Kidde i12080 User Manual download pdf (Page 13)

CAUTION! USE ONLY LAMP SPECIFIED. USE OF A DIFFERENT LAMP MAY

HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SMOKE ALARM OR THE SAFETY

LIGHT OPERATION.

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. Y

ou 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 out-

side of the alarm can be wiped with a damp cloth. After cleaning, reinstall your

alarm and test your alarm by using the Test/Hush button. If cleaning does not

restore the alarm to normal operation the alarm should be replaced.

7. LIMITATIONS OF SMOKE ALARMS

WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY

• NFPA 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 poten-

tially 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 possible. For these people, other

strategies such as pr

otection-in-place or assisted escape or rescue are 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 visi-

ble 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.

• Abatterypoweredalarmmusthaveabatteryofthespecifiedtype,ingoodcon-

ditionand installedproperly.

• 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.

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