How To Install This Alarm; Tools You Will Need - First Alert PC910 User Manual

HOW TO INSTALL THIS ALARM

This combination Smoke/CO Alarm was designed to be mounted on the ceiling or wall. It is not a tabletop device. You must install this device on the ceiling or
wall as outlined below. Read "Where To Install This Alarm" before starting.
• Do not connect this unit to any other alarm or auxiliary device. It is a single-station unit that cannot be linked to other devices. Connecting anything
else to this unit may prevent it from working properly.
• Do not install this unit over an electrical junction box. Air currents around junction boxes can prevent smoke from reaching the sensing chamber and
prevent the unit from alarming. Only AC powered units are intended for installation over junction boxes..

TOOLS YOU WILL NEED:

THIS UNIT IS DESIGNED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE CEILING, OR ON THE WALL IF NECESSARY.
• Pencil
• Drill with 3/16" (5 mm) drill bit
• Standard flathead screwdriver
• Hammer
THE PARTS OF THIS
SMOKE/CO ALARM
1 Test/Silence Button
2 Power/Smoke Alarm and
CO Alarm LED
1 Mounting bracket
2 Mounting slots
NOTE: Be sure to mount the product in the orientation
specified in the next steps as this provides the most
stability for mounting the product to the wall or ceiling.
HOW TO INSTALL THIS ALARM
This combination Smoke/CO Alarm was designed to be mounted on the ceiling or wall. It is not a tabletop device. You must install this device on the ceiling or
wall as outlined below. Read "Where To Install This Alarm" before starting.
• Do not connect this unit to any other alarm or auxiliary device. It is a single-station unit that cannot be linked to other devices. Connecting anything
else to this unit may prevent it from working properly.
• Do not install this unit over an electrical junction box. Air currents around junction boxes can prevent smoke from reaching the sensing chamber and
prevent the unit from alarming. Only AC powered units are intended for installation over junction boxes..
FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS
1. Turn alarm upside down so the circular shape is located in the upper left corner of the alarm.
2. If mounting bracket is attached to alarm, lift to separate it from the base.
3. Hold the mounting bracket against the ceiling
(or wall) so the arrow located on the mounting
plate is pointing to the left. (The circular shape
will now be in upper right-hand corner). Trace
around the insides of the mounting slots.
4. Put the unit where it won't get covered with
dust when you drill the mounting holes.
5. Using a 3/16" (5 mm) drill bit, drill a hole
through the center of the oval outlines you
traced in step #3.
6. Insert the plastic screw anchors (in the plastic
bag with screws) into the holes. Tap the screw anchors gently
with a hammer, if necessary, until they are flush with the ceiling
or wall.
7. Line the mounting bracket up over the plastic screw anchors.
Screw the mounting bracket to the ceiling or wall through the
mounting slots using the two screws provided.
8. Activate the battery. Move the activation switch to "ON"
position against tab stop. Unit will not mount on mounting
bracket unless activated. Once unit is activated, it cannot be
turned off.
NOTE: After you activate the battery, the power indicator light
may flash. (If the unit alarms, the light will blink rapidly, and
the horn will repeatedly sound 3 beeps, pause, 3 beeps.)
9. Attach the Smoke/CO Alarm to the mounting bracket. Hold
alarm as shown in diagram. Place alarm on mounting bracket
and slide to the right until locked into place.
NOTE: Once the Smoke/CO Alarm is snapped onto the
mounting bracket,
you can rotate the Smoke/CO Alarm to adjust the alignment.
10. Test the Smoke/CO Alarm. See "Weekly Testing."
11. To Permanently Deactivate the Smoke/CO Alarm. After
10 years of operation or Low Battery warning, deactivate the
Alarm: Insert a tool below edge where shown and break tab.
Then slide activation switch to DEACTIVATE mode.
NOTE: At end of life or low battery indication (chirp): unit
must be put in to deactivation mode to deactivate remaining
stored energy in battery. Unit will no longer function once
put into this mode. Unit will resist re-mounting.
ON DEACTIVATE
ON DEACTIVATE
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