Nuisance Alarms And Hush Function - Quell Q2300W User Manual

11. Nuisance Alarms and Hush Function

This alarm is designed to minimise 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.
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 alarm to silence
the alarm for up to 10 minutes. If the smoke is not too dense, that alarm
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.
If an alarm occurs in an interconnected system of Quell units:
• Pushing the Hush button on the initiating alarm (Red LED
flashing every second) will silence that alarm and all compatible
interconnected units.
• Pushing the Hush button on any hard-wire smoke alarm will do
nothing to silence an interconnected smoke alarm.
Note: 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 scetion may have caused the alarm. If a fire is discovered,
exit the building and call the fire brigade.
Smoke Alarm Memory
This smoke alarm has a memory function that can identify if the smoke
alarm was the initiating unit since the TEST button was last pressed.
Pressing the TEST button will cause the smoke alarm to chirp rapidly
and the red LED to flash rapidly. The alarm memory is reset when the
TEST button is released. This feature can be used after an alarm event,
if the initiating smoke alarm had not been silenced by the Hush Button.
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