Recommended Installation Locations; Sloped Ceiling Installation; Static Mobile Homes - Kidde 10SCO User Manual

A. Recommended Installation Locations:
Kidde recommends the installation of a Smoke/CO Alarm in the following locations.
For maximum protection we suggest an alarm be installed on each level of a
multilevel home, including every bedroom, hallways, finished attics and basements.
If installing this alarm in the kitchen, please note that sometimes cooking fumes or
steam can result in 'nuisance' smoke alarms which can be minimized by locating the
alarm away from sources of cooking fumes or steam.
Put alarms at both ends of bedroom, hallway or large room if hallway or room is
more than 30 ft (9.1m) long. If you have only one alarm, ensure it is placed in the
hallway outside of the main sleeping area, or in the main bedroom. Verify the alarm
can be heard in all sleeping areas.
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 alarm on the ceiling in the centre of the room places it closest to all
points in the room. Ceiling mounting is preferred in ordinary residential construction.
When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it at a minimum of 4'' (10cm) from the
side wall (see figure 1). If installing the alarm on the wall, use an inside wall with the
top edge of the alarm at a minimum of 4'' (10cm) and a maximum of 12'' (30.5cm)
below the ceiling (see figure 1).

Sloped Ceiling Installation:

Install within 0.9m of the highest point (measured horizontally). Smoke alarms in
rooms with ceiling slopes greater than 0.3m in 2.4m horizontally shall be located on
the high side of the room. A row of detectors shall be spaced and located within
0.9m of the peak of the ceiling measured horizontally (see Figure 2)

Static Mobile Homes:

Modern mobile homes have been designed and built to be energy efficient. Install
Smoke/CO alarms as recommended previously (refer to Recommended Installatio n
Instructions and figure 1).
In older mobile homes that are not well insulated, extreme heat or cold can be
transferred from the outside to the inside through poorly insulated walls and roof.
This may cause a thermal barrier, which can prevent smoke from reaching an alarm
mounted on the ceiling. In such m obile homes install your Smoke/CO Alarm on an
inside wall with the top edge of the alarm at a minimum of 4 inches (10cm) and a
maximum of 12 inches (30.5cm) below the ceiling (See figure 1).