T F A R D Nest Protect Wired 120V ~ 60Hz Detects smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) User’s Guide 05C Please read carefully and save this user’s guide in a safe place.
Meet your Nest Protect Table of content Meet your Nest Protect Location in your home Placement on the ceiling or wall Placement on a sloped ceiling Setup and installation Operating instructions Heads-Up and Emergency Alarms Wireless interconnect Testing Nest Protect General maintenance Safety Alarms limitations Installation code Carbon monoxide precautions Fire safety precautions FCC compliance 3 5 6 7 8 12 14 15 16 17 19 19 21 24 26 27 Inside the box you’ll find: Three wire nuts Nest Protect Backplat
Location in your home. Light ring changes color to alert you. 6” (15.2cm) Nest button to hush alarms and run a test. Speaker allows Nest Protect to speak with a human voice. Horn enables Nest Protect to alert you with a loud emergency sound. The National Fire Protection Association recommends installing a smoke alarm in the following areas: • On every floor, including finished attics and basements. • Inside and outside every sleeping area.
Placement on the ceiling or wall. Placement on a sloped ceiling. Installing on the ceiling is recommended. Mark where the screws will go using the base as a guide. Make sure you’re at least 4 inches (10 cm) away from the wall. If you have a sloped, peaked or cathedral ceiling, Nest Protect should be 4 inches to 3 feet (10cm-1m) from the highest point.
SETUP AND INSTALLATION (Professional installation recommended) 1. Wake it up 4. Set up Nest Protect 5. Turn off power Remove the dust cover and pull out the battery tab to wake up your Nest Protect. The video at nest.com/protect-setup shows how. Protect yourself and avoid blowing a fuse. Switch off the correct circuit breaker or remove the fuse from the fuse box.
8. Prepare the wires 9. Attach the 120V connector 12. Mount your Nest Protect Unscrew the wire nuts to detach the electrical connection from your old smoke alarm. Just match the wires - white to white and black to black. Press the wires together, cap them with a wire nut and twist clockwise. Tighten until it is secured. Nest Protect interconnects wirelessly. There is no need for the red/orange/yellow wire. Cap it with a wire nut.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS When Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarm has something to say, it will speak to you in words and colors instead of just beeping. It has two kinds of voice alerts: Heads-Up and emergency alarms. • Nest Protect can see smoke or carbon monoxide levels rising. So before it turns on an emergency alarm, Nest Protect gives you a friendly spoken Heads-Up to warn you in advance. It pulses yellow and speaks to you, telling you what and where the danger is.
WIRELESS INTERCONNECT HEADS-UP AND EMERGENCY ALARMS ALERTS Nest Protect has two kinds of voice alerts: HeadsUp and emergency alarms. Both tell you what and where the danger is, but the spoken Heads-Up is designed to give you a friendly warning before conditions get dangerous. A Heads-Up can be silenced by standing underneath Nest Protect and waving at it or pushing the Nest button.
TESTING NEST PROTECT SELF-MONITORING Nest Protect continuously tests itself to ensure that everything is working fine, so you don’t have to wonder if it is working or not. Nest Protect will check its battery and sensors and will let you know if it has a message for you. When you turn out the lights for the night, Nest Protect will glow green for a moment - that means everything is working. If it glows yellow, this means Nest Protect has detected something wrong that needs your attention.
REPLACING THE BACKUP BATTERIES 1. Remove your Nest Protect from its backplate. 2. Using a Phillips-head screwdriver, unscrew the two screws from the battery door on the back of Nest Protect. 3. Replace the batteries. Make sure to use Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries and install them in the right order. If you install them out of order, you may not be able to close the battery compartment. 1. First battery 2. Second battery 3. Third battery. This battery will push the bracket into place. 1 2 3 4.
INSTALLATION CODE • This alarm is not intended to alert hearing impaired residents. Alarms specifically designed for the hearing impaired, which feature devices like flashing strobe lights or low frequency devices are available to alert the hearing impaired in case of fire.
AC INSTALLATION WARNINGS ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD • Turn off power to the area where you will install this unit at the circuit breaker or fuse box before beginning installation. Failure to turn off the power before installation may result in serious electrical shock, injury or death. • Do not restore power until all alarms are completely installed. Restoring power before installation is complete may result in serious electrical shock, injury or death.
CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) PRECAUTIONS WHAT IS CARBON MONOXIDE? Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an invisible, odorless, tasteless gas produced when fuels do not burn completely, or are exposed to heat (usually fire). These fuels include: wood, coal, charcoal, oil natural gas, gasoline, kerosene, and propane. Common appliances are often sources of CO. such as oil or gas burning furnaces, gas ovens, wood-burning fireplaces, and charcoal grills.
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CREATE AN ESCAPE PLAN TO PRACTICE Be prepared when your smoke/CO alarm sounds its alarm. Develop a family escape plan, discuss it with all household members, and practice it regularly. • Make sure everyone is familiar with the sound of your smoke/CO alarm and explain what the sound means. • Determine TWO exits from each room and have an escape route to the outside from each exit.
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