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TRUSENSE SMOKE User Guide Multi-Criteria Optical Sensor Smoke Alarm with Voice Model 2070-VDSR SMOKE ALARM FRONT LOAD bATTERy VOICE ALARM Helps Reduce Cooking Nuisance Alarms UL 217 8...
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Thank You for Purchasing this Kidde Alarm This model is powered by a 9V battery located in a convenient, front load compartment. It also contains a voice message system and SMART HUSH® Control to temporarily silence nuisance alarms. Teach children how to respond to the alarm and that they should never play with the unit. This alarm was designed for use in a residential environment.
1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds The smoke alarm pattern is three long beeps with voice “Fire!,” a 1.5 second pause, and three long beeps repeating. The red LED blinks in time with the alarm pattern. •...
2. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators Operational Mode Visual Indications Audible Indications Action/Note Normal (standby) Green LED blink approx every 60 sec. Test (button press Red LED blinks in time with • Single beep. Perform Test/Hush button when no alarm alarm pattern.
* Remove, dispose unit, and replace as after button push (first 7 days soon as possible.. only). If you require further information please contact Product Support at 1-800-880-6788 or write us at: Kidde, 1016 Corporate Park Drive, Mebane, NC 27302. Our internet address is www.kidde.com.
4. Introduction, Product Features And Specifications Introduction This alarm detects products of combustion using a multi-criteria optical sensor. Ten (10) years after the unit was installed, this unit will automatically alert you that it is time to replace the unit. This is called “End of Unit Life”...
5. Limitations Of Smoke Alarms WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLy AND THOROUGHLy • Life safety from fire in residential occupancies is based primarily on early notification to occupants of the need to escape, followed by the appropriate egress actions by those occupants. •...
6. Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms • Locate smoke alarms in all sleeping areas. Try to monitor the exit path as the bedrooms are usually farthest from the exit. If more than one sleeping area exists, locate additional alarms in each sleeping area. •...
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n 6 feet of appliances NFPA 72 states: “Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling slopes greater than 1 ft in 8 ft (.3m in 2.4 m) horizontally ANYWHERE ALONG shall be located on the high side of the room.” NFPA 72 states: “A row of detectors shall be spaced and located THIS BOLD SURFACE within 3 ft (0.9m) of the peak of the ceiling measured horizontally.”...
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• For mobile home installation, select locations carefully to avoid thermal barriers that may form at the ceiling. For more details, see MOBILE HOME INSTALLATION section. • When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it at a minimum of 4” (10 cm) from the side wall. •...
7. Locations To Avoid (See Figures 6-A, 6-B, & 6-C) • In the garage. Products of combustion are present when you start your automobile. • Normal cooking may cause nuisance alarms. If a kitchen alarm is desired, it should have an alarm silence feature and should not be installed within 6 ft of cooking appliances.
8. Installation And Activation After selecting the proper location for your Alignment Marks alarm, attach the mounting bracket to the wall (”A” Line) on Mounting or ceiling. To ensure aesthetic alignment of When mounting Bracket in a hallway, the the alarm with the hallway, or wall, the “A” line “A”...
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Tamper Resist Features To make your alarm tamper resistant, two tamper resist features have been provided. The first is used to discour- age removal of the alarm while the second is for the battery. Smoke Alarm Tamper Resist To activate the mounting bracket tamper resist feature break off the four posts in the square holes in the trim ring (see figure 8-D).
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To activate the battery carrier tamper resist feature, remove the unit from the mounting bracket, and locate the small cut-out in the middle of the label on the back of the unit. With a small screwdriver, or similar tool, slide the switch towards the the “LOCK”...
9. Operation And Testing Operation The alarm is operating once it is activated and testing is complete (see “TESTING” below). When products of combustion (smoke) are sensed, the unit sounds a loud alarm with voice messages. See Section 1 for alarm signal descriptions.
10. 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 silence the alarm for 8-10 minutes. If the smoke is not too dense, that unit will silence. After the Hush®...
11. Battery This alarm is powered by a a replaceable 9V battery located in a convenient front load battery compartment. Under normal conditions, a fresh battery should last at least one year. NOTE: Constant exposure to high or low humidity or temperatures may reduce battery life. WARNING: THE ALARM IS SEALED AND THE COVER IS NOT REMOVAbLE! Low battery This alarm is equipped with a low battery monitor circuit.
12. Cleaning Your Alarm your Alarm Should be Cleaned at Least Once a year You can clean the interior of your alarm (sensing chamber) by using compressed air or a vacuum cleaner hose and blowing or vacuuming through the openings around the perimeter of the alarm. The outside of the alarm can be wiped with a damp cloth.
13. Good Safety Habits Develop and Practice a Plan of Escape Prepare and practice a home escape plan twice a year, including drills at night. Know two ways out of every room (door & window) and identify a meeting place outside the home where everyone will gather once they have exited the residence.
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Fire Prevention Never smoke in bed or leave cooking food unattended. Teach children never to play with matches or lighters! Train everyone in the home to recognize the smoke alarm pattern and to leave the home using their escape plan when it’s heard. Know how to do “Stop, Drop and Roll” if clothes catch on fire, and how to crawl low under smoke.
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California State Fire Marshal Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire detection equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as follows: A smoke alarm installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity, but outside the bedrooms), heat or smoke detectors in the living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hall- ways, attics, furnace rooms, closets, utility and storage rooms, basements and attached garages.
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