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sounds from its built-in alarm horn. In case of interlinked smoke detectors, all
other detectors will recognize the alarm and alert as well.
It can provide precious time for you and your family to escape before a fire
spreads. However, the smoke detector makes such pre-warning of fire
accident possible, only if the detector is located, installed, and maintained
properly as described in this User's Manual.
WARNING: This detector is not meant to be used in non-residential buildings.
Warehouses, industrial or commercial buildings, and special purpose non-
residential buildings require special fire detection and alarm systems. This
detector alone is not a suitable substitute for complete fire detection systems
for places where many people live or work, such as hotels or motels. The
same is true of dormitories, hospitals, nursing homes or group homes of any
kind, even if they were once single family homes.
LOCATIONS TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR
This smoke detectors should be installed in accordance with the NFPA Standard
74 (National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA
02169). For complete coverage in residential units, smoke detectors should
be installed in all rooms, halls, storage areas, basements, and attics in each
family living unit. Normal coverage is one detector on each floor and one in
each sleeping area and attics in each family living unit. Minimum coverage is
one detector on each floor and one in each sleeping area.
LOCATIONS NOT TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS
False alarms take place when smoke detectors are installed where they will
not work properly. To avoid false alarms, do not install smoke detectors in the
following situations:
•
Combustion particles are the by-products of something that is burning.
Thus, in or near areas where combustion particles are present you do not
install the smoke detectors to avoid nuisance alarms, such as kitchens
with few windows or poor ventilation, garages where there may be vehicle
exhaust, near furnaces, hot water heaters, and space heaters.
•
When air streams passing by kitchens, the way how a detector can sense
combustion particles in normal air-flow paths is graphically shown in
Figure 6, which indicates the correct and incorrect smoke detector locations
concerning this problem.
•
In damp or very humid areas, or near bathrooms with showers. Moisture
in humid air can enter the sensing chamber, then turns into droplets upon
cooling, which can cause nuisance alarms. Install smoke detectors at
least 10 feet (3 meters) away from bathrooms.
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