•Seven (7) years after initial power up, this unit will “chirp” every 30 seconds. This is an “operational end of life” feature which will indicate that it is time to replace the alarm.
Smoke AlarmThe smoke alarm monitors the air for products of combustion that are produced when something is burning or smoldering. When smoke particles in the smoke sensor reach a specified concentration, the alarm/voice message warning system will sound, and be accompanied by the flashing red LED light. The smoke alarm takes precedence when both smoke and carbon monoxide are present.
WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLYNFPA 72 states: Life safety from fire in residential occupancies is based primarily on early notification to occupants of the need to escape, followed by the appropriate egress actions by those occupants. Fire warning systems for dwelling units are capable of protecting about half of the occupants in potentially fatal fires. Victims are often intimate with the fire, too old or 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
•Smoke alarms are devices that can provide early warning of possible fires at a reasonable cost; however, alarms have sens- ing 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.
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