Wiring / Installation / Activation - Kidde 900-CUAR User Manual

9. Wiring / Installation / Activation

NOTE: A dust cover has been provided with this alarm. Install the
dust cover over the alarm if construction projects are ongoing. Do not
remove the dust cover until all construction has been completed for
at least 24 hours (drywall, painting, varnishing, mounting plate install,
etc). Construction dust and chemicals can cause contamination and
false alarms.
WARnInG: DUSt coVER MUSt BE REMoVED FoR ALARM to oPERAtE.
NOTE: To avoid false low battery chirping pull out the battery pull tab first to activate the backup batteries (see
Figure 9-A). Battery activation is confirmed with a beep. If the beep does not occur when the battery pull tab is
removed, remove the batteries and reinstall them. Confirm the battery activation beep.
Wiring Requirements
• This alarm should be installed on a UL Listed or recognized junction box. All connections should be made
by a qualified electrician and all wiring used shall be in accordance with articles 210 and 300.3(B) of the U.S.
National Electrical Code ANSI/NFPA 70, NFPA 72 and/or any other codes having jurisdiction in your area.
The multiple station interconnect wiring to the alarms must be run in the same raceway or cable as the AC
power wiring. In addition, the resistance of the interconnect wiring shall be a maximum of 10 ohms.
• The maximum wire run distance between the first and last unit in an interconnected system is 1000 feet.
• The appropriate power source is 120 Volt AC Single Phase supplied from a non-switchable circuit.
• Smoke alarms are not to be used with detector guards unless the combination (alarm and detector guard)
has been evaluated and found suitable for that purpose.
• Kidde alarms are not designed, agency tested or certified for recessed mounting and should not be installed
in this manner. Recessed mounting impedes smoke entry into the smoke chamber, which may prevent the
alarm from sounding in a timely manner. This could endanger the lives of occupants in the residence. Kidde
alarms are designed, tested and certified for wall (if applicable) and ceiling surface mount only.
WARnInG: tHE ALARM cAnnot BE oPERAtED FRoM PoWER DERIVED FRoM A SqUARE
WAVE, MoDIFIED SqUARE WAVE oR MoDIFIED SInE WAVE, InVERtER. tHESE tYPES oF InVERt-
ERS ARE SoMEtIMES USED to SUPPLY PoWER to tHE StRUctURE In oFF GRID InStALLAtIonS,
SUcH AS SoLAR oR WInD DERIVED PoWER SoURcES. tHESE PoWER SoURcES PRoDUcE HIGH
PEAK VoLtAGES tHAt WILL DAMAGE tHE ALARM.
Figure 9 -A
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