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- Page 1 User Guide Photoelectric Smoke Alarm Model 20SDR SMOKE ALARM AA BATTERY SELF-TESTING (SEE SECTION 9) Helps Reduce Cooking Nuisance Alarms...
- Page 2 Thank You for Purchasing this Kidde Alarm This model is powered by two replaceable AA batteries. It also contains HUSH to temporarily silence nuisance alarms, and “self-testing” features (see section 9). Teach children how to respond to the alarm and that they should never play with the unit.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds ..4 2. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators ... .5 3. Troubleshooting Guide ....6 4. -
Page 4: Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds
1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds The smoke alarm pattern is three long beeps, a 1.5 second pause, and three long beeps repeating. The red LED blinks in time with the alarm pattern. • Alert small children in the home as well as anyone else that might have difficulty recognizing the importance of the alarm sounding or that might have difficulty leaving the area without help. -
Page 5: Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators
2. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators Operational Mode Visual Indications Audible Indications Action/Note Normal (standby) Green LED blinks approx every 60 sec. Test (button press when Red LED blinks in time with • Single beep. Perform button press once a week no alarm condition is alarm pattern. -
Page 6: Troubleshooting Guide
3. Troubleshooting Guide 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 Trouble Condition Visual Indications Audible Indications Action Low Battery Amber LED blinks every Chirp every 60 sec. -
Page 7: Introduction, Product Features And Specifications
4. Introduction, Product Features And Specifications Introduction This alarm detects products of combustion using a photoelectric sensor. Ten (10) years after the unit was installed, powered up, and tested, this unit will automatically alert you that it is time to replace the unit. This is called “End of Unit Life” mode. See Troubleshooting Guide. To help identify the date to replace the unit, a label has been affixed to the side of the alarm. -
Page 8: Limitations Of Smoke Alarms
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. •... -
Page 9: Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms
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. - Page 10 ke Alarms for Required Detection LIVING KITCHEN are to the closest edge ROOM ke Alarms for Additional Detection SIDE of the alarm. NFPA 72 states: “Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling slopes greater than 1 ft in 8 ft (0.3m in 2.4 m) WALL within 6 feet of appliances BEDROOM...
- Page 11 • 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 the alarm on the wall, use an inside wall with the top edge of the alarm at a maximum of 12”...
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Page 12: Locations To Avoid
7. Locations To Avoid (See Figures 6-A, 6-B, & 6-C for recommended locations) • 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. -
Page 13: Installation And Activation
Confirm the battery activation beep. • 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. - Page 14 NOTE: Do not grab the shield to install or remove the alarm. Grab the alarm by the outside of the enclosure. (Figure 8-D). ✘ Shield Figure 8-D NOTE: If either battery is missing, the alarm cannot mount on the mounting bracket. Mounting Bracket Note orientation of "A"...
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Page 15: Operation And Testing
9. Operation And Testing This model meets the latest residential smoke alarm standards, which includes enhanced resistance to nuisance alarms from cooking. 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. See Section 1 for alarm signal descriptions. -
Page 16: Recognizing Nuisance Alarms
10. Recognizing Nuisance Alarms Smoke Nuisance This model meets the latest residential smoke alarm standards, which includes enhanced resistance to nuisance alarms from cooking. HUSH : If you know why the alarm is sounding, and you can verify that it is not a life threatening sit- uation, you can push the button on the initiating unit to silence the alarm for 8-10 minutes. -
Page 17: Batteries
11. Batteries This alarm is powered by two replaceable AA batteries. Under normal conditions, fresh batteries will 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. -
Page 18: Cleaning Your Alarm
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 clean, dry cloth. -
Page 19: Good Safety Habits
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. - Page 20 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.
- Page 21 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, hallways, attics, furnace rooms, closets, utility and storage rooms, basements and attached garages.
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Page 22: Service And Warranty
14. Service And Warranty Ten-Year Limited Warranty Kidde warrants that the enclosed alarm (but not the batteries) will be free from defects in material and workmanship or design under normal use and service for a period of ten years from the date of purchase. - Page 23 QUESTIONS OR FOR MORE INFORMATION Call Kidde Product Support line at 1-800-880-6788 or contact us at www.kidde.com Kidde 1016 Corporate Park Drive, Mebane, NC 27302 ©2024 Kidde. All Rights Reserved.
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