this user’s
guide which should be saved for future reference. Teach
children how to respond to the alarms, and they should
never play with the unit.
Your Kidde Smoke/CO Alarm was designed to detect both
smoke and carbon monoxide from any source of combustion in a residential environment. It is not designed for use
in a recreational vehicle (RV) or boat.
If you have any questions about the operation or installation of your alarm, please call our toll free Consumer
Hotline at 1 800-880-6788.
The guide on page 8 will help you determine the correct
location of safety products that will help keep your home a
safer place.
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Product View
FRONT
Test/Reset/Hush
Button
Alarm Sounder
Green& Red LED
(Light Emitting Diode)
Voice Speaker
Battery Compartment
2
Product View
Battery Door
Tamper-Resist
Slide
BACK
Mounting Bracket
Tamper Resist
Latch
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Features
•
Permanent independent smoke and carbon monoxide sensors
• Smoke alarm takes precedence when both smoke and carbon monoxide are present.
• Alarm/Voice message warning system that alerts you of the
following conditions in the manner described below, thus
eliminating any confusion over which alarm is sounding:
o FIRE: The alarm/voice pattern is three long alarm beeps fol-
lowed by the verbal warning message “FIRE! FIRE!”. This
pattern is repeated until the smoke is eliminated. The red
LED light will flash while in alarm/voice mode.
o CARBON MONOXIDE: The alarm/voice pattern is four short
alarm beeps followed by the verbal warning message
“WARNING! CARBON MONOXIDE!”. After four minutes
the alarm/voice pattern will sound once every minute until
the unit is reset, or the CO eliminated. The red LED light
will flash while in alarm/voice mode.
o LOW BATTERY: When the batteries are low and need
replacing the red LED light will flash and the unit will
“chirp” one time, followed by the warning message
“LOW BATTERY”. This cycle will occur once every minute
for the first hour. After the first hour the red LED light will
continue to flash every minute accompanied by the
“chirp” only sound. The voice message “LOW BATTERY”
will sound once every fifteen minutes during the “chirp”
only cycle. This will continue for at least seven days.
• Voice Message System that alerts user to the following conditions:
o System announces “HUSH MODE ACTIVATED” when the
unit is first put into HUSH Mode.
o System announces “HUSH MODE CANCELLED” when unit
resumes normal operation after Hush Mode has been cancelled.
o System announces “CARBON MONOXIDE PREVIOUSLY
DETECTED” when the unit has detected CO concentrations of 100 ppm or higher.
o System announces “PUSH TEST BUTTON” when the unit is
powered up, reminding user to activate the Test Button.
• One “chirp” every 30 seconds is an indication that the alarm
is malfunctioning. If this occurs call the Consumer Hotline at
1-800-880-6788.
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Features
• After seven (7) years of cumulative power up, this unit will
“chirp” once every 30 seconds. This is an "operational end
of life" feature which will indicate that it is time to replace
the alarm.
• Loud 85 decibel alarm
• HUSH Control Feature that silences the unit during nuisance
alarm situations (see page 16).
• Oversized test button for easy activation
• Test button performs the following functions:
Tests the units electronics and verifies proper unit operation
o
o Resets the unit during CO alarm
o Peak Level Memory
o Activates or cancels Hush® Feature
• Mounting bracket designed for easy orientation of the unit
• Green and red LED lights that indicate normal operation and
alarm status
o Green Light: The green LED will be lit continuouslyor or
flash every 30 seconds to indicate the unit is operating
properly. In HUSH® mode the LED blinks every 2 seconds
and once per second if it is the initiating alarm.
o Red Light: When a dangerous level of smoke or carbon
monoxide is detected the red LED light will flash and the
corresponding alarm pattern (depending on the source)
will sound. If the unit malfunctions, the red LED light will
flash and the unit will chirp every 30 seconds indicating a
system problem.
• Powered by 120V AC (60 Hz, 30 mA max) wire-in connector
and is also equipped with a 9V battery backup.
• Can be interconnected to other Kidde/Nighthawk brand
smoke and CO alarms (see page 15 for details).
• Tamper Resist Feature that deters children and others from
removing the battery or alarm
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Smoke Alarm Features
Smoke Alarm
The smoke alarm monitors the air for products of combustion that are produced when something is burning or smoldering. When smoke particles in the smoke sensor reach a
specified concentration, the alarm/voice message warning
system will sound, and be accompanied by the flashing red
LED light. The smoke alarm takes precedence when both
smoke and carbon monoxide are present.
NFPA 72 states: Life safety from fire in residential occupancies is based primarily on early notification to occupants of
the need to escape, followed by the appropriate egress
actions by those occupants. Fire warning systems for
dwelling units are capable of protecting about half of the
occupants in potentially fatal fires. Victims are often intimate with the fire, too old or young, or physically or mentally impaired such that they cannot escape even when
warned early enough that escape should be possible. For
these people, other strategies such as protection-in-place or
assisted escape or rescue are necessary.
• Smoke alarms are devices that can provide early warning
of possible fires at a reasonable cost; however, alarms
have sensing limitations. Ionization 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 smoldering fires) sooner than ionization alarms.
Home fires develop in different ways and are often unpredictable. For maximum protection, Kidde recommends
that both Ionization and Photoelectric alarms be installed.
• A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the specified type, in good condition and installed properly.
• AC powered alarms (without battery backup) will not
operate if the AC power has been cut off, such as by an
electrical fire or an open fuse.
• Smoke alarms must be tested regularly to make sure the
batteries and the alarm circuits are in good operating
condition.
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