0916 For model: 0916 Smoke Alarm User’s Guide 9 Volt Battery Battery Operated Smoke Alarm with “HUSH” Control to temporarily silence nuisance alarms. Thank you for purchasing this smoke alarm. It is an important part of your family’s home safety plan. You can trust this product to provide the highest quality safety protection. We know you expect nothing less when the lives of your family are at stake. For your convenience, write down the following information.
This alarm detects products of combustion using the ionization technique. It contains 0.9 microcurie of Americium 241, a radioactive material (see section 9). Distributed under U.S. NRC License No. 32-23858-01E. Manufactured in compliance with U.S. NRC safety criteria in 10 CFR 32.27. The purchaser is exempt from any regulatory requirements. Do not try to repair the smoke alarm yourself. Refer to the instructions in section 12 for service. WARNING! BATTERY DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE UNLESS BATTERY IS PRESENT.
• Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances are operated (i.e. portable heaters or humidifiers). • Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed. The closed door may prevent an alarm not located in that room from waking the sleeper. • Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizontally. Mounting the smoke alarm on the ceiling in the center of the room places it closest to all points in the room.
• Put smoke alarms at both ends of a bedroom hallway or large room if the hallway or room is more than 30 ft (9.1 m) long. • Install Smoke Alarms on sloped, peaked or cathedral ceilings at or within 3ft (0.9m)of the highest point (measured horizontally). NFPA 72 states: “Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling slopes greater than 1 ft in 8 ft (.3m in 2.4m) horizontally shall be located on the high side of the room.” NFPA 72 states: “A row of alarms shall be spaced and located within 3 ft (0.
• In very humid areas. Moisture or steam can cause nuisance alarms. • In insect-infested areas. • Smoke alarms should not be installed within 3 ft (.9m) of the following: The door to a kitchen, the door to a bathroom containing a tub or shower, forced air supply ducts used for heating or cooling, ceiling or whole house ventilating fans, or other high air flow areas. • Kitchens. Normal cooking may cause nuisance alarms.
1.Remove the mounting plate from the back of the alarm by holding the mounting plate and twisting the alarm in the direction indicated by the “OFF” arrow on the alarm cover. 2.To insure aesthetic alignment of the alarm with the hallway or wall, the “A” line on the mounting plate should be parallel with the hallway when ceiling mounting or horizontal when wall mounting. 3.After selecting the proper smoke alarm location as described in section 1, attach the mounting plate to the ceiling as shown in figure 4.
NOTE: THE TAMPER RESIST PIN WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE BATTERIES. USE LONG NOSE PLIERS TO PULL THE PIN OUT OF THE HOLE. IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE ALARM FROM THE MOUNTING PLATE. 8. After installation, test your alarm by depressing and holding down the test button for at least 5 seconds. This should sound the alarm. 4. OPERATION AND TESTING OPERATION: The smoke alarm is operating once a fresh battery is installed and testing is complete.
alarm or ignite combustible materials and start a structure fire. TEST THE ALARM WEEKLY TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION. Erratic or low sound coming from your alarm may indicate a defective alarm, and it should be returned for service (see section 12). NOTE: WEEKLY TESTING IS REQUIRED. 5. NUISANCE ALARMS Smoke alarms are designed to minimize nuisance alarms. Cigarette smoke will not normally set off the alarm, unless the smoke is blown directly into the alarm.
Alkaline type: Lithium type: ENERGIZER 522; DURACELL MN1604, MX1604; GOLD PEAK 1604A; PANASONIC 6AM6, 6AM-6, 6AM-6PI, 6AM6X, AND 6LR61 (GA) ULTRALIFE U9VL-J NOTE: WEEKLY TESTING IS REQUIRED. WARNING!! USE ONLY THE BATTERIES SPECIFIED. USE OF DIFFERENT BATTERIES MAY HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SMOKE ALARM. 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.
cles (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. • 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.
• Practice a fire drill at least every six months, including fire drills at night. Ensure that small children hear the alarm and wake when it sounds. They must wake up in order to execute the escape plan. Practice allows all occupants to test your plan before an emergency. You may not be able to reach your children. It is important they know what to do. • Install and maintain fire extinguishers on every level of the home and in the kitchen, basement and garage.
9. NRC INFORMATION Ionization type smoke alarms use a very small amount of a radioactive element in the sensing chamber to enable detection of visible and invisible combustion products. The radioactive element is safely contained in the chamber and requires no adjustments or maintenance. This smoke alarm meets or exceeds all government standards. It is manufactured and distributed under license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 10.
11. CAUTION (AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL) “Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire detection equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as follows: A smoke alarm installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity of, but outside of the bedrooms), and 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”. 12.
FIVE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY KIDDE Safety warrants to the original purchaser that the enclosed smoke alarm (but not the battery) will be free from defects in material and workmanship or design under normal use and service for a period of five years from the date of purchase.
0916 Para el modelo: 0916 Guía del usuario de alarmas contra humo Alarma contra humo a batería de 9 voltios con control de silenciador, que permite silenciar temporalmente alarmas molestas. Gracias por comprar esta alarma contra humo, es parte importante del plan de seguridad de su hogar. Puede confiar en que este producto protegerá su seguridad con la más alta calidad. Sabemos que usted no espera menos cuando la vida de su familia está en juego. Para su comodidad, escriba la siguiente información.
Esta alarma detecta productos de combustión usando la técnica de ionización. Contiene 0.9 microcurios de americio 241, que es un material radiactivo (consulte la Sección 9). Se distribuye bajo licencia de NRC de EE.UU., Nº 32-23858-01E. Fabricada en conformidad con los criterios de seguridad de NRC de EE.UU. en 10 CFR 32.27. El comprador está exento de todo requisito reglamentario. No intente reparar usted mismo la alarma contra humo.
4 pulg. CIELORRASO (10 cm.) • Al instalar una alarma en el cielo raso,ESPACIO colóquela a una distancia mínima de 4 pulg. DE AIRE SIN CIRCULACIÓN (10 cm) de la pared lateral (consulte la Figura 1). MÍNIMO 4 pulg. (10 cm.) • Al instalar la alarma en la pared, use una pared interior con el borde superior de la MEJOR NUNCA PLAN DEcm) UN SOLO alarma a un mínimo de 4 pulg. y un máximo de 12 pulg. (30.5 bajo el PISO AQUÍ(10 cm) AQUÍ cielo raso. (Consulte la Figura 1).
el extremo superior de la alarma a un mínimo de 4 pulg. (10cm) y un máximo de 12 pulg. (30,5cm) bajo el cielo raso (consulte la Figura 1). Si no está seguro de cuál es el aislamiento de su casa rodante, o si observa que las paredes externas y el cielo raso están calientes o fríos, instale la alarma en una pared interna. Para una protección mínima, instale al menos una alarma cerca de los dormitorios. Para protección adicional, consulte PLANO DE UN SÓLO PISO en la Figura 2.
Al instalar la alarma en un pasillo, la línea “A” debe estar paralela al pasillo. A FIGURA 4 A FIGURA 5 Al instalar la alarma en la pared, la línea “A” debe estar horizontal y la flecha “UP FOR WALL MOUNTING” debe apuntar hacia arriba.
CONTROL DE SILENCIADOR: La función de silenciador tiene la capacidad de insensibilizar el circuito de la alarma durante aproximadamente 7 minutos. Esta función sólo se debe usar cuando una condición de alarma conocida, como humo proveniente de la cocina, activa la alarma. La alarma contra humo se insensibiliza presionando el botón de silenciador, ubicado en la cubierta de la alarma.
USE SÓLO LAS SIGUIENTES BATERÍAS DE 9 V PARA REEMPLAZAR LAS BATERÍAS DE LA ALARMA CONTRA HUMO. De carbón y cinc: EVEREADY 216 Ó 1222; GOLD PEAK 1604P Ó 1604S Alcalina: ENERGIZER 522; DURACELL MN1604, MX1604, GOLD PEAK 1604A PANASONIC 6AM6, 6AM-6, 6AM-6PI, 6AM6X, y 6LR61(GA) De litio: ULTRALIFE U9VL-J NOTA: ES NECESARIO HACER PRUEBAS SEMANALMENTE. ¡ADVERTENCIA! USE SÓLO LAS BATERÍAS ESPECIFICADAS. EL USO DE BATERÍAS DIFERENTES PUEDE TENER UN EFECTO PERJUDICIAL EN LA ALARMA CONTRA HUMO.
baterías y los circuitos de alarma estén en buenas condiciones de funcionamiento. • Las alarmas contra humo no pueden dar la alarma si el humo no llega a ésta. Por lo tanto, es posible que estas alarmas no detecten incendios que se inicien en chimeneas, paredes, techos, al otro lado de una puerta cerrada o en otro piso. • Si la alarma está ubicada fuera del dormitorio o en otro piso, es posible que no despierte a una persona de sueño profundo.
Hay situaciones en las que puede que una alarma contra humo no sea efectiva para proteger contra un incendio, según lo establecido en la Norma 72 de la NFPA. Por ejemplo: a) fumar en la cama; b) dejar a los niños solos en la casa; c) limpiar con líquidos inflamables, como gasolina. 9.INFORMACIÓN DE NRC Las alarmas contra humo de ionización usan una pequeña cantidad de un elemento radiactivo en la cámara de detección para permitir la detección de productos de combustión visibles e invisibles.
GARANTÍA LIMITADA DE CINCO AÑOS KIDDE Safety garantiza al comprador original que la alarma contra humo adjunta (pero no la batería) estará libre de defectos de material y mano de obra o de diseño en condiciones normales de uso por un período de cinco años a partir de la fecha de compra.
