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Operating and Installation Instructions
Sloped Ceiling Installation:
The following information is from the National Fire
Protection Association and is listed in Fire Code 72. Install
Smoke Alarms on sloped, peaked or cathedral ceilings at, or
within 3 ft (0.9m) of the highest point (measured horizon-
tally). NFPA 72 states "Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling
slopes greater than 1 ft to 8 ft (.3 m-2.4 m) horizontally
shall be located on the high side of the room".
NFPA 72 states "A row of alarms shall be spaced and
located within 3 ft (0.9 m) of the peak of the ceiling meas-
ured horizontally" (See figure 2).
FIGURE 1
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