Kidde 1296 User Manual
Kidde 1296 User Manual

Kidde 1296 User Manual

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1296
Smoke Alarm User's Guide
A.C. Wire-in Single and/or Multiple Station (up to 24 Devices) Ionization
Smoke Alarm with 9 Volt Battery Back Up. This alarm is UL217 UTHA/UTGT
compliant and includes a sensitivity test verification method as required in
Chapter 10 of NFPA 72.
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 pro-
tection. We know you expect nothing less when the lives of your family are at stake.
Kidde alarms and accessories CAN ONLY BE interconnected with other Kidde alarms
and accessories as well as specified brands and models of interconnect compatible
alarms. Connection of Kidde products to a non-specified manufacturer's interconnect
system, or connection with non-specified equipment from another manufacturer into
an existing Kidde system could result in nuisance alarming, failure to alarm, or dam-
age to one or all of the devices in the interconnect system. Refer to the User's Guide
supplied with each Kidde product for interconnect compatible models, brands, and
devices. Refer to the wiring instructions in section 3 for NFPA initiating device limits.
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): The
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
and the manufacturer recommend replacing
this alarm ten years from the date code.
Date of Purchase:
Where Purchased:
For model: 1296
820-0553 Rev C

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  • Page 1 Kidde system could result in nuisance alarming, failure to alarm, or dam- age to one or all of the devices in the interconnect system. Refer to the User’s Guide supplied with each Kidde product for interconnect compatible models, brands, and devices.
  • Page 2: Recommended Locations For Alarms

    This product is designed to detect products of combustion using the ionization technique. It contains 0.9 microcurie of Americium 241, a radioactive materi- al. 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 electrical appliances are operated (i.e. portable heaters or humidifiers). • Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed. The closed door may prevent an alarm not in that room from waking the sleeper. •...
  • 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 LOCA- TIONS and Figures 1 and 2). In older mobile homes that are not well insulated compared to present stan- dards, extreme heat or cold can be transferred from the outside to the inside through poorly insulated walls and roof.
  • Page 5: Installation Instructions

    • When alarms are interconnected, all interconnected units must be powered from a single circuit. • A maximum of 24 Kidde devices may be interconnected in a multiple station arrangement. The interconnect system should not exceed the NFPA intercon- nect limit of 12 smoke alarms and/or 18 alarms total (smoke, heat, carbon monoxide, etc.).
  • Page 6 Kidde system could result in nuisance alarming, failure to alarm, or damage to one or all of the devices in the inter- connect system. Refer to the User’s Guide supplied with each Kidde product for interconnect compatible models, brands, and devices.
  • Page 7: Battery Installation

    • CO Alarms: KN-COB-IC, KN-COP-IC • Relay Modules: 120X, SM120X, CO120X • Strobe Light: SL177I BATTERY INSTALLATION See MAINTENANCE (Section 6) for battery installation. CAUTION! IF THE BATTERY REMINDER FINGER IS NOT HELD DOWN IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT BY THE BATTERY, THE BATTERY DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE, THE A.C.
  • Page 8 Rectangular Circular Octagonal Plaster Ring Plaster Ring Electrical Box Figure 5 SELECT CORRECT MOUNTING HOLES ON TRIM RING 6.If you have finished all the WIRING, BATTERY INSTALLATION AND TRIM RING MOUNTING STEPS, you can install the alarm on the trim ring. Alignment marks are provided on the side of the alarm and on the trim ring (see Figure 7.
  • Page 9: Operation And Testing

    After installation, TEST your alarm by pressing and holding the test button for several seconds. This should sound the alarm. 4. OPERATION AND TESTING OPERATION: The smoke alarm is operating once A.C. power is applied, fresh batteries are installed and testing is complete. When the smoke alarm ionization chamber senses products of combustion, the horn will sound a loud (85db) tem- poral alarm until the sensing chamber is cleared of smoke particles.
  • Page 10: Nuisance Alarms

    6 of the manual to clean your alarm. • To check for proper smoke entry into the alarm, Kidde recommends using aerosol smoke manufactured by Home Safeguard Industries. Follow the test- ing instructions supplied by Home Safeguard Industries. The spray should be sprayed (towards the alarm) parallel to the wall or ceiling on which the alarm is mounted.
  • Page 11: Battery Installation And Removal

    the outside (non-recirculating type) will also help remove these combustible products from the kitchen. If the alarm does sound, check for fires first. If a fire is discovered, get out and call the fire department. If no fire is present, check to see if one of the reasons listed in Section 2 may have caused the alarm.
  • Page 12 This alarm has a low/missing battery monitor circuit which will cause the alarm to “chirp” approximately every 30-40 seconds for a minimum of seven (7) days when the battery gets low. Replace the battery when this condition occurs. USE ONLY THE FOLLOWING 9 VOLT BATTERIES FOR SMOKE ALARM REPLACEMENT.
  • Page 13: Limitations Of Smoke Alarms

    (associated with slow smoldering fires) sooner than ionization 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 14: 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 15: Nrc Information

    • 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. There are situations where a smoke alarm may not be effective to protect against fire as stated in the NFPA Standard 72.
  • Page 16: 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 Safety, 1016 Corporate Park Dr., Mebane, NC 27302. 1-800-880-6788 (See Warranty for in-...
  • Page 17: Five Year Limited Warranty

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

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