Kidde KN-COSM-BCA User Manual

For your convenience, write down the following

i n f o rmation. If you call our consumer hotline,

these are the first questions you will be asked:

A l a rm Model Number (located on back of alarm ) :

Date of Manufacture (located on the back of the alarm ) :

Date of Purc h a s e :

W h e re Purc h a s e d :

B a t t e r y Operated

O M B I N AT I O NSM O K E

A R B O N

With 2-LED Display, HUSH® and Peak Level Memory

O N O X I D EAL A R M

U s e r’s Guide

Model:

KN-COSM-BCA

Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm,

Custom Assembled in China with U.S. and Foreign Components.

For questions concerning your

please call our Consumer Hotline at

P y r ene Corporation (a Kidde Company)

130 Esna Park Drive, Markham, ON L3R 1E3

U.S. Patents 6,160,487, 6,522,248 and 6,753,786.

1-800-880-6788

Consumer Hotline:

w w w. k i d d e . c a

1-800-880-6788

AND CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM

SINGLE STATION CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMSINGLE STATION SMOKE ALARM

Table of Contents

I n t r o d u c t i o n

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

Illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17

Alarm Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Alarm Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Battery Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Carbon Monoxide Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23

Fire Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-26

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-29

Thank you for purchasing the Kidde Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Model # KN-COSM-BCA.

This alarm has a five-year limited warranty.

Please take a few minutes to thoroughly read this user’s guide, and save for future reference. Teach children how to respond to the alarms, and that 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 25 will help you determine the correct location of safety products that will help keep your home a safer place.

I l l u s t r a t i o n

FRONT

Test/Reset/ Hush® Button

Alarm Sounder

BACK

Red LED Light

Battery Chamber

Green LED Light

Battery Placement

F e a t u r e s

• Permanent independent smoke and carbon monoxide sensors (ionization and electrochemical).

• Loud 85 decibel alarm.

• Alarm/Voice message warning system that specifies which dangerous condition exists, eliminating any confusion over which alarm is sounding:

FIRE: The alarm/voice pattern is 8 seconds of alarm

beeps followed by the verbal warning message, “Fire! Feu!” This pattern is repeated until the smoke is eliminated. The red LED light will flash while in alarm/voice mode.

CARBON MONOXIDE: The alarm/voice pattern is four

short alarm beeps followed by the verbal warning message, “Carbon Monoxide! Monox y d e de Carbone!” This continues until the unit is reset or the CO eliminated. After four minutes the alarm/voice pattern will sound once every minute. The red Light Emitting Diode (LED) light will flash while in alarm/voice mode.

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 warn i n g message, “ L o w Battery. P i l e Faible!” 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 “ L ow Battery. P i l e Faible!” will sound once every fifteen minutes during the “chirp” only cycle. This will continue for at least seven days.

• 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.

NOTE: After seven (7) years of cumulative power up,

this unit will "chirp" every 30 seconds. This is an "operational end of life" feature which will indicate that it is time to replace the alarm.

• Oversized test button for easy activation.

• Test button performs the following functions:

Tests the units electronics and verifies proper unit operation

Resets the unit during CO alarm

Activates HUSH® Feature (see Page 16).

Peak Level Memory (See Page 17).

• Mounting bracket designed for easy orientation of unit.

• Green and red LED lights that indicate normal operation and alarm status.

Green Light: The green Light Emitting Diode (LED) flashes every 30 seconds to indicate the unit is operating properly, and once every 2 seconds to indicate the unit is in HUSH® mode. The green light also flashes before a CO reading is taken and when any button is pressed.

Red Light: When a dangerous level of smoke or carbon monoxide is detected the red Light Emitting Diode (LED) 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 three (3) AA batteries.

• Battery lockout system that prohibits installation without using three batteries.

• Smoke alarm takes precedence when both smoke and carbon monoxide are present.

F e a t u r e s

TAMPER RESIST FEATURE

L o c a t i o n of Posts

FIGURE 1A

FIGURE 1B

Tamper Resist Feature

To make the Smoke/CO alarm tamper resistant, a tamper resist feature has been provided. Activate the tamper resist feature by breaking off the four posts in the square holes in the mounting plate (see Figure 1A). Rotate the alarm onto the mounting plate until you hear the tamper resist tab snap into place, locking the alarm.

Using the tamper resist feature will help deter children and others from removing the alarm. To remove the alarm, press on the tamper resist tab, and rotate the alarm off of the mounting plate (see Figure 1B).

Smoke Alarm

The smoke alarm constantly 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, accompanied by the flashing red LED light.

NOTE: The smoke alarm takes precedence when both smoke and carbon monoxide are present.

This unit has a smoke sensor that uses the ionization t e c h n o l o gy.

S m o ke alarms are devices that can provide early wa rning of p o s s i b le fi r es at a re a s o n able cost,h o weve r, a l a rms have sensing limitations.

I o n i z a t i o n sensing alarms may detect invisible fire particles

(associated with fast flaming fires) sooner than photoelectric alarms.

P h o t o e l e c t ri c sensing alarms may detect visible fire particles (associated with slow smoldering fires) sooner than ionization alarms.

Home fi r es develop in diffe rent ways and are often u n p r e d i c t abl e . For maximum pro t e c t i o n , Kidde re c o m m e n d s both ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms be installed.

C AU T I O N : Smoke must reach the sensor to be detected.

Smoke alarms may not sense fires starting in chimneys, walls, on roofs, on the other side of a closed door, or on a d i ff e r ent floor. The alarm may be unable to wake a sound s l e e p e r , or someone impaired by alcohol or drugs.

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