IF THE CO ALARM SOUNDS:
1.Operate SILENCE button;
2.Call your emergency services, fire department or 911. Write down the number of your local emergency service here:
3.Immediately move to fresh air - outdoors or by an open door/window. Do a head count to check that all persons are accounted for. Do not reenter the premises nor move away from the open door/window until the emergency services responders have arrived, the premises have been aired out and your alarm remains in its normal condition.
4.After following steps
WHAT TO DO IF NATURAL GAS IS DETECTED:
If you hear the alarm horn sound 1 beep per second, gas has
been detected. Evacuate everyone from the building.
1.Leave the house immediately, opening doors and windows as you leave.
2.Do not use your telephone or appliances. Do not turn any light switches off or on. Any spark or flame could ignite the gas.
3.Call 911 and your gas company from a phone that is away from your home.
4.Do not reenter the area until the source of the leak is found and corrected.
If the unit alarms and you are not testing the unit, it is warning you of a potentially dangerous situation which requires your immediate attention. NEVER ignore any alarm. Ignoring the alarm may result in injury or death.
USING THE SILENCE FEATURE
NEVER disconnect the power to your alarm to silence the horn - use the Silence feature. Disconnecting the alarm removes your protection!
•The Silence feature is intended to temporarily silence the horn while you identify and correct the problem.
•To use the Silence feature, press and release the SILENCE button until the horn is silent.
•If the SILENCE button is pressed while the alarm is in the silence mode, the alarm will start sounding again.
WHEN THE CO ALARM SIGNAL IS SILENCED: The CO alarm will remain silent for up to 4 minutes (with the red LED blinking on approx. every 10 seconds, until reset) and then return to normal operation. It will continue to monitor the air for CO. Ventilate area. After up to 4 minutes, depending on the level of CO detected, if CO levels remain potentially dangerous, the horn will start sounding again.
WHEN THE GAS ALARM SIGNAL IS SILENCED: The alarm will remain silent for approximately 20 seconds (with the blue LED blinking on approx. every 10 seconds, until reset) and then return to normal operation. Ventilate area. If the gas has not cleared within the silence period, the unit will go back into alarm.
IMPORTANT!
The Silence feature is intended to temporarily silence the alarm horn. It will not correct a CO or Gas problem.
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