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- Page 1 CO-9D User Manual DIGITAL 7 YEAR LIFE CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM (Includes all colour variants) Please read me – as I could save your life. Please retain this user manual for future reference...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION MAINTAINING / TESTING YOUR DETECTOR FEATURES WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT CARBON MONOXIDE AND OF AN ALARM HOW IT CAN AFFECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY USEFUL NUMBERS WHERE TO INSTALL YOUR TECHNICAL INFORMATION DETECTOR DISPOSAL HOW TO INSTALL YOUR DETECTOR 7 YEAR WARRANTY POWER PACK ACTIVATION RETURNS POWER PACK DEACTIVATION PRODUCT RANGE OPERATING FEATURES NOTES / DISABLING TAB STORAGE PAGE SENSOR TEST UNDERSTANDING THE PRODUCT’S INDICATORS Note: This User Manual is also available in large text and other formats. Please call 0800 141 2561 for further information... -
Page 4: Introduction
• Sounds a loud 85dB alarm (at 1metre (3 feet)) to alert you in case of an emergency The FireAngel range of products is constantly being improved and expanded. Please visit • Test/Mode button www.fireangel.co.uk to find out about the • Regular self-check to ensure detector is latest additions to our product range. operating correctly • Can be free standing or easily mounted FireAngel manufactures some of the most on a wall technologically advanced carbon monoxide • Portable, ideal for travelling... -
Page 5: Carbon Monoxide And How It Can Affect You And Your Family
CARBON MONOXIDE • Extreme Exposure: Unconsciousness, convulsions, cardiorespiratory failure, AND HOW IT CAN death. AFFECT YOU AND Your FireAngel CO detector monitors the YOUR FAMILY level of CO as parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere surrounding the detector. Carbon monoxide is a dangerous, poisonous 35ppm The maximum allowable gas that kills hundreds of people each year concentration for continuous and injures many more. It is often referred... - Page 6 • Install, convert or service fuel-burning appliances without proper knowledge, • Cigarette smoke skill and expertise • Gas appliances • Use a gas cooker for heating a room • Any fossil fuel burning appliance • Operate unvented gas burning appliances WARNING: This FireAngel carbon using paraffin or natural gas in closed monoxide detector is not a combustible rooms gas detector, nor a smoke detector. Please • Operate petrol-powered engines indoors install the proper detectors to detect or in confined areas combustible gases, or smoke. • Ignore a safety device when it shuts an...
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Page 7: Where To Install Your Detector
• Do not barbecue indoors, or in an WARNING: This detector will only attached garage indicate the presence of carbon monoxide gas at the sensor. Carbon • Open windows when a fireplace or oil/ monoxide gas may be present in other areas. solid fuel cooker is in use • Only install CO detectors that meet the In which room should the detector be requirements of EN 50291-1: 2010 in your installed? home Ideally, an apparatus should be installed • Be aware of CO poisoning symptoms (see in every room containing a fuel burning page 3) - Page 8 • If the appliance is in a room not normally wall and any ceiling obstruction e.g. light used (for example a boiler room), the fittings. apparatus should be put just outside the Apparatus located in sleeping rooms and in room so that the alarm may be heard rooms remote from a fuel burning appliance: more easily. Alternatively, a remote alarm Apparatus located in sleeping rooms or siren may be connected to a type A located in rooms remote from the fuel- apparatus located in a room(s) containing burning appliance should be located a fuel-burning appliance. relatively close to the breathing zone of the Where in the room should I place the occupants.
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Page 9: How To Install Your Detector
HOW TO INSTALL YOUR Caravans Caravans may have additional risks of carbon DETECTOR monoxide ingress through air vents due to the nearby presence of other vehicles, NOTE: This apparatus should be installed engines, generators or barbecues, however by a competent person who feels able to this does not change the basic guidance install it according to the instructions. on location of the alarm. Caravans should Firstly write the installation date on be fitted with an alarm in the same room as any combustion appliance(s), located your detector in the area provided. We recommend that your detector is installed on in accordance with previous advice in this section. If the caravan has a single living the wall. space which incorporates the sleeping To mount on a wall or ceiling: accommodation, it can be considered to Please ensure that you use the screws be equivalent to a bedsit, and a single... -
Page 10: Power Pack Activation
POWER PACK explained later in the manual, press the button again to return to the CO display. ACTIVATION This test for the sounder, power pack and circuitry should be performed on a weekly See diagram opposite basis and should be continued for the a Your detector comes complete with an lifetime of the product. integrated power pack that will provide power for its entire operational life. To activate the power pack you need to pull the disabling tab (see image). This will in turn pull out the metal disabling clip, which is attached to the end of the tab, from the disabling socket which is situated on the underside of the detector. Retain the disabling tab for future use by taping it to page 22 of this manual. b When the detector is activated the screen will display all of the icons, then after a few seconds will show the current CO level. The power indicator LED below the symbol will also flash green once every minute to indicate that the detector WARNING: Prolonged exposure to the is receiving power from the power pack sounder in close proximity to your ears and is fully operational. A symbol may damage your hearing. -
Page 11: Power Pack Deactivation
POWER PACK OPERATING FEATURES DEACTIVATION Your FireAngel detector offers many features which set it apart from other CO detectors on Your CO-9D is portable, making it ideal for the market today. taking with you on holiday. You will need to deactivate your detector when travelling Standby mode or even when storing e.g. when decorating. The alarm can display two views when in Fitting is the reverse of removal. To deactivate... - Page 12 perform this test once per week. Peak Level Reading feature The alarm will record the highest reading of CO that is has detected in the last 4 weeks. This information is useful if your alarm has sounded so you can see the highest level of CO detected during that time. It is also useful to check periodically to see if a readable level In both modes you will notice a of CO has been detected for a short time, but symbol appear briefly in the top left hand not long enough to trigger a full alarm. The corner of the screen once every minute. This peak level reading is shown briefly every time...
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Page 13: Sensor Test
SENSOR TEST CAUTION: Sensor testing should only be performed by a responsible adult. This test should only be performed once a month. Excessive testing will shorten the life of the power pack. NOTE: Aerosol CO test kits may be used in order to avoid having to burn incense sticks or cigarettes. However we recommend 15cm that incense sticks are used as they are (6”) cheap and readily available. A readable level of carbon monoxide will not be given off by other sources of smoke, for example an extinguished candle or match. -
Page 14: Understanding The Product's Indicators
CO for a prescribed length of time, the higher the level of CO the quicker the alarm must sound. However with FireAngel’s CO-9D there is an early visual warning that CO is present. When CO is first detected the alarm indicates it’s presence by displaying the level... - Page 15 Alarm in absence: will sound a loud audible alarm (85 dB at 1m If the Peak level reading symbol is showing (3 feet)) and the Alarm LED below the on the screen but there is no full alarm symbol on the front of the detector will sound and you are not pressing flash red once every second. the test button, then your The Alarm will sound: detector is warning that it has detected Carbon Monoxide in your absence.
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Page 16: Maintaining / Testing Your Detector
CO concentrations in your home sensor (under normal operating conditions). when maintained properly. To keep your The operational life of the sensor is seven FireAngel detector in proper working order, years, for this reason, the detector should be and to ensure that the sensor will last for the replaced after seven years from the date of lifetime of the product, it is recommended installation. -
Page 17: What To Do In The Event Of An Alarm
WHAT TO DO IN THE • If installing in a caravan there maybe other substances present, that may not normally EVENT OF AN ALARM be found in the home, that could effect the reliability of the CO alarm. Avoid using WARNING: A loud alarm is a warning the following in close proximity to the that unusually high and potentially alarm; oils, cleaning fluids, polishes, paints lethal levels of carbon monoxide are present. and greases. Never ignore this alarm, further exposure • Move the detector to a safe location and can be fatal. Immediately check residents for store in a plastic bag before painting, symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, wall papering, or performing any other and contact the proper authorities to resolve activities using substances that emit... - Page 18 fresh air it can take up to 10 minutes for the sensor to clear and the alarm to stop depending on the level of carbon monoxide detected. • Get medical help immediately for anyone suffering the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning (headache, nausea), and advise that carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected. • Do not use the appliance again until it has been checked by an expert. In the case of gas appliances the engineer must be registered.
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Page 19: Useful Numbers
USEFUL NUMBERS National Gas Emergency Service 0800 111 999 (24 Hours) Gas Safe register 0800 408 5500 Solid Fuel Association 0845 601 4406 Advisory service for domestic and solid fuel appliances HETAS 0845 223 3033 Trade association for solid fuel engineers OFTEC 0845 658 5080 Trade association for Oil Fired Appliance engineers NACS 01785 811 732 National Association of Chimney Sweeps IPHE 01708 472 791 Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineers... -
Page 20: Technical Information
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Detector Specifications: Model CO-9D Sensor Type: Electrochemical Sensor Life: 7 Years Alarm Sound Level: 85dB at 1 metre (3 feet) Power Pack Life: 7 years (Life of product) Temperature Range: -10ºC (14ºF) to 40ºC (104ºF) Operating Humidity Range: 30 - 90% RH Weight: 120 grams (4.23oz) Certified to: EN 50291-1: 2010, EN 50291-2: 2010 This FireAngel carbon monoxide detector is designed to continuously monitor for CO. Its response times meet the requirements of European standard EN 50291-1: 2010. The alarm will sound: • Between 60 and 90 minutes when exposed to 50ppm of CO. • Between 10 and 40 minutes when exposed to 100ppm of CO. • Within 3 minutes when exposed to CO levels of 300ppm or more. -
Page 21: Disposal
DISPOSAL WARNING:APPARATUS CONFORMING TO THIS STANDARD MAY NOT PROTECT PEOPLE WHO ARE AT SPECIAL RISK FROM Waste electrical products should CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE not be disposed of with regular REASON OF AGE, PREGNANCY OR MEDICAL household waste. Please recycle CONDITION. IF IN DOUBT, CONSULT YOUR where facilities exist. Check with DOCTOR. -
Page 22: Year Warranty
Except for death or personal injury, charge. The warranty on any replacement Sprue Safety Products Ltd shall not be liable CO-9D alarm, will last for the remainder of for any loss of use, damage, cost or expense the period of the original warranty in respect relating to this product or for any indirect, of the alarm originally purchased – that is... -
Page 23: Returns
If there is a fault that we are unable to resolve then our technical support team member will provide you with a returns authority number so that your product can be returned for testing. To return your FireAngel smoke alarm under warranty, send it suitably packed with the power pack deactivated (see page 9 for instructions) with postage paid; a note indicating the returns authority number and describing the reason for return, with proof... - Page 24 NOTES STORE DISABLING TAB HERE Tape disabling tab here for future use...
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- Page 28 UK Textphone users dial 18001 0800 141 2561 EIRE dial 1-800 523171 Email technicalsupport@fireangel.co.uk www.fireangel.co.uk A Sprue Safety Products Brand EN 50291-1: 2010 CO-9D EN 50291-2: 2010 Sprue Safety Products Ltd. KM 551504 GN0637R6 Vanguard Centre, Sir William Lyons Road, Coventry CV4 7EZ UK...