Firex TPCI User Manual

110-1013B.QXD 6/8/01
BS5446 : Pt 1 : 2000
LICENSE NO. 7832
PLEASE READ AND SAVE
INSTALLER: Please leave this manual with the product.
© 2001 Maple Chase Company
WARNING — This smoke alarm will sound a short beep when a battery is
connected. Do not use this smoke alarm with any external bug screens. Use
of these types of devices may reduce smoke alarm response time.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SMOKE ALARM
• Before siting your smoke alarm, you must read this entire instruction manual.
• For maximum protection, site an interlinked smoke alarm in each room and
area of your home. See Section 3.
• Smoke alarms cannot give you an early warning of fire or smoke unless you
site, use, and maintain them by following these instructions.
• You must hear the alarm's warning sound and quickly respond to it to reduce
the risk of damage, injury, or death that may result from a fire.
• Your smoke alarm is packaged with the battery activation switch disen-
gaged. The battery activation switch must be engaged before mounting the
smoke alarm.
• The TPCI smoke alarm is supplied with a long life non-replaceable lithium bat-
tery, which will power the unit for the 10-year life of the product. The smoke
alarm must be tested when it is installed and every week thereafter. A smoke
alarm that beeps about once per minute means the battery is at the end of its
service life. The smoke alarm must be replaced to ensure continued protection.
CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL
1. WHAT SMOKE ALARMS CAN DO
2. WHAT SMOKE ALARMS WILL NOT DO
3. WHERE YOU SHOULD SITE SMOKE ALARMS
4. WHERE YOU SHOULD NOT SITE SMOKE ALARMS
5. HOW TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE ALARM
6. WEEKLY TESTING OF YOUR SMOKE ALARM
7. TAKING CARE OF YOUR SMOKE ALARM
8. BUILT-IN FALSE ALARM CONTROL - WARNING
9. GUARANTEE INFORMATION
10. WHERE TO SEND YOUR SMOKE ALARM FOR SERVICE
1. WHAT SMOKE ALARMS CAN DO:
Smoke alarms can only HELP protect your home and family against loss
resulting from a fire. The best protection is obtained by siting interlinked
smoke alarms in each room, on each level of the home. This will help the
people in the home hear and respond to the alarm sound.
Your smoke alarm meets or exceeds the requirements for audibility set by
British Standards BS5446: Part 1:2000.
WARNING — SMOKE ALARMS MAY GIVE YOU A WARNING OF FIRE
AND SMOKE, BUT ONLY IF YOU SITE, USE, AND MAINTAIN THEM IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS. THEY DO NOT SENSE
HEAT, FLAME, OR GAS.
2. WHAT SMOKE ALARMS WILL NOT DO:
A SMOKE ALARM WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT POWER. Your smoke
alarm is supplied with a sealed lithium battery that will power the unit for
10 years in normal usage. At the end of its service life the smoke alarm will
beep about once per minute to alert you that the unit must be replaced. A
SMOKE ALARM WILL NOT SENSE A FIRE WHEN THE SMOKE CANNOT
REACH THE ALARM. If a fire starts in a chimney, wall, roof, the other side
of a closed door, or any other isolated area, the smoke alarm may not
sense the smoke and will not give warning. If you do not have an alarm in
the bedroom, and sleep with the door closed, a fire inside the bedroom
may not sound the alarm located in another room. You may not hear a
smoke alarm outside a closed bedroom door. Therefore, a smoke alarm
must be placed both inside and outside all bedrooms. A SMOKE ALARM
WILL NOT PROMPTLY SENSE A FIRE EXCEPT IN THE AREA OR ROOM
IN WHICH THE SMOKE ALARM IS LOCATED. FOR EXAMPLE:
A. A SMOKE ALARM MAY NOT SENSE A FIRE ON ANOTHER LEVEL OF A
RESIDENCE OR BUILDING. A second-floor smoke alarm may not detect a
fire on the first floor of a building. Therefore, interlinked smoke alarms must
be sited on every floor or level of your home or building.
B. IF THE SMOKE ALARM IS LOCATED ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL
THAN THE BEDROOMS, OR IN AN ISOLATED AREA OF THE
HOUSE, IT IS UNLIKELY TO WAKE UP PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE
BEDROOMS. IN CORRIDORS, SMOKE ALARMS SHOULD BE
SITED WITHIN 3 METRES OF BEDROOM DOORS.
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