Recognizing Nuisance Alarms - Kidde P4010ACLEDSCO-2 User Manual

When chirping begins during the next Day cycle, you can temporarily silence End of Unit Life chirps by pressing the
Test/Hush® button. Low Battery chirps cannot be silenced. If a valid
Night / Day cycle has not been established because the unit is located
in either a constantly dark or lighted location, the chirps mentioned
above will not be delayed at night. Moving the unit to a different
location might allow the unit to determine a valid Night / Day cycle.
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11. Recognizing Nuisance Alarms

Smoke nuisance
HUSH®:
If you know why the alarm is sounding, and you can verify that it is not a life threatening situation, you can
push the button on the initiating unit (green LED flashing every second) to silence the alarm for 8-10 minutes. If the
smoke is not too dense, that unit, and all interconnected units will silence. After the Hush® period, the smoke alarm will
automatically reset and sound the alarm if particles of combustion are still present. You can use Hush® repeatedly until
the air has been cleared of the condition causing the alarm.
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Dense smoke will override Hush® and sound a continuous alarm. If no fire is present, check to see if
one of the reasons listed in "Locations to avoid" may have caused the alarm. If a fire is discovered, get out and
call the fire department.
This alarm is designed to minimize nuisance alarms. Cigarette smoke will not normally cause the unit to alarm, unless
the smoke is blown directly into the alarm. Combustion particles from cooking may set off the alarm if it is located too
close to a cooking appliance. Large quantities of combustible particles are generated from spills or when broiling. Using
the fan on a range hood which vents to the outside (non-recirculating type) will also help prevent nuisance alarms from
occurring by removing these combustible products from the kitchen.
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End of Unit Life: will be delayed at night
Low battery: will be delayed at night