Testing, Monitoring And Maintenance - Bellman & Symfon BE1284 Manual De Instrucciones

Testing, monitoring and maintenance

Your alarm is a life-saving device and should be checked periodically.
Manually testing your alarms
It is recommended that you test your alarms after installation and then at least weekly
to ensure the units are working. It will also help you and your family to become familiar
with the sound of the alarms.
Press and hold the test/silence button until the alarm sounds and the alarm LED blinks
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in red, see Figure 6. The alarm will stop sounding shortly after the button is released.
If the alarm has a connection to a supplementary Visit receiver, check that the radio
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LED on the smoke alarm lights up in green and that the Visit receiver responds. See
the 'Quick start guide' and the Visit receiver user manual.
The Visit receiver will time out in less than a minute.
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Repeat this procedure for all other smoke alarms in the system.
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WARNING: Do not test with flame.
This can set fire to the smoke alarm and damage the house. We do not recommend
testing with smoke as the results can be misleading unless special apparatus is used.
When you press the test/silence button, it simulates the effect of smoke which it could
experience in a real fire. So, there is no need to test smoke alarms with smoke or flame.
Controlling nuisance alarms
The smoke alarms have a combined test/silence button to help you control nuisance
and false alarms.
When the alarm sounds, if there is no sign of smoke or noise to indicate that there
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is a fire, it should be assumed that it is due to an actual fire. The dwelling should be
evacuated immediately and you should contact the local fire department.
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It is possible that cooking smoke, steam, etc., may be the source of nuisance alarms.
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If there are frequent nuisance/false alarms, it may be necessary to relocate the smoke
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alarm away from the source (cooking smoke, shower steam, etc.)
If your Visit system is activated for no reason, there is probably a neighbouring Visit
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system that triggers yours. In order to avoid radio interference, you need to change
the radio key on all units, see 'Changing the radio key' .
1 To cancel a false alarm from a smoke alarm (which has its alarm LED blinking rapidly
in red), press the test/silence button and the smoke alarm will automatically switch
to a reduced sensitivity condition. The smoke alarm will be silenced for a period of
approx. 10 minutes. The alarm LED will blink in red every 8 seconds to indicate that
the unit has been silenced.
2 The smoke alarm will reset to normal sensitivity at the end of the 10-minute silenced
period. If additional silenced time is required, simply push the button again.
3 If kitchen usage/layout is such that there is an unacceptable level of nuisance alarms,
re-locate the smoke alarm further away where it will be less affected by cooking
smoke, steam, etc. We recommend the use of a heat alarm in the Kitchen area to
avoid such nuisance alarms.
Power monitoring
What to do when an alarm is beeping:
If the smoke alarm is beeping about every 48 seconds with the alarm LED blinking in
yellow at the same time, replace the battery.
Battery replacement
When the battery power is low, and replacement is necessary, the smoke alarm will
"beep" and the alarm LED will blink in yellow at the same time about once every 48 s
for at least 30 days. The battery must then be replaced. Also, replace the battery if the
alarm does not sound when the test/silence button is pressed. When you replace the
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