Installation Guide

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3. Troubleshooting Guide
If you are experiencing a problem with your alarm, or a fault, and are unsure of the next action, please
contact product support at 1-800-880-6788 before discharging the battery. You may also write us at:
Kidde, 1016 Corporate Park Drive, Mebane, NC 27302, or visit our internet address at www.kidde.com.
Trouble Condition Visual Indications Audible Indications Action
Low Battery Amber LED blinks
every 60 sec.
Chirp and voice “Replace
Alarm” every 60 sec.
After 1 hour, voice occurs
only once every 15 min. After
button push, voice “Hush Mode
Activated.”
* Push button once to silence for 24 hrs.
(Push button again to clear Hush
TM
and
perform a test.) Note: 7 days after Low Battery
begins, the notifications cannot be silenced.
* Remove alarm, discharge, dispose unit, and
replace as soon as possible.
Smoke Sensor Fault Amber LED blinks
every 60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec and voice
“Smoke Sensor Error.” After 1
hour, voice occurs only once
every 15 mins.
* See Cleaning Your Alarm section.
* Push button once to attempt to reset the unit.
* If error continues, remove alarm, discharge,
dispose unit, and replace as soon as possible.
Fatal Fault Amber LED blinks
3 times every 60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec and voice
“Replace Alarm.”
After 1 hour, voice occurs only
once every 15 mins.
* Push button once to attempt to reset the unit.
* If error continues, remove alarm, discharge,
dispose unit, and replace as soon as possible.
End of Unit Life Amber LED blinks
2 times every 60 sec.
2 chirps every 60 sec and voice
“Replace Alarm.” After 1 hour,
voice occurs only once every 15
mins. Voice “Hush Mode
Activated” after button push
(first 7 days only).
* Push button once to silence for 24 hrs. (Push
button again to clear Hush
TM
and perform
a test.) Note: 7 days after End of Unit Life
begins, the notifications cannot be silenced.
* Remove alarm, discharge, dispose unit, and
replace as soon as possible.
MCU Failure None Constant Tone * Remove alarm, discharge, dispose unit, and
replace as soon as possible.
Stuck Button Amber LED blinks
4 times every 60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec. * Push button to dislodge it from being stuck.
If button cannot be unstuck, remove alarm,
discharge, dispose unit, and replace as soon
as possible.