Where to Install This Alarm
Before installing your combination Smoke/CO Alarm, it is important to choose the best loca- tions in your home. Placement can affect how well the alarm performs and how well residents hear the alarm if it sounds.
IMPORTANT!
The following are general guidelines for choosing where to install your alarms. For more details and Agency Placement information, please read “Chapter 8: Agency Recommendations for Alarm Placement” before installing this alarm.
Install the Recommended Number of Alarms
•Fire safety professionals recommend at least one smoke alarm on every level of your home, in each bedroom hallway, and inside each bedroom or sleeping area.
•At least one CO alarm should be placed where it will wake all sleeping residents. For addition- al protection, place additional CO alarms between 5 and 20 feet from potential sources of CO, like a furnace, water heater or fireplace.
This combination Smoke/CO Alarm makes it easy to provide both types of protection throughout the home.
Choose Appropriate Locations
•Alarms can alert you to a problem only after smoke or CO reach their sensors. Choose locations free of obstructions, where the alarm will stay clean and protected from adverse environmental conditions.
•Make sure the alarms can be easily heard from multiple locations throughout the home.
Check Your Local Building Codes
•This combination Smoke/CO Alarm is designed to be used in
•Some codes may require that smoke alarms be interconnected in new construction.
Placement Guidelines
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