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Mains Powered
Smoke, Heat
and RF Alarms
Aico Ltd , Mile End Business Park, Maesbury Road, Oswestry, Shropshire SY10 8NN
Tel: 0870 758 4000 • Fax: 0870 758 4010 • e-mail: enquiries@aico.co.uk • www.aico.co.uk
Customer Service Helpline: 0870 758 4000
E & OE As our policy is one of continuous development, we reserve the right to amend designs and specifications without
prior notice. Every care has been taken to ensure that the contents of this document are correct at the time of
publication and we shall be under no liability whatsoever in respect of such contents.
Aico Ltd is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Ei Electronics
SAFAQ-Issue 5-04/07
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- Page 1 RF Alarms Aico Ltd , Mile End Business Park, Maesbury Road, Oswestry, Shropshire SY10 8NN Tel: 0870 758 4000 • Fax: 0870 758 4010 • e-mail: enquiries@aico.co.uk • www.aico.co.uk Customer Service Helpline: 0870 758 4000 Aico Ltd is a wholly owned E &...
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Page 3: Smoke & Heat Alarms
SMOKE & HEAT ALARMS Frequently Asked Questions Standards & Regulations for Domestic Fire Alarm Systems 1. What are the BS 5839: Pt.6: 2004 recommends that a new-build property consisting fire alarm of no more than 3 storeys (less than 200sqm per storey) should be requirements fitted with a Grade D, LD2 system for New –... - Page 4 SMOKE & HEAT ALARMS Frequently Asked Questions 5. What is a Fire This is where each individual property is assessed for the fire risk Risk present. The property itself must of course be assessed, as there may Assessment? be an unusual layout, or other features that could contribute to the consequences of a fire.
- Page 5 SMOKE & HEAT ALARMS Frequently Asked Questions Ionisation Smoke Alarms contain a small sealed ionising source 9. How do Ei which causes a small electrical current to flow through the air in the Ionisation and smoke chamber. Smoke particles entering the chamber reduce the Optical Smoke current, this is sensed by the electronics and when a pre-set Alarms work?
- Page 6 SMOKE & HEAT ALARMS Frequently Asked Questions 12. Cont... recommends the use of optical alarms in circulation spaces of a property, such as hallways and landings and areas in which a likely cause of ignition of furniture or bedding is by a cigarette. Ionisation alarms are considered to be more suited for use in rooms where a fast flaming fire may present a greater danger, dining rooms and bedrooms being possibilities.
- Page 7 SMOKE & HEAT ALARMS Frequently Asked Questions 15. Where In summary, they should not be sited in Kitchens, Bathrooms, Shower shouldn’t rooms Garages or other places where there are likely to be Smoke Alarms excessive nuisance alarms from steam, fumes and high levels of be sited? airborne contamination.
- Page 8 SMOKE & HEAT ALARMS Frequently Asked Questions 20. Can I fit the All of the Ei alarms are designed for ceiling mounting and will under Smoke or Heat most circumstances perform better if sited in this position. If it really is Alarm on not practical to mount them on the ceiling, a Smoke Alarm can be the wall?
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Page 9: Maintenance
SMOKE & HEAT ALARMS Frequently Asked Questions Maintenance 24. How often We recommend weekly testing by pressing the test button on the should they alarm/s for between 5 - 10 seconds, or until all interconnected be tested? alarms sound. The use of a low level System Control Switch sited at low level can be used to make this easier for the occupier. - Page 10 40 seconds. In the case of the 140 series alarms, it is probable that the alkaline battery in the unit requires replacement. Access to the battery is gained by removing the alarm from the Easi-fit mounting plate.
- Page 11 The Batteries and alarms that Accumulators Regulations 1994 and cannot be disposed of in normal contain a waste. Aico Ltd and Ei Electronics take their responsibilities to the NiCad environment seriously, and will accept redundant Ei product back for battery? recycling/disposal.
- Page 12 Pt.6 : Building Regulations and I.E.E. Wiring Regulations. The information supplied in this leaflet is believed to be in conformity with these codes. However, Ei Electronics and Aico Ltd cannot be held responsible for ensuring the Smoke and Heat Alarms, as installed, are in compliance with these codes.
- Page 13 RADIOLINK Frequently Asked Questions 1. What is It is a totally new concept enabling smoke alarm systems to be RadioLINK? interconnected without the need for cabling between the alarms. Instead, a radio signal is used to trigger all the alarms in the system. The Ei141, Ei144, Ei146, Ei161RC, Ei164RC and Ei166RC smoke and heat alarms 2.
- Page 14 RADIOLINK Frequently Asked Questions 7. Will security Security systems may use the same frequency as the RadioLINK but they systems and will normally be on a different band and/or be restricted to using the car alarms channel for 1% of the time, for a maximum of 4 seconds at any one affect the smoke time.
- Page 15 RADIOLINK Frequently Asked Questions 11. How will I How do you know if a hard wired cable connection has failed or not? know if the RF There is a much greater chance that damage will occur to a cable interconnect than there is that the RF signal will fail.
- Page 16 RADIOLINK Frequently Asked Questions 15. How many Technically, up to 30 alarms can be interconnected but the limiting alarms can be factor is likely to be due to distance between alarms and obstructions interconnected that may block the radio signal. In most domestic properties a realistic using maximum number of alarms would be 12.
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