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- Page 1 CO-9X User Manual 7 YEAR LIFE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONOUS GAS ALARM Please read me – as I could save your life. Please retain this user manual for future reference...
- Page 1 CO-9X User Manual 7 YEAR LIFE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONOUS GAS ALARM...
- Page 2 Are you protected against toxic smoke from a house fire? For a full range of smoke alarms, fire blankets and extinguishers visit www.sprue.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF AN ALARM FEATURES USEFUL NUMBERS CARBON MONOXIDE AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT YOU TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND YOUR FAMILY DISPOSAL WHERE TO INSTALL YOUR DETECTOR 7 YEAR WARRANTY RETURNS HOW TO INSTALL YOUR DETECTOR PRODUCT RANGE POWER PACK ACTIVATION NOTES / DISABLING TAB POWER PACK DEACTIVATION STORAGE PAGE OPERATING FEATURES UNDERSTANDING THE PRODUCT’S INDICATORS MAINTAINING / TESTING YOUR DETECTOR Note: This User Manual is also available in large text and other formats. Please call 0800 141 2561 for further information... -
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF AN ALARM FEATURES USEFUL NUMBERS CARBON MONOXIDE AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT YOU TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND YOUR FAMILY DISPOSAL WHERE TO INSTALL YOUR DETECTOR 7 YEAR WARRANTY HOW TO INSTALL YOUR RETURNS DETECTOR PRODUCT RANGE... -
Page 4: Introduction
INTRODUCTION FEATURES Congratulations! You’ve made a wise • An advanced electrochemical sensor investment in an innovative product and designed to accurately measure low your personal safety. T he FireAngel CO-9X levels of carbon monoxide (CO) providing 7 Year Life Carbon Monoxide Poisonous Gas an early warning of toxic CO levels in your Alarm is one of a new generation of domestic home life safety products from Sprue Safety • Detects carbon monoxide continuously Products Limited, which combines the latest • Resistant to false alarms caused by normal... -
Page 4: Introduction
• An advanced electrochemical sensor investment in an innovative product and designed to accurately measure low your personal safety. The FireAngel CO-9X levels of carbon monoxide (CO) providing 7 Year Life Carbon Monoxide Poisonous Gas an early warning of toxic CO levels in your Alarm is one of a new generation of domestic home. -
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 5: Carbon Monoxide And How It Can Affect You And Your Family
• 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... - Page 6 • Wood or gas fireplaces or in confined areas • Cigarette smoke • Ignore a safety device when it shuts an • Gas appliances appliance off • Any fossil fuel burning appliance Always: WARNING: This FireAngel carbon • Buy appliances accepted by a recognised monoxide detector is not a combustible testing laboratory gas detector, nor a smoke detector. Please • Install appliances according to the install the proper detectors to detect manufacturer’s instructions combustible gases, or smoke. • Have appliance installations carried out by...
- Page 6 • Operate unvented gas burning appliances • Any fossil fuel burning appliance using paraffin or natural gas in closed WARNING: This FireAngel carbon rooms. monoxide detector is not a combustible • Operate petrol-powered engines indoors gas detector, nor a smoke detector. Please or in confined areas.
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Page 7: Where To Install Your Detector
EDUCATE YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY is given for occupants in other rooms, by ON THE SOURCES AND SYMPTOMS OF locating apparatus in: CO POISONING AND HOW TO USE YOUR • Remote rooms in which the occupant(s) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR spend considerable time whilst awake and from which they may not be able hear an alarm from apparatus in another part of the premises, and • Every sleeping room. WHERE TO INSTALL However, if there is a fuel burning appliance YOUR DETECTOR in more than one room and the number of apparatus is limited, the following points This CO alarm is suitable for use in domestic should be considered when deciding where premises, caravan holiday homes, caravans... -
Page 7: Where To Install Your Detector
oil / solid fuel cooker is in use. in every room containing a fuel burning appliance. Additional apparatus may be • Only install CO detectors that meet the installed to ensure that adequate warning requirements of EN 50291-1: 2010 and is given for occupants in other rooms, by EN 50291-2: 2010 in your home. - Page 8 Where in the room should I place the relatively close to the breathing zone of the detector? occupants. Apparatus located in the same room as a Where not to put the detector fuel-burning appliance: The apparatus should not be installed: For both wall and ceiling mounted apparatus • In an enclosed space (for example in a the following applies: cupboard or behind a curtain). a The apparatus should be at a horizontal • Where it can be obstructed (for example distance of between 1m and 3m from the by furniture). potential source. • Directly above a sink b If there is a partition in a room, the • Next to a door or window apparatus should be located on the same...
- Page 8 Where in the room should I place the Where not to put the detector detector? The apparatus should not be installed: Apparatus located in the same room as a fuel- • In an enclosed space (for example in a burning appliance, for both wall and ceiling cupboard or behind a curtain).
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Page 9: How To Install Your Detector
HOW TO INSTALL accommodation, it can be considered to be equivalent to a bedsit, and a single YOUR DETECTOR alarm is sufficient. However, any sleeping accommodation which is in a separate room NOTE: This apparatus should be installed from the combustion appliance(s) should by a competent person who feels able to also contain an alarm, located in accordance install it according to the instructions. with previous advice in this section. It is not always possible to find an optimum Firstly write the installation date on location for an apparatus, for example, a your detector in the area provided. We small caravan may not have suitable vertical recommend that your detector is installed on surfaces available. Nevertheless, when the wall. fitting an apparatus in such situations, the To mount on a wall or ceiling: two most important considerations when Please ensure that you use the screws selecting an appropriate location are:... -
Page 9: How To Install Your Detector
HOW TO INSTALL accommodation which is in a separate room from the combustion appliance(s) should YOUR DETECTOR also contain an alarm, located in accordance with previous advice in this section. NOTE: This apparatus should be installed It is not always possible to find an optimum by a competent person who feels able to location for an apparatus, for example, a install it according to the instructions. -
Page 10: Power Pack Activation
POWER PACK may damage your hearing. Under normal operating conditions, the ACTIVATION power pack will last for the lifetime of the product ie. 7 years. See diagram opposite a Your detector comes complete with an 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 20 of this manual. b When the detector is activated the Power LED will begin to flash green once every minute to indicate that the detector is receiving power from the power pack and is fully operational. c Test the sounder, power pack and circuitry by pressing and holding the centre of the Test/Reset button briefly to confirm that the detector is operating properly. -
Page 10: Power Pack Activation
POWER PACK may damage your hearing. Under normal operating conditions, the ACTIVATION power pack will last for the lifetime of the product ie. 7 years. See diagram opposite a Your detector comes complete with an integrated power pack that will provide power for its entire operational life. -
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-9X is portable, making it ideal for the market today. taking with you on holiday. You will need to deactivate your detector when travelling Test/Reset button feature or even when storing e.g. when decorating. -
Page 11: Power Pack Deactivation
DEACTIVATION Your FireAngel detector offers many features which set it apart from other CO detectors on Your CO-9X is portable, making it ideal for the market today. taking with you on holiday. You will need to deactivate your detector when travelling Test/Reset button feature or even when storing e.g. - Page 12 Alternative sources of smoke, for example Test/Reset an extinguished candle or match, will not Button contain sufficient levels of carbon monoxide to obtain a response from the detector during this test. Please note your CO detector will not detect smoke. CAUTION: Sensor testing should only be performed by a responsible adult. This test should be performed annually. NOTE: Aerosol CO may be used in order to avoid having to burn cigarettes, Step 3 Light a cigarette or an incense incense sticks etc. However we recommend...
- Page 12 smoke, for example an extinguished candle Test / Reset or match, will not contain sufficient levels of Button carbon monoxide to obtain a response from the detector during this test. Please note your CO detector will not detect smoke. CAUTION: Sensor testing should only be performed by a responsible adult.
- Page 13 no longer flash yellow and the detector will go back to normal operating mode ie. the Power LED will flash green once every minute (It may take up to two minutes of exposure to the smoke for the localised level of carbon monoxide within the sensor to reach over 50ppm). Now move the source of CO away from the detector as the 15cm test is finished. (6”) Step 5 After step 4, put out the incense stick or cigarette by placing it into a dish of water. Ensure that all flames have been extinguished. NOTE: If the localised carbon monoxide level within the sensor does not reach 50ppm during the test, the sensor test will stop automatically after 3 minutes.
- Page 13 mode ie. the Power LED will flash green once every minute (It may take up to two minutes of exposure to the smoke for the localised level of carbon monoxide within the sensor to reach over 50ppm). Now move the source of CO away from the detector as the test is finished.
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Page 14: Understanding The Product's Indicators
The sensor life is seven years, for this reason, monoxide detected by the detector, the the detector should be replaced after seven quicker it will respond. When sufficient years from the date of installation. carbon monoxide is detected a loud audible FireAngel Technical Support Line signal (85 dB at 1m (3 feet)) will be emitted 9.00am – 5.00pm, Monday – Friday. and the Alarm LED will flash red once every Telephone: 0800 141 2561 second. (1-800 523171 in EIRE) The Alarm will sound: e-mail: technicalsupport@fireangel.co.uk... -
Page 14: Understanding The Product's Indicators
UNDERSTANDING THE PRODUCT’S INDICATORS The higher the concentration of carbon monoxide detected by the detector, the quicker it will respond. When sufficient carbon monoxide is detected a loud audible signal (85 dB at 1m (3 feet)) will be emitted and the Alarm LED will flash red once every second. -
Page 15: Maintaining / Testing Your Detector
• Move the detector to a safe location and Your detector will alert you to potentially store in a plastic bag before painting, hazardous CO concentrations in your home wall papering, or performing any other when maintained properly. To maintain your activities using substances that emit FireAngel detector in proper working order, strong fumes. Remember to remove it and to ensure that the sensor will last for the from the bag and replace the detector lifetime of the product, it is recommended when these activities are finished. that you: Failure of any test should be reported to • Test the sounder, power pack and circuitry... -
Page 15: Maintaining / Testing Your Detector
To maintain your activities using substances that emit FireAngel detector in proper working order, strong fumes. Remember to remove it and to ensure that the sensor will last for the from the bag and replace the detector lifetime of the product, it is recommended when these activities are finished. -
Page 16: What To Do In The Event Of An Alarm
WHAT TO DO IN THE for the sensor to clear and the alarm to stop depending on the level of carbon EVENT OF AN ALARM monoxide detected. • Get medical help immediately for anyone WARNING: A loud alarm is a warning suffering the effects of carbon monoxide that unusually high and potentially poisoning (headache, nausea), and advise lethal levels of carbon monoxide are present. that carbon monoxide poisoning is Never ignore this alarm, further exposure suspected. can be fatal. Immediately check residents for • Do not use the appliance again until it has symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, been checked by an expert. In the case and contact the proper authorities to resolve... -
Page 16: What To Do In The Event Of An Alarm
WHAT TO DO IN THE • Do not re-enter the property until the alarm has stopped. When exposed to EVENT OF AN ALARM fresh air it can take up to 10 minutes for the sensor to clear and the alarm to WARNING: A loud alarm is a warning stop depending on the level of carbon that unusually high and potentially... -
Page 17: 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 engineer NACS 01785 811732 National Association of Chimney Sweeps 01708 472791 IPHE Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineers... -
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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... -
Page 18: Technical Information
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Detector Specifications: Model CO-9X 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: 90 grams (3.2oz) 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. -
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90 grams (3.2oz) 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 and EN 50291-2: 2010. The alarm will sound: •... -
Page 19: 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. CONDITION. IF IN DOUBT, CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR. Please recycle where facilities exist. Check with your local authority, retailer or manufacturer for recycling/disposal advice A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR IS NOT... -
Page 19: 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. CONDITION. IF IN DOUBT, CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR. -
Page 20: Year Warranty
Ltd, at its discretion, agrees to replace the This warranty does not affect your statutory unit free of charge. The warranty on any rights. Except for death or personal injury, replacement FireAngel CO-9X 7 Year Life Sprue Safety Products Ltd shall not be liable Carbon Monoxide Poisonous Gas Alarm will for any loss of use, damage, cost or expense last for the remainder of the period of the... -
Page 20: Year Warranty
This warranty does not affect your statutory unit free of charge. The warranty on any rights. Except for death or personal injury, replacement FireAngel CO-9X 7 Year Life Sprue Safety Products Ltd shall not be liable Carbon Monoxide Poisonous Gas Alarm will... -
Page 21: 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 CO-9X under warranty, send it suitably packed and with the power pack deactivated (see page 9) with postage prepaid; a note indicating the returns authority number and describing the... -
Page 21: Returns
PRODUCT RANGE We recommend that you contact the Sprue Safety Products Ltd manufactures an FireAngel Technical Support Line in the first extensive range of home safety products instance on 0800 141 2561, text phone users including smoke alarms, carbon monoxide... - Page 22 NOTES STORE DISABLING TAB HERE Tape disabling tab here for future use...
- Page 24 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-9X EN 50291-2: 2010 Sprue Safety Products Ltd. KM 551504 GN0283R7 Vanguard Centre, Sir William Lyons Road, Coventry CV4 7EZ UK...
- Page 24 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-9X Sprue Safety Products Ltd. EN 50291-2: 2010 GN0283R8 KM 551504 Vanguard Centre, Sir William Lyons Road, Coventry CV4 7EZ UK...