Kidde L2, I9060RV, I9040RV, PI9000, I9050 manual Contents of This User’s Guide

Product Specifications

1. Recommended Locations for Smoke Alarms

This alarm detects products of combustion using the ionization tech- nique. It contains 0.9 microcurie of Americium 241, a radioactive materi- al (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.

LOSS OF POWER TO THE ALARM WILL RENDER THIS ALARM INOPERATIVE.

Contents of This User’s Guide

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

•Locate the first alarm in the immediate area of the sleeping rooms. Try to monitor the exit path as the sleeping rooms are usually farthest from the exit. If more than one sleeping area exists, locate additional alarms in each sleeping area (See figure 3).

•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 elec- trical 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 mount- ing is preferred in ordinary residential con- struction.

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

•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 ceil- ing (see figure 1).

FIGURE 1

FIGURE 2

ANYWHERE ALONG

FIGURE 3

ANYWHERE ALONG

THIS BOLD SURFACE

12”

(300mm)

FIGURE 4