Kidde RF-SM-DC manual Contents of this USER’S Guide, Recommended Locations for Alarms

CONTENTS OF THIS USER’S GUIDE

1RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS FOR SMOKE ALARMS

2LOCATIONS TO AVOID

3INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

4OPERATION AND TESTING

5NUISANCE ALARMS

6MAINTENANCE

7LIMITATIONS OF SMOKE ALARMS

8GOOD SAFETY HABITS

9NRC INFORMATION

10NFPA PROTECTION STANDARD 72

11CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL REQUIRED INFORMATION

12TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE

13SERVICE 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 they act as chimneys for smoke and heat.

•Locate at least one alarm on every floor.

•Locate an alarm in every bedroom.

•Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances operate (i.e. portable heaters or humidifiers).

•Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed. The closed door may prevent a sleeping individual from hearing an alarm that is not inside the bed- room. Kidde recommends installing a Wireless Smoke Sounder in all rooms where older adults, individuals with partial hearing loss, and children sleep.

•Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizontally. Mounting the smoke alarm in the center of the ceiling 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 below.

•When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it at a minimum of 4” (10 cm) from the sidewall (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 feet (9.1 m) long.

•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 ceil- ing slopes greater than 1 foot in 8 feet (.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).