Positioning Your Smoke Alarm - Ei Electronics Ei100B Instruction Leaflet

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a fire on lower floors in sufficient time to ensure an adequate
escape.
(c) Maximum Protection.
For maximum protection you should put individual Smoke
Alarms in all the rooms where fire is most likely to break out
(apart from the locations to avoid, mentioned on page 5). The
living room is the most likely place for a fire to start at night,
followed by the kitchen and then the dining room. You should
also consider putting Smoke Alarms in any bedrooms where
fires might occur, for instance, where there is an electrical
appliance such as an electric blanket or heater, or where the
occupant is a smoker. You could also consider putting Smoke
Alarms in any rooms where the occupant is unable to respond
very well to a fire starting in the room, such as an elderly or
sick person or a very young child.
(d) Checking you can hear your Smoke Alarm.
With the Smoke Alarm sounding in its intended location,
check you are able to hear it in each bedroom with the door
closed, above the sound of your radio. The radio should be set
to a reasonably loud conversation level. If you can't hear it
over your radio the chances are that it wouldn't wake you.
If a Smoke Alarm is too far away for it to wake you, it is best
to link it to another Smoke Alarm near the bedroom. The
Interconnect Smoke Alarm Ei100C is designed for this - when
one alarm senses smoke, all connected alarms respond. (see
page 9 for further details).

Positioning your Smoke Alarm

Figure 4 Figure 5
IDEAL IN CENTRE
OF CEILING
15 TO 30 cm
(6-12")
90 cm
DEAD AIR SURFACES
(3 FEET)
NEVER WITHIN 15cm
OF ANY CORNER
(a) Ceiling Mounting.
Hot smoke rises and spreads out, so a central ceiling position
is the preferred location. The air is "dead" and does not move
in corners, therefore Smoke Alarms must be mounted away
from corners. Place the unit at least 30cm from any light fitting
or decorative object which might obstruct smoke entering the
Smoke Alarm. Keep at least 15 cm away from walls and
corners. See figure 4.
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