Operation; Smoke And Heat Detectors; Smoke Test; Test/Silence Button - Bosch RADION Life Safety Installation Manual

RADION Life Safety
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Operation

8.1

Smoke and heat detectors

Power the detector
To power the detector:
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Weekly button test
Press and hold the test button. The red LED flashes rapidly and the detector makes a sound.
Sensing fire
As soon as the detector senses smoke or high temperature, the alarm sounds and the red LED
rapidly flashes.
8.1.1

Smoke test

Smoke detectors should be tested annually using canned aerosol simulated smoke (Smoke! in
a can, GE part number SM- 200). Refer to the manufacturers instruction on the can.
Caution!
To avoid a fire department dispatch, contact the central monitoring station or put the system
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into sensor test mode before activating the sensor using this method
Press and hold the test button. The red LED flashes rapidly and the detector makes a sound.
8.1.2

Test/Silence button

Silence nuisance alarms
Smoke detectors may activate by other elements, e.g. dust, insects, cooking fumes, and cause
a nuisance alarm. Use the Test/Silence button (test button) to control nuisance alarms.
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If there are frequent nuisance alarms, try to identify the reason why these alarms occur. For
example, cooking fumes. If possible, re-locate the detector away from any source of fumes or
use a heat detector for cooking areas instead of a smoke or smoke and heat detector.
8.2

CO detectors

Power the detector
To power the detector:
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2.
3.
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Remove the detector from the mounting plate.
Pull the battery tab. The red LED, and then the yellow LED flash once.
Attach the detector to the base.
Press the test button to automatically put the detector into a reduced sensitivity
condition, which silences the detector for 10 minutes. The red LED flashes every 8
seconds. The detector resets to normal sensitivity at the end of the silence period (10
minutes).
Remove the detector from the mounting plate.
Pull the battery tab. The red, amber, and green lights immediately flash in sequence.
Attach the detector to the base.
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