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• Put the detector as close to the ceil ing center as possible.
• Put detectors outside of every bedroom area and on every
level of your home.
• Test all detectors week ly, one at a time, by holding in each
test switc h button on the c over for about 20 sec onds unti l the
alarm sounds.
• If the LED on your detector fl ashes about 4 ti mes per minut e,
it is receiving power from the power suppl y.
• If your alarm beeps once a mi nute, it needs a new battery.
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Smoke detectors are designed to provide early warning of
developing fires at a r easonable cost. They monitor the ai r and
can sense smoke and can provide pr ecious minutes f or you and
your family to escape before a fire spreads.
CAUTION: Ear ly warning fire detect ion is best achiev ed by the
installation of fire det ection equi pment in all rooms and ar eas of
the household as follows : A smoke detector installed in eac h
separate sleeping area (in the vicinity, but outside the
bedroom), and heat or smoke detectors in the living rooms,
dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways, attics, furnace
rooms, closets, utility and storage rooms, basements and
attached garages.
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Smoke detectors will not work without power. Battery-operated
detectors will not work wit hout batteri es, with dead bat teries, or if
the batteries are not put in properly. AC-powered detectors will
not work if their AC power supply is c ut off by an el ect r ic al f i re, an
open fuse or circ uit breaker, or for any other reason. If you are
concerned about the reliability of either batteries or your AC
power supply for any of the above reasons, you should install
both battery and AC powered detectors for maximum safety.
Smoke detectors may not sense fires that start where smoke
cannot reach the detectors such as in chimneys, in walls, on
roofs, or on the other side of clos ed doors. If bedr oom doors are
usually closed at night, detectors should be placed in each
bedroom as well as in the c ommon hallway between them.
Smoke detectors al so may not sense a fire on another level of the
residence or buildi ng. For example, a second-f loor detector may
not sense a first-floor or basement fire. Therefore, detectors
should be placed on every level of a residence or buil ding.
The horn in your detector meets or exceeds current audibility
requirements of Underwriters Laboratories. However, if the
detector is located outside a bedroom, it may not wake up a
sound sleeper, especiall y if t he bedroom doors are c losed or only
partly open. If the det ector is located on a different level of the
residence than the bedrooms, it is even less likely to wake up
people sleeping in the bedrooms. In suc h cas es , the Nat ional Fir e
Protection Association recommends that the detectors be
interconnected so that all detectors sound an alarm when any
one detector senses smoke.
All types of smok e detector sensors have limitations. No t ype of
smoke detector can sense every kind of fire every time. In
general, detectors may not always warn you about fires caused
by carelessness and safet y hazards like smoking in bed, vi olent
explosions, escaping gas, improper storage of flammable
materials, overloaded electrical circuits, children playing with
matches, or arson.
Installing smoke detectors may make you eligible for lower
insurance rates, but smoke detectors are not a substitute for
insurance. Homeowners and renters should continue to insure
their lives and property.
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This smoke detect or should be installed in accor dance with the
National Fire Protect ion Association, Standard 74 (Nat ional Fire
Protection Assoc iation, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269).
This standard means that for complete coverage, smoke
detectors shoul d be installed in all rooms, halls, storage areas,
basements, and attics of a building. The minimum recommendation is one detector on each level of a bui lding and one in every
sleeping area. See how this recommendation applies in the
figures below.
A. Put a smoke detector in the hal lway outs ide of ever y s eparate
bedroom area (Fig. 1). Two detector s are required in homes
with two bedroom areas (Fi g. 2).
B. Put a smoke detector on every level of a multi-level residenc e
(Fig. 3).
Figure 1: Recommended Smoke Detector for Single-Floor
Residence with Only One Sleeping Area.
Figure 2:
Recommended Smoke Detector Protection for
Single-Floor Residence
with More than One Sleeping Area.
C. Put a smoke detector inside bedrooms where smokers sleep.
D. Put a smoke detector inside every bedroom where el ectrical
appliances (such as portable heaters or humidifiers) are
operated while someone sleeps.
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Figure 3: Recommended Smoke Detector Protection for a
Multilevel Residence
E. Put a smoke detector inside every bedroom where
someone sleeps with the door closed. Smoke could be
blocked by the clos ed door, or the alarm may not wake the
sleeper if the door is closed.
F. Put detectors as close to the center of the ceiling as
possible. If this is not practical, put the detector on the
ceiling, but no closer than 10 cm (4 in.) to any wall or
corner (Fig. 4).
Figure 4:
Recommended Smoke
Alarm Mounting Locations
G. If wall mounting is per mitted by your local and s tate codes, put
wall-mounted detectors between 10 and 15 cm (4 and 6
inches) from the ceiling ( Fig. 4).
H. Put smoke detectors at both ends of a bedroom hal lway i f
the hallway is more than 12 m (40 ft) long.
I. Put basement alarms at the bottom of the basement
stairwell.
J. Put second-floor alarms at the top of the first-to-second
floor stairwell, as long as no other door or other
obstruction blocks the path of smoke to the alarm.
Figure 5:
Recommended Smoke
Alarm Mounting Locations in
Rooms with Sloped, Gabled or Peaked Ceiling
K. In rooms with sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, mount
detectors 0.9 m (3 ft) measured horizontally from the
highest point of the ceil ing ( Fig. 5).
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In mobile homes and recreat ional vehicles bui lt after about 1978
that were designed and insulated to be energy-efficient, smoke
detectors shoul d be installed as descri bed in the section above.
In older mobile homes and RV’s that have little or no i nsulation
compared to today’s s tandards, uninsulated metal out side walls
and roofs can trans fer heat and cold from out doors, making the
air right next to them hotter or colder than the rest of the inside
air. These layers of hotter or colder air can prevent smoke from
reaching a smoke alarm. Therefore, put smoke detect ors in s uch
units only on inside walls, between 10 and 15 cm (4 and 6
inches) from the c eiling. If you are not sure about the insulation
level in your mobile home or RV, or i f you notic e that the wal ls or
ceilings are unus ually hot or cold, put the alarm on an inside wall.
Minimum protection requi res one alarm as close to t he sleeping
area as possible. For bett er protection, put one det ector in each
room, but first read Sect ion 6 - “W here Smoke Detector s Should
Not be Put”.
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Nuisance alarms are c aused by placing alarms where they will
not operate properly. To avoid nuisance alarms, do not place
detectors:
A. In or near areas where combustion particles are normally
present such as kitchens; in gar ages where there are particles
of combustion in vehicle exhausts; near furnaces, hot water
heaters, or gas s pace heaters. Install det ectors at least 6 m
(20 ft) away from kitchens and other areas wher e combustion
is normally present.
B. In air streams passing by kitchens. Figure 6 shows how a
detector can be exposed to combus tion part icles in normal air
movement paths, and how to cor rect this si tuation.
C. In damp or very humid areas, or next to bathrooms with
showers. The moisture in humid air can enter the sensing
chamber as water vapor, then cool and condense into droplets
that cause a nuisance al arm. Install alarms at least 1.5 m (5
ft) away from bathrooms .
D. In very cold or very hot environments , or in unheated buildings
or outdoor rooms, where the temperature can go below or
above the operating range of the det ector. Temper ature limi ts
for proper operation are 4° to 38°C (40° to 100°F).
E. In very dusty or dirty areas. Dus t and dirt can buil d up on the
detector’s sensing chamber and make it overly sensitive, or
can block openings to the sensing chamber and keep the
detector from s ensing smoke.
F. Near fr esh air i nlets or returns or excess ively draf ty areas. Air
conditioners, heat ers, fans, and fres h air intakes and ret urns
can drive smoke away from smoke detectors, making the
detectors les s effective.
Figure 6:
Recommended Smoke
Alarm Locations to Avoid Air
Streams with Combustion
G. In dead air spaces at the top of a peaked roof or in the
corners between ceilings and walls. Dead air may prevent
smoke from reaching a detector. See Figures 4 and 5 for
recommended mounting locations.
H. In insect-infested areas . If insects enter a detector’s sensing
chamber, they may cause a nuisance alarm. Get rid of the
bugs before installing detectors where bugs are a problem.
I. Near fluorescent light fixtures . Electrical “noise” f rom nearby
fluorescent light fixtures may cause a nuisance al arm. Install
detectors at least 3 m (10 ft) away from s uch light fixtures.
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