Kidde SL177i User Manual page 11

CLEANING YOUR STROBE LIGHT:
To clean your Strobe light remove it from the mounting bracket and disconnect the A.C.
Quick Connect power harness as outlined in section 5.
You can clean dust from your strobe light by using a vacuum cleaner hose and vacuuming
around the cover and lens openings on the strobe light.
The outside of the strobe light can be wiped with a damp cloth.
AFTER CLEANING, REINSTALL YOUR STROBE LIGHT AND TEST YOUR STROBE
LIGHT BY ACTIVATING ONE OF THE CONTROLLING ALARMS
8. LIMITATIONS OF ALARM CONTROLLED VISUAL SIGNALING
DEVICES.
VISUAL SIGNALING DEVICES CAN PROVIDE EARLY WARNING TO HEARING IMPAIRED
INDIVIDUALS AT A REASONABLE COST; HOWEVER IN ORDER FOR THE VISUAL SIG-
NALING DEVICE TO FUNCTION IT MUST BE ACTIVATED BY AN OPERATING ALARM.
ALARMS CANNOT PROVIDE AN ACTIVATION SIGNAL TO THE VISUAL SIGNALING
DEVICE IF SMOKE, HEAT OR CARBON MONOXIDE DO NOT REACH THE SPECIFIC
ALARM. THEREFORE, ALARMS MAY NOT SENSE A CONDITION ON A DIFFERENT
FLOOR ,OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A CLOSED DOOR. ALARMS DO HAVE LIMITA-
TIONS. AC POWERED ALARMS WILL NOT OPERATE IF AC POWER HAS BEEN CUT
OFF BY AN ELECTRICAL FIRE OR AN OPEN FUSE.
HOME EMERGENCIES DEVELOP IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND ARE OFTEN UNPRE-
DICTABLE. NO ONE TYPE OF CONTROLLING ALARM; HEAT, FIRE (IONIZATION OR
PHOTOELECTRIC) OR CARBON MONOXIDE IS ALWAYS BEST. FOR MAXIMUM PRO-
TECTION ALARMS MUST BE INSTALLED IN EACH SLEEPING AREA, AND ON EVERY
LEVEL OF A HOME. ALARMS MUST BE
INTERCONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER AND THE SIGNALING DEVICES AND BE
TESTED REGULARLY TO INSURE THE ALARMS AND INTERCONNECTING CIRCUITS
ARE IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION.
IN A UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES STUDY, THIS TYPE OF VISUAL SIGNALING
APPLIANCE WAS ONLY SUCCESSFUL IN WAKING 92 % OF THE SLEEPING RESPON-
DENTS.
HEARING IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT SEE THE VISUAL WARNING DEVICE IF
WALLS, DOORS, DISTANCE, HIGH AMBIENT LIGHT, OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS
BLOCK THE STROBE LIGHT. IF THE STROBE LIGHT IS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE BED-
ROOM OR ON A DIFFERENT FLOOR, IT WILL NOT WAKE UP A SOUND SLEEPER. THE
USE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS MAY ALSO IMPAIR ONES ABILITY TO RESPOND TO
THE VISUAL SIGNAL.
ALTHOUGH VISUAL SIGNALING DEVICES CAN HELP SAVE LIVES BY PROVIDING