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Kidde 945 User Manual

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0945
0946
Ionization Smoke Alarm
User's Guide
0945 9 Volt Battery Operated Smoke Alarm
0946 9 Volt Battery Operated Smoke Alarm w/HUSH
Thank you for purchasing this smoke alarm. It is an important part of
your family's home safety plan. You can trust this product to provide
the highest quality safety protection. We know you expect nothing
less when the lives of your family are at stake.
Please take a few minutes to read this User's Guide and save it for
future reference. Teach children how to respond to the alarms, and
that they should never play with the unit.
Ionization sensing alarms may detect visible particles (associated with
fast flaming fires) sooner than photoelectric alarms. Photoelectric
sensing alarms may detect visible fire particles (associated with slow
smoldering fires) sooner than ionization alarms. Home fires develop
in different ways and are often unpredictable. Kidde recommends
that Ionization and Photoelectric alarms be installed.
For your convenience, write down the following
information. If you call our Consumer Hotline,
these are the first questions you will be asked.
Smoke Alarm Model Number
(located on back of alarm):
Date Code (located on back of alarm).
National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) and the manufacturer
recommends replacing this alarm
ten years from the date code:
Date of Purchase:
Where Purchased:
For models: 0945, 0946
Control
®
820-1015 REV. D
11/2006

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  • Page 1 (associated with slow smoldering fires) sooner than ionization alarms. Home fires develop in different ways and are often unpredictable. Kidde recommends that Ionization and Photoelectric alarms be installed. For your convenience, write down the following information.

  • Page 2: Recommended Locations For Alarms

    This alarm detects products of combustion using the ionization technique. It contains 0.9 microcurie of Americium 241, a radioac- tive material (see Section 9). Distributed under U.S. NRC License No. 32-23858-01E. Manufactured in compliance with U.S. NRC safety criteria in 10 CFR 32.27. The purchaser is exempt from any regulatory requirements.
  • Page 3 • Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed. The closed door may prevent an alarm not located in that room from waking the sleeper. • Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizontally.

  • Page 4: Mobile Home Installation

    MOBILE HOME INSTALLATION Modern mobile homes have been designed and built to be energy efficient. Install smoke alarms as recommended above (refer to RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS and Figures 1 and 2). In older mobile homes that are not well insulated compared to present standards, extreme heat or cold can be transferred from the outside to the inside through poorly insulated walls and roof.

  • Page 5: Installation Instructions

    • Kitchens. Normal cooking may cause nuisance alarms. If a kitchen alarm is desired, it should have an alarm silence feature or be a photoelectric type. • Near fluorescent lights. Electronic “noise” may cause nuisance alarms. • Smoke alarms are not to be used with detector guards unless the combination (alarm and guard) has been evaluated and found suitable for that purpose.
  • Page 6 4.When installing the battery, press the battery reminder finger down into the battery compartment and install the battery (see Figure 6). CAUTION! IF THE BATTERY REMINDER FINGER IS NOT HELD DOWN IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT BY THE BATTERY, THE ALARM WILL NOT ATTACH TO THE MOUNTING BRACKET. 5.

  • Page 7: Operation And Testing

    When products of combustion are sensed, the unit sounds a loud 85db pulsating alarm until the air is cleared. INTELLIGENT HUSH CONTROL ® NOTE: MODEL 0945 DOES NOT HAVE HUSH ® HUSH CONTROL: The HUSH feature has the capability of tem- ®...

  • Page 8: Nuisance Alarms

    could damage the alarm or ignite combustible materials and start a structure fire. TEST THE ALARM WEEKLY TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION. Erratic or low sound coming from your alarm may indicate a defective alarm, and it should be returned for service (see Section 12). NOTE: WEEKLY TESTING IS REQUIRED.

  • Page 9: Limitations Of Smoke Alarms

    battery when this condition occurs. The low battery chirp will occur approximately 20 seconds after the red LED flash. USE ONLY THE FOLLOWING 9 VOLT BATTERIES FOR SMOKE ALARM REPLACEMENT. Carbon Zinc Type: EVEREADY 1222; GOLD PEAK 1604S Alkaline Type: ENERGIZER 522;...
  • Page 10 (associated with slow smoldering fires) sooner than ioniza- tion alarms. Home fires develop in different ways and are often unpredictable. For maximum protection, Kidde recommends that both Ionization and Photoelectric alarms be installed. • A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the specified type, in good condition and installed properly.

  • Page 11: Good Safety Habits

    8. GOOD SAFETY HABITS DEVELOP AND PRACTICE A PLAN OF ESCAPE • Make a floor plan indicating all doors and windows and at least two (2) escape routes from each room. Second story windows may need a rope or chain ladder. •...

  • Page 12: Nrc Information

    • Once outside, go to your selected meeting place and make sure everyone is there. • Call the fire department from your neighbor’s home - not from yours! • Don’t return to your home until the fire officials say that it is all right to do so.

  • Page 13: Service And Warranty

    If after reviewing this manual you feel that your smoke alarm is defective in any way, do not tamper with the unit. Return it for servicing to: KIDDE, 1016 Corporate Park Dr., Mebane, NC 27302. 1-800-880-6788 (See Warranty for in-warranty returns).

  • Page 14: Five Year Limited Warranty

    ARISING FROM THE SALE OF THIS SMOKE ALARM OR UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE EXCEED THE COST OF REPLACE- MENT OF SMOKE ALARM AND, IN NO CASE, SHALL KIDDE OR ANY OF ITS PAR- ENT OR SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR...

  • Page 15: Ten Year Limited Warranty

    The obligation of Kidde under this warranty is limited to repairing or replacing the smoke alarm or any part which we find to be defective in material, workmanship or design, free of charge to the customer.

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