Smoke Alarm - Kidde 10SCO User Manual

LED blinks every 2 seconds and once per second if it is the initiating
alarm.
Red Light: When a dangerous level of smoke or carbon monoxide is
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detected the red LED light will flash and the corresponding alarm
pattern (depending on the source) will sound. If the unit malfunctions,
the red LED light will flash and the unit will chirp every 30 seconds
indicating a system problem. If the red LED flashes every 60 seconds
WITHOUT an audible chirp, this is the pre-warning that the battery w
soon need replacing.
The alarm is battery operated with a 9V battery.
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Tamper Resist Feature that deters ch
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battery or alarm

Smoke Alarm

The smoke alarm monitors the air for products of combustion that are produced
when something
sensor reach a specified concentration, the alarm/voice message warning system
will sound, and be accompanied by the flashing red LED light. The smoke alarm
takes precedence when both smoke and carbon monoxide are present.
Life safety from fire in residential occupancies is based primarily on early notificat
to occupants of the need to escape, followed by the appropriate escape
those occupants.
Fire warning systems for dwelling units are capable of protecting about half of the
occupants in poten
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 protection-in-place or assisted escape or rescue are necessary.
Smoke alarms are devices that can provide early warning of possible fires at a
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reasonable cost; however, alarms have sensing limitations. Ionisation sensing
alarms may detect invisible fire particles (associated with fast flaming fires) sooner
than photoelectric alarms. Photoelectric sensing alarms may detect visible fire
particles (associated with slow smouldering fires) sooner than ionisation alarms.
Home fires develop in different ways and are often unpredictable. For maximum
protection, Kidde
installed.
A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the specified type, in good
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condition and installed properly.
Smoke alarms must be tested regularly to make sure the batteries and the alarm
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circuits are in good operating con
Smoke alarms cannot provide an alarm if smoke does not reach the alarm.
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Therefore, smoke alarms may not sense
roofs, on the other side of a closed door or on a different floor.
If the alarm is located outside the bedroom or on a different floor, it may not
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wake up a sound sleeper.
The use of alcohol or drugs may also impair one's ability to hear the smoke
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alarm. For maximum protec
sleeping area on every level of a home.
is burning or smouldering. When smoke particles in the smoke
tially fatal fires. Victims are often intimate with the fire, For the old,
recommends that both Ionisation and Photoelectric alarms be
dition.
tion, a smoke alarm should be installed in each
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