Kidde I9040RV, I9060RV, L2, PI9000, I9050 manual Limitations of Smoke Alarms, Safety Light

6. Maintenance

USE ONLY THE FOLLOWING 9 VOLT BATTERIES FOR i9040RV AND i9060RV SMOKE ALARM BATTERY REPLACEMENT:

Alkaline type: ENERGIZER 522; DURACELL MN1604, MX1604; PANASONIC 6AM6, 6AM-6, 6AM-6PI, 6AM6X, AND 6LR61(GA)

NOTE: WEEKLY TESTING IS REQUIRED.

WARNING! USE ONLY THE BATTERIES SPECIFIED. USE OF DIFFER- ENT BATTERIES MAY HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SMOKE ALARM.

CLEANING YOUR ALARM

YOUR ALARM SHOULD BE CLEANED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR

To clean your alarm, remove it from the mounting bracket as outlined in the beginning of this section. You can clean the interior of your alarm

(sensing chamber) by using compressed air or a vacuum cleaner hose and blowing or vacuuming through the openings around the perimeter of the alarm. The outside of the alarm can be wiped with a damp cloth.

After cleaning, reinstall your alarm and test your alarm by using the test button. If cleaning does not restore the alarm to normal operation the alarm should be replaced.

SAFETY LIGHT

MODEL i9080

NOTE: If the safety light appears dim during regular testing, replace both batteries immediately. Use only the following 9 volt batteries for powering the safety light:

Alkaline Type	Energizer 522
	Duracell MN1604 or MX1604
	Gold Peak 1604A
	Panasonic 6AM6, 6AM-6, 6AM-6PI, 6AM6X and
	6LR61 (GA)

The safety light has a 6.3 V 250mA fuse lamp with an average life of 50 hours. If the safety light fails to operate with a fresh alkaline battery, then replace the lamp. To replace the lamp, remove the alarm from the mounting bracket by rotating the alarm in the direction of the “OFF” arrow on the cover (See Figure 7, and Alarm Tamper Resist Feature sec- tion if this feature has been activated).

Open the battery door and remove both batteries from the unit. Grip the lamp holder handle with your thumb and finger and pull out the

6. Maintenance

lamp holder assembly. Slide the old lamp out of the lamp holder and replace it with a new lamp. Replace with the correct lamp type: Vanco #FTB 6 which is available at most radio/tv repair stores.

Reinstall the lamp holder. It will snap easily into the base. Put working batteries back in the alarm and remount the alarm on its mounting bracket.

CAUTION: Use only the lamp specified. Use of a different lamp may have a detrimental effect on the smoke alarm or the safety light operation.

NOTE: The safety light is not intended to satisfy the requirements for approved illumination under various local codes. Very thick and/or dense smoke may obscure the light.

7. Limitations of Smoke Alarms

WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY

•NFPA 72 states: Fire-warning equipment for residential occupancies are capable of protecting about half of the occupants in potentially fatal fires. Victims are often intimate with the fire, too old or too young, or physically or mentally impaired such that they cannot escape even when warned early enough that escape should be possi- ble. For these people, other strategies such as protection-in-place or assisted escape or rescue would be necessary.

•Smoke alarms are devices that can provide early warning of possible fires at a reasonable cost; however, alarms have sensing limitations. Ionization sensing alarms may detect invisible fire particles (associated with fast flaming fires) sooner than photoelectric alarms. Photoelectric sensing alarms may detect visible fire particles (associated with slow smoldering fires) sooner than ionization alarms. Home fires develop in different ways and are often unpredictable. For maximum protection, Kidde recommends that both Ionization and Photoelectric alarms be installed.

•A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the specified type, in good condition and installed properly.

•AC powered alarms (without battery backup) will not operate if the AC power has been cut off, such as by an electrical fire or an open fuse.

•Smoke alarms must be tested regularly to make sure the batteries and the alarm circuits are in good operating condition.

•Smoke alarms cannot provide an alarm if smoke does not reach the alarm. Therefore, smoke alarms may not sense fires starting in chim- neys, walls, on roofs, on the other side of a closed door or on a differ- ent floor.