Selecting Alarm Type - Ei Electronics Ei160e Series Instruction Manual

Optical/Ionisation/Heat Alarm Selection
Locations
Hall, Corridors, Escape Routes
Kitchens
Living Rooms
Bedrooms
Shower / Bathroom
Fire Response
Slow Smouldering Fires
(polyurethane foam, ignited bedding etc.)
Fast Flaming Fires
(chip pans, flaming wood/plastic, oil,
solvents etc.)
Temperature >58
(only in areas with cooking fumes, steam,
very dirty/dusty)
Nuisance Alarm Immunity
Cooking Fumes
Steam, Condensation &
Dust Build-up
- Best
Optical Smoke Alarms are recommended due to their excellent
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response to smouldering fires. If there is likely to be problems
with steam, contamination or dust build-up, or if there is
significant risk of a fast burning clean fire an Ionisation Smoke
Alarm should be fitted.
Ionisation and Optical Smoke Alarms should be fitted for the
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fastest response to all types of fires.
Some Fire authorities (concerned with the slow response of
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Heat Alarms) advise that Smoke Alarms should be fitted. This
is acceptable according to BS 5839-6 provided there are clearly
not going to be problems with nuisance/false alarms. Fit Heat
Alarms only if nuisance/false alarms are very likely and it is
acceptable that a warning will only be given by the Heat Alarm
when there is a very significant flaming fire in the room. If the
door(s) and windows are not closed to contain the fire and heat,
it is extremely unlikely that the Heat Alarm would respond before
a Smoke Alarm sited outside in the corridor.
In enclosed kitchens with doors closed.
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Greatly depends on ventilation and distance from source of
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fumes.
The mains powered Smoke and Heat Alarms with battery
back-up covered by these instructions are suitable for Grade
D System.
A Grade D system is needed for:
- new or materially altered dwellings, up to three-storeys,
with no floor over 200m
- existing dwellings with poor structural fire precautions, up
to three storeys, with no floor over 200m
- Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) of one or
two-storeys, with no floor over 200m
- Individual dwellings units of two or more rooms in HMOs
Check that a Grade D system is adequate for the dwelling
into which the system is being installed.

Selecting Alarm Type

Locations & Performance
C
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- Good
Grade D System
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Alarm Type
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Optical Ionisation
- Acceptable - Not Suitable
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Heat
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