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Kidde RF-SM-DC User Manual

Kidde RF-SM-DC User Manual

Battery-powered wireless smoke alarm
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RF-SM-DC
Wireless

Smoke Alarm

• Battery-powered
Thank you for purchasing a Kidde Wireless Interconnected Smoke Alarm, part of the
Kidde Wireless System. It is an important part of your family's home safety plan. You
can trust this product to provide the highest level of quality and performance. We
know you expect nothing less when the lives of your family are at stake. This alarm, in
combination with other Kidde Wireless products, provides you with an interconnected
alarm system without having the inconvenience or extensive labor of rewiring your
home. An interconnected alarm system provides an earlier warning to smoke or fire by
linking alarms so that when one unit sounds, it will trigger all other units to sound,
thereby giving a family more time to escape. Kidde estimates that nearly 100 million
U.S. homes either do not have interconnected smoke alarms, or have limited coverage.
For homes that do have interconnected systems, this battery powered alarm can pro-
vide additional fire protection in other areas of the home.
Some of the features that are included in this unit are:
• Battery-powered interconnect to allow for placement of alarms where wiring is not
accessible.
• Smart HUSH
TM
feature allows you to quiet your alarm while taking care of a non-
emergency event (see section 4).
• Remote HUSH
®
Wireless alarm from any Kidde® Wireless unit (see section 4).
• Remote Push To Test prompts every Kidde Wireless device to perform a self-diagno-
sis. Simply press the button on any Kidde Wireless unit to activate(see section 4).
• Internal timer reminds you to replace your unit after 10 years to ensure the most
reliable protection (see section 6).
• Low Battery HUSH
low battery warning for up to twelve hours, in order to maintain protection without
having to replace the battery at inconvenient times.
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feature allows you to stop the smoke alarm from producing a
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  • Page 1: Smoke Alarm

    Thank you for purchasing a Kidde Wireless Interconnected Smoke Alarm, part of the Kidde Wireless System. It is an important part of your family’s home safety plan. You can trust this product to provide the highest level of quality and performance. We know you expect nothing less when the lives of your family are at stake.
  • Page 2 (associated with slow smolder- ing fires) sooner than ionization alarms. Home fires develop in different ways and are often unpredictable. For maximum protection, Kidde recom- mends that both Ionization and Photoelectric alarms be installed.

  • Page 3: Recommended Locations For Alarms

    • Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed. The closed door may prevent a sleeping individual from hearing an alarm that is not inside the bed- room. Kidde recommends installing a Wireless Smoke Sounder in all rooms where older adults, individuals with partial hearing loss, and children sleep.

  • Page 4: Mobile Home Installation

    This may create a thermal barrier that can prevent the smoke from reaching an alarm mounted on the ceiling. In such units, install the smoke alarm on an inside wall with the top edge of the alarm at a minimum of 4” (10 cm) and a maximum of 12” (30.5 cm) below the ceiling (see Figure 1).

  • Page 5: Installation Instructions

    4. Using a pen or pencil, change the switches in each of the Kidde Wireless devices to match the pattern you selected in step 3. Ensure that the sequence is not reversed. 5. Power each unit after setting the ID by installing the batteries. The alarms only read the ID that has been set when they are first supplied power.

  • Page 6: Battery Installation

    6 remote signaling devices and/or relay modules. Kidde Wireless Battery-powered alarms CAN ONLY BE interconnected with other Kidde Wireless alarms and accessories. Refer to User’s Guide supplied with each Kidde product for lists of interconnect compatible models, brands, and devices. BATTERY INSTALLATION Batteries were not installed at the factory and must be installed for the unit to operate! Install the three(3) AA batteries in the back of the alarm.
  • Page 7 This alarm has a tamper resist feature, which helps prevent someone from removing the unit from the mounting bracket. Activate the smoke alarm tamper resist feature by breaking off the four posts in the square holes in the mounting bracket (see Figure 7A). When the posts are broken off, the tamper resist tab on the base is allowed to engage the mounting brack- et.

  • Page 8: Operation And Testing

    ® HUSH feature on the Kidde Wireless smoke alarm that is initiating an alarm. This allows you to enable the Smart HUSH™ feature on an alarm that may be installed in an area that is difficult to reach. This feature should only be used when a known alarm condition, such as smoke from cooking, activates the alarm.

  • Page 9: Nuisance Alarms

    Remote Push To Test: Test your Kidde Wireless alarm system by activating the test button on any Kidde Wireless alarm for a minimum of 5 seconds, or until all of the interconnected alarms sound.

  • Page 10: Maintenance

    6. MAINTENANCE ALARM REMOVAL IF THE SMOKE ALARM’S TAMPER RESIST FEATURE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED, REFER TO THE PARAGRAPH ON SMOKE ALARM TAMPER RESIST FEATURE IN SECTION 3 FOR REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS. To remove the alarm from the trim ring, rotate the alarm counter clockwise in the direction of the “OFF”...

  • Page 11: Limitations Of Smoke Alarms

    • If the alarm is located outside the bedroom or on a different floor, it may not wake up a sound sleeper. • The use of alcohol or drugs may also impair one’s ability to hear the smoke alarm. For maximum protection, a smoke alarm should be installed in each sleeping area on every level of a home.

  • Page 12: Good Safety Habits

    If someone doesn’t wake up, assign an adult to wake and assist that individual in the event of a fire. Kidde recommends that parents plan on alerting and assisting children. Practice allows all occupants to test your plan before an emergency.

  • Page 13: Troubleshooting Guide

    “Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire detection equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as follows. A smoke alarm installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity of, but outside of the bedrooms), and heat or smoke detectors in the living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hallways, attics, furnace rooms, clos- ets, utility and storage rooms, basements and attached garages.”...

  • Page 14: Service And Warranty

    The user is not permitted to make any mod- ifications to this equipment or use it in any manner inconsistent with the methods described in this user’s guide, without express approval from Kidde. Doing so will void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

  • Page 15: Ten Year Limited Warranty

    ARISING FROM THE SALE OF THIS SMOKE ALARM OR UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE EXCEED THE COST OF REPLACEMENT OF SMOKE ALARM AND, IN NO CASE, SHALL KIDDE OR ANY OF ITS PARENT OR SUB- SIDIARY CORPORATIONS BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES...

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