HOW TO INSTALL THIS ALARM
This combination Smoke/CO Alarm was designed to be mounted on the ceiling or wall. It is not a tabletop device. You must install this device on the ceiling or wall as outlined below. Read “Where To Install This Alarm” before starting.
PARTS OF THIS SMOKE/CO ALARM
1 Test/Silence Button and Remote
Control Sensor
2 Battery Compartment
3 Power/Smoke Alarm LED
4 CO Alarm LED
Tools you will need: pencil, drill with 3/16” or 5mm drill bit, flathead screwdriver, hammer.
•Do not connect this unit to any other alarm or auxiliary device. It is a single-station unit that cannot be linked to other devices. Connecting anything else to this unit may prevent it from working properly.
•Do not install this unit over an electrical junction box. Air currents around junction boxes can prevent smoke from reaching the sens- ing chamber and prevent the unit from alarming. Only AC powered units are intended for installation over junction boxes.
If you want to lock the battery compartment, or lock the Smoke/CO Alarm to the mounting bracket, please read the “Optional Locking Features” section in the “Programming Guide” attachment before you begin installation.
1.Hold base firmly and twist the mounting bracket counterclockwise (left) to separate it from the unit.
2.Hold the mounting bracket against the ceiling (or wall) so the vertical mounting slot is aligned in the 12 o’clock position and trace around the inside of the mounting slots (vertical and horizontal mounting).
3.Put the unit where it won’t get covered with dust when you drill the mount- ing holes.
4.Using a 3/16” (5 mm) drill bit, drill a hole through the center of the oval outlines you traced.
5.Insert the plastic screw anchors (in the plastic bag with screws) into the holes. Tap the screw anchors gently with a hammer, if necessary, until they are flush with the ceiling or wall.
6.Line the mounting bracket up over the plastic screw anchors.
7.Screw the mounting bracket to the ceiling or wall through the mounting slots using the two screws provided.
8.Before attaching the Alarm to
the bracket, insert the two (2) AA batteries (included) into the battery compartment. Match the terminals on the end of the battery with the terminals on the unit. Match “+” to “+” and “-” to “-.” If the batteries are not fully inserted, the unit cannot receive battery power.
NOTE: The unit may beep briefly when you install the batteries. This is normal. The GREEN Light flashes about every 60 seconds when the unit is receiving battery power.
The battery door will resist closing unless batteries are installed. This warns you the unit will not operate without batteries.
9. Attach the Smoke/CO Alarm to the mounting bracket. Line up the guides on the alarm’s base with the guides on the mounting bracket. When guides are lined up, turn the base clockwise (right) until it snaps into place.
NOTE: Once the Smoke Alarm is snapped onto the mounting bracket, you can rotate the Smoke Alarm to adjust the alignment.
10. Test the Smoke/CO Alarm. See “Weekly Testing” for details.
IF YOUR SMOKE/CO ALARM SOUNDS
WHAT TO DO FIRST–IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ALARM
Type of Alarm | What You See and Hear |
Carbon Monoxide (CO) | Voice: “Warning, evacuate carbon |
| monoxide in [Location, |
| example: “Kitchen”]. Evacuate.” |
| “____ ppm.” |
| Horn: 4 beeps, pause, 4 beeps, voice |
| Power/Smoke LED: Off |
| CO LED: Flashes Red |
| |
Smoke | Voice: “Warning, evacuate smoke in |
| [Location, example: “Kitchen”]. |
| Evacuate.” |
| Horn: 3 beeps, pause, 3 beeps, voice |
| Power/Smoke LED: Flashes Red |
| CO LED: Off |
| |
IF THE CO ALARM SOUNDS
“ALARM-MOVE TO FRESH AIR”
If you hear the CO alarm horn and the CO red light is flashing,
move everyone to a source of fresh air.
DO NOT remove the batteries!
Actuation of your CO Alarm indicates the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) which can kill you. In other words, when your CO Alarm sounds, you must not ignore it!
IF THE CO ALARM SIGNAL SOUNDS:
1.Operate the Test/Silence button.
2.Call your emergency services, fire department or 911. Write down the number of your local emergency service here:
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3.Immediately move to fresh air—outdoors or by an open door or window. Do a head count to check that all persons are accounted for. Do not re- enter the premises, or move away from the open door or window until the emergency services responder has arrived, the premises have been aired out, and your CO Alarm remains in its normal condition.
4.After following steps 1-3, if your CO Alarm reactivates within a 24-hour period, repeat steps 1-3 and call a qualified appliance technician to investi- gate for sources of CO from fuel-burning equipment and appliances, and inspect for proper operation of this equipment. If problems are identified during this inspection have the equipment serviced immediately. Note any combustion equipment not inspected by the technician, and consult the manufacturers’ instructions, or contact the manufacturers directly, for more information about CO safety and this equipment. Make sure that motor vehicles are not, and have not, been operating in an attached garage or adjacent to the residence. Write down the number of a qualified appliance technician here:
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NOTE: A qualified appliance technician is defined as “a person, firm, corporation, or company that either in person or through a representative,
is engaged in and responsible for the installation, testing, servicing, or replace- ment of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, combustion appliances and equipment, and/or gas fireplaces or other decorative combustion equipment.”
AFTER AN ALARM
After the emergency responders arrive, the premises aired out, and your CO Alarm remains in its normal condition, you can check what the highest carbon monoxide level sensed was:
Action: | Alarm Will Say: |
1. Press & Hold Test Button | “Highest carbon monoxide level was |
| ___ ppm. Please see manual.” |
| “To clear highest carbon monoxide |
| level, press and hold test button |
| now.” |
2. Press & Hold Test Button, if you | “Highest carbon monoxide level |
would like to clear the highest level | cleared.” |
sensed. | |
If you would like to keep the | Alarm will say nothing. |
highest level in memory, do not | |
press anything. | |
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