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Smoke Detector

Ideal for All Areas

Our photoelectric smoke detector is designed to sense smoke that comes into

the detector chamber. It does not sense gas, heat, or flame. This smoke

detector is designed to give early warning of developing fires by giving off the

alarm sounds from its built-in alarm horn. It can provide precious time for you

and your family to escape before fire spreads. However, the smoke detector

makes such pre-warning of fire accident possible, only if the detector is

located, installed, and maintained properly as described in this User's Manual.

WARNING: This smoke detector is designed for use in a single residential unit

only, which means that it should be used inside a single family home or

apartment. It is not meant to be used in lobbies, hallways, basements, or

another apartment in multi-family buildings, unless there are already working

detectors in each family unit. Smoke detectors, placed in common areas

outside the individual living unit, such as on porches or in hallways, may not

provide early warning to residents. In multi-family buildings, each family living

unit should set up its own detectors.

WARNING: This detector is not meant to be used in non-residential buildings,

warehouses, industrial or commercial buildings, and special purpose non-

residential buildings require special fire detection and alarm systems. This

detector alone is not a suitable substitute for complete fire detection systems

for places where many people live or work, such as hotels or motels. The same

is true of dormitories, hospitals, nursing homes or group homes of any kind,

even if they were once single family homes. Please refer NFPA 101, the Life

Safety Code, NFPA71, 72A, 72B, 72C, 72D, and 72E for smoke detector

requirements for fire protection in buildings not defined as “households”.

Introduction

Smoke detectors should be installed in accordance with the NFPA Standard 74

(National Fire Protection Association, Battery march Park, Quincy, MA 02169).

For complete coverage in residential units, smoke detectors should be

installed in all rooms, halls, storage areas, basements, and attics in each family

living unit. Minimum coverage is one detector on each floor and one in each

sleeping area and attics in each family living unit.

Locations to Install Your Smoke Detectors

Install basement detectors at the bottom of the basement stairwell.

Install second-floor detectors at the top of the first-to-second floor stairwell.

Be sure no door or other obstruction blocks the path of smoke to the detector.

Install additional detectors in your living room, dining room, family room, attic,

utility and storage rooms.

Install smoke detectors as close to the center of the ceiling as possible. If this is

not practical, put the detector on the ceiling, no closer than 4 inches (10 cm)

from any wall or corner, as shown in Figure 4.

If ceiling mounting is not possible and wall mounting is permitted by your local

and state codes, put wall-mounted detectors between 4 and 6 inches (10 ~ 15

cm) from the ceiling, also see Figure 4.

If some of your rooms have sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, try to mount

detectors 3 feet (0.9 meter) measured horizontally from the highest point of the

ceiling as shown in Figure 5.

Here, we have useful tips for you:

Install a smoke detector in the hallway outside every separate

bedroom area, as shown in Figure 1. Two detectors are required in

homes with two bedroom areas, as shown in Figure 2.

Install a smoke detector on every floor of a multi-floor home or

apartment, as shown in Figure 3.

Install a minimum of two detectors in any household.

Install a smoke detector inside every bedroom.

Install smoke detectors at both ends of a bedroom hallway if the

hallway is more than 40 feet (12 meters) long.

Install a smoke detector inside every room where one sleeps with

the door partly or completely closed, since smoke could be blocked

by the closed door and a hallway alarm may not wake up the

sleeper if the door is closed.

DINNG ROOM

BED ROOM

KITCHEN

BED

ROOM

BED

ROOM

LIVING ROOM

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR MINIMUM SECURITY

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR MORE SECURITY

Figure 1: locations for placing smoke detectors for single residence with only

one sleeping area

Figure 2: locations for placing smoke detectors for single-floor residence with

more than one sleeping area

BEDROOM

BEDROOM BEDROOM

GROUND

FLOOR

KITCHEN

GARAGE

BASEMENT

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR MINIMUM SECURITY

Figure 3: locations for placing smoke detectors for a multi-floor residence

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR MINIMUM SECURITY

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR MORE SECURITY

FAMILY ROOM KITCHEN

BED

ROOM

BED

ROOM

LIVING ROOM

BED

ROOM

BED ROOM

BEST LOCATION

ACCEPTABLE

LOCATION

CEILING

4in

(10cm)

CENTER OF

CEILING

NEVER

HERE

4in

(10cm)

Minimum

6in(15cm)

Maximum

BEDROOM

AIR RETURN

AIR ENTRY

STOVE

KITCHEN

BEDROOM

LIVING ROOM

CORRECT LOCATION

INCORRECT LOCATION

DETECTOR

9 FEET

HORIZONTAL DISTANCE

FROM PEAK

Figure 4: recommended best and acceptable locations to mount smoke

detectors

Figure 5: recommended locations to mount smoke detectors in rooms with

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“Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire

detection equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as follows: (1) A

smoke detector installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity, but

outside of the bedrooms), and (2) Heat or smoke detectors in the living

rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways, attics, furnace rooms,

closets, utility and, storage rooms, basements and attached garages.”

For your information, NFPA Standard 74, Section 2-4 reads as follows:

“2-4.1.1 Smoke detectors shall be installed outside of each separate sleeping

area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms and on each additional story

of the family living unit including basements and excluding crawl spaces and

unfinished attics.

The provisions of 2-4.1.1 represent the minimum number of detectors

required by this standard. It is recommended that the householder considers

the use of additional smoke detectors for increased protection for those areas

separated by a door from the areas protected by the required smoke

detectors under 2-4.1.1 above. The recommended additional areas are living

room, dining room, bedroom(s), kitchen, attic (finished or unfinished), furnace

rooms, utility room, basement, integral or attached garage, and hallways not

included in 2-4.1.1 above. However, the use of additional detectors remains

the option of the householder.” We recommend complete coverage and use

of additional smoke detectors.

CAUTION (As required by the California State Fire Marshall)

Locations not to Install Your Smoke Detectors

Nuisance alarms take place when smoke detectors are installed where they

will not work properly. To avoid nuisance alarms, do not install smoke

detectors in the following situations:

Combustion particles are the by-products of something that is burning. Thus,

in or near areas where combustion particles are present you do not install the

smoke detectors to avoid nuisance alarms, such as kitchens with few windows

or poor ventilation, garages where there may be vehicle exhaust, near

furnaces, hot water heaters, and space heaters.

Do not install smoke detectors less than 20 feet (6 meters) away from places

where combustion particles are normally present, like kitchens. If a 20-foot

distance is not possible, e.g. in a mobile home, try to install the detector as far

away from the combustion particles as possible, preferably on the wall. To

prevent nuisance alarms, provide good ventilation in such places.

IMPORTANT: For any reason, do not disable the detector to avoid nuisance

alarms.

When air streams passing by kitchens, the way how a detector can sense

combustion particles in normal air-flow paths is graphically shown in Figure 6,

which indicates the correct and incorrect smoke detector locations

concerning this problem.

Figure 6: recommended smoke detector locations to avoid air streams with

combustion particles

WARNING: Never remove batteries to stop a nuisance alarm. Open a window

or fan the air around the detector to get rid of the smoke. The alarm will turn

itself off when the smoke is gone. If nuisance alarms persist, attempt to clean

the detector as described in this User ’s Manual.

WARNING: Do not stand close to the detector when the alarm is sounding.

The alarm is loud in order to wake you in an emergency. Too much exposure

to the horn at close range may be harmful to your hearing.

In damp or very humid areas, or near bathrooms with showers. Moisture in

humid air can enter the sensing chamber, then turns into droplets upon

cooling, which can cause nuisance alarms. Install smoke detectors at least 10

feet (3 meters) away from bathrooms.

In ver y cold or very hot areas, including unheated buildings or outdoor

rooms. If the temperature goes above or below the operating range of smoke

detector, it will not work properly. The operating temperature range for your

smoke detector is 40 F to 100 F (4 C to 38 C).

In ver y dusty or dirty areas, dirt and dust can build up on the detector ’s

sensing chamber, to make it over sensitive. Additionally, dust or dirt can block

openings to the sensing chamber and keep the detector near fresh air vents

or ver y drafty areas like air conditioners, heaters or fans, fresh air vents and

drafts can drive smoke away from smoke detectors.

Dead air spaces are often at the top of a peaked roof, or in the corners

between ceilings and walls. Dead air may prevent smoke from reaching a

detector. See Figures 4 and 5 for recommended mounting locations.

In insect-infested areas. If insects enter a detector’s sensing chamber, they

may cause a nuisance alarm. Where bugs are a problem, get rid of them

before putting up a detector.

Near fluorescent lights, electrical “noise” from fluorescent lights may cause

nuisance alarms. Install smoke detectors at least 5 feet (1.5 meters) from such

lights.

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User ManualSmoke DetectorIdeal for All AreasOur photoelectric smoke detector is designed to sense smoke that comes into the detector chamber. It does

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CAUTION: This smoke detector comes with cover latches that will prevent the smoke detector cover from closing if battery is not installed. This tells

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