Kidde WFPCO User manual

0843-CPR-0268
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EN14604:2005
10-year Smoke/CO Combinaon Alarm User Guide
Sealed-in baery that lasts the life of the alarm
WFPCO
EN50291-1:2010
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Contents
1. Introducon
2. Smoke Alarm Best Pracse
3. Important Smoke Alarm Informaon
4. Carbon Monoxide Alarm Best Pracse
5. What to do if your Carbon Monoxide Alarm Sounds
6. What is Carbon Monoxide?
7. Important Carbon Monoxide Safety Informaon
8. Recommended locaons for this alarm
9. Where not to install this alarm
10. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
11. Acvang the alarm
12. Key features of your alarm
13. Operang your Alarm
14. Troubleshoong Table
15. Product Specificaon
16. Deacvaon of the alarm
17. Maintenance of your alarm
18. Service and Warranty
19. Useful Contacts
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1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Kidde Combinaon Photoelectric Smoke and Carbon Monoxide
alarm with a 10-year sealed-in baery.
Please take a few minutes to thoroughly read this user guide which should be saved for future
reference. Teach children how to respond to the alarms, and ensure that they don’t ever play
with this unit.
IMPORTANT: Addional markings on back of the unit.
Your alarm was designed to detect both smoke and carbon monoxide from any source of
combuson in a residenal environment. It is not tested for use in a caravan or boat.
This apparatus is NOT a substute for maintenance of fuel burning appliances and venng
/exhaust systems.
If you have any quesons about the operaon or installaon of your alarm, please call our
Freephone Consumer Hotline on 0800 917 0722- between 9am - 5pm Mon - Fri.
This apparatus is to be installed by a competent person.
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2. SMOKE ALARM BEST PRACTISE
A smoke alarm paern is 3 long beeps, repeated every 1.5 seconds.
At all mes and before installing your smoke alarm you must;
• Have an escape plan with alternate exits
• Train your family in this escape plan and pracse it regularly
• Ensure your family know what the alarm sounds like
If the alarm sounds, check for fires first of all, and if one is discovered then;
• DO Alert small children
• DO Exit the home according to your escape plan
• DO Crawl if the smoke is dense, using a damp cloth to breathe through
• DO Call the fire brigade from a neighbour’s home
• DO Ensure that everyone is awake, and assistance is given to those who require it
• DON’T stop to dress or retrieve valuables
• DON’T open doors that are warm, or through which smoke is seeping
NOTE – Situaons where a smoke alarm might not be effecve;
• Smoking in bed
• Leaving children unaended
• Cleaning with flammable liquids resulng in explosive vapour.
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3. IMPORTANT SMOKE ALARM INFORMATION
• Before temporarily silencing the alarm with the Hush buon, idenfy the source of the smoke.
• Smoke alarms need to be tested regularly
• Smoke alarms cannot provide an alarm if smoke cannot reach them
• Fires in chimneys, walls, roofs, different levels or behind closed doors might not be detected
• For the physically or mentally impaired, or very young, escape may be di cult and so
alternave escape strategies should be adopted
• The smoke alarm may not wake heavy sleepers or those impaired by the use of drugs or
alcohol. In this case an alarm should be fied in each sleeping area
• Smoke alarms can save lives, but they are not an alternave for an adequate insurance policy
to protect lives and property
Leading authories recommend that both ionisaon and photoelectric smoke alarms be installed to
help insure maximum detecon of the various types of fires that can occur within the home.
Ionisaon sensing alarms may detect invisible fire parcles (associated with fast flaming fires)
sooner than photoelectric alarms. Photoelectric sensing alarms may detect visible fire parcles
(associated with slow smoldering fires) sooner than ionisaon alarms.
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A CO alarm paern is 4 quick beeps, repeated every 5 seconds.
WARNING: Carbon monoxide alarm acvaon indicates the presence of CO at high
concentraons which can kill you. NOTE: If you recognise any of the symptoms on
page 8 consult your Doctor immediately.
NOTE: Young children, elderly and pets are more suscepble to the dangers of CO.
NOTE: This alarm is designed to detect CO gas. It is not designed to detect other gases
such as natural gas.
NOTE: This alarm is intended for use in ordinary family homes. It is not designed to
measure compliance with occupaonal safety and the HSE.
NOTE: Individuals with certain specific medical condions may need an alarm that
operates below 30ppm. If this applies consult your Doctor.
IMPORTANT: Ensure that all family members are familiar with the symptoms of CO
poisoning and how your alarm works.
4. CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) ALARM BEST PRACTISE
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5. WHAT TO DO IF YOUR CO ALARM SOUNDS
Carbon Monoxide Alarm Procedure
WARNING! When this alarm sounds it indicates the presence of CO which can kill you. Based on
recommendaons from EN 50292, follow these steps if alarm sounds (4 loud audible pulses followed
by a pausefor 5 seconds):
1) Keep calm and open all doors and windows. Turn off all fuel-burning appliances if possible.
Note: it is possible that outdoor condions could influence domesc CO alarms (bad traffic
polluon in cold weather, for example). In these circumstances, the level of indoor CO might
actually increase when doors and windows are opened.
2) If the alarm connues to sound, even a er being reset (where appropriate), then evacuate the
premises, alerng other occupants to the risk. Leave doors and windows open. Do not re-enter
the premises.
3) Get medical help for anyone suffering the effects of CO poisoning, and advise that CO inhalaon
is suspected.
4) Call Gas Emergency Services: 0800 111 999, or your local Gas Safe Registered Engineer:
Engineer.
Never restart the source of a CO problem unl it has been corrected. Never ignore the sound of the
alarm! Pressing the test/reset buon will silence the alarm. If the CO condion that caused the alert
connues, the alarm will reacvate. If the unit alarms again within six minutes, it is sensing high
levels of CO which can quickly become a dangerous situaon.
PHO E UMBER:
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6. WHAT IS CARBON MONOXIDE?
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a highly poisonous gas with no taste, colour or smell.
Potenal Sources of CO
•Wood-burning stoves
•Gas boilers and fires
•Gas Hobs
•Oil and coal burning appliances
•Portable gas heaters
•Blocked flues and chimneys
•Fumes from integral garages
•Barbecues
•High concentraons of tobacco smoke
This CO alarm is not a substute for the correct
maintenance of your appliances.
Carbon monoxide can be produced from poorly burning
appliances or from blocked flues and chimneys.
If your alarm has sounded and you have venlated the
room the CO may have dispersed before help arrives. It is
crucial that the source of CO is determined and
appropriate maintenance carried out.
Carbon monoxide is a cumulave poison. This alarm is me-weighted – the higher the level of CO,
the sooner it will alarm.
NOTE: The apparatus may respond to brief exhaust gas emissions, for example during the inial
start-up of an appliance. Also, hydrogen acts as an interferent and can arise from some baery
charging acvies and the curing of concrete or cement under certain circumstances. Volale
Organic Compounds (VOCs), e.g. alcohols, which may eventually acvate the alarm, can be
generated from use of damp-proofing materials or other coangs containing alkylalkoxysilanes.
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7. IMPORTANT CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY INFORMATION
The table below shows the response mes at which your CO alarm will sound;
(Alarm levels as defined by EN50291-1:2010)
CO Advice and Informaon
The table below shows the effects of different levels of CO poisoning on the body;
Parts per Million (PPM) of CO Time unl Alarm
50 60 – 90 minutes
100 10 – 40 minutes
300 Must alarm in less than 3 minutes
Parts per Million (PPM) Effects on Adults
100 Slight headache, nausea, fague (flu-like symptoms)
200 Dizziness and headache within 2 – 3 hours
400 Nausea, frontal headache, drowsiness, confusion and rapid heart rate. Risk to life
aer over 3 hours of exposure
800 Severe headaches, convulsions, vital organ failures. Death possible within 2 – 3 hours
Warning: The device cannot prevent against the chronic effects of exposure to carbon
monoxide or protect individuals who are at specific risk.
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8. RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS FOR THIS ALARM
• Locate in each sleeping area / bedroom, parcularly if the room has a fuel burning appli-
ance. Locate 1 to 3 metres from the appliance.
• If installing in the kitchen, locate 1 to 3 metres away from direct cooking areas.
• CO alarms in rooms with sloped ceilings should be located on the high side of the room.
• If there is a paron in the room, locate the alarm on the same side of the paron as the
potenal source.
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9. WHERE NOT TO INSTALL THIS ALARM
•Within 1 metres of cooking appliances or other fuel burning appliances.
•Areas of extreme temperature (below 0°C and above 40°C)
•Do not install where the venlaon openings in the unit could be impeded by items
such as newspapers, table-cloths, curtains, etc.
•Dusty, dirty, greasy, or insect infested areas such as garages or workshops.
•Humid areas (greater than 90% RH)
•Avoid locang next to draughts, such as doors, windows, extractor fans, air vents or
other similar venlaon openings.
•Within 1 metre of a fluorescent light
•Bathrooms (or within 1 metre of the bathroom, or sinks)
•This alarm is intended for domesc use only – it is not tested for leisure boats,
camper vans or caravans. It is not suitable for large passenger boats.
CAUTION: This alarm will only indicate the presence of carbon monoxide at the
sensor. Carbon monoxide may be present in other areas.
WARNING: This product is intended for use in ordinary indoor locaons of family living
units. It is not designed to measure compliance with commercial or industrial standards.
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Ribs (2
places)
Mounting Option 1
Slots
Mounting Option 2
OPTIO 1 - Easy mount to drywall only;
1. Choose a mounting location (wall or ceiling) and drill a 5mm
hole through drywall.
2. Insert the provided screw through the mounting plate aligning
the ribs on the screw with the slots on the mounting plate.
3. Tighten the screw/mounting plate to wall or ceiling until it is
snug against surface. DO OT over-tighten.
OPTIO 2 - Mounting onto other Surfaces
1. Choose a location (wall or ceiling) and using the mounting
plate provided as a template, mark three hole locations.
2. Install the three provided screws through the mounting plate
and tighten. DO OT over-tighten screws (if mounting in
plasterboard or similar surface, drill 5mm holes and use the
plastic anchors provided). Anchors are not required for
mounting on hard surfaces such as wood.
10. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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11. ACTIVATING THE ALARM
This alarm is automacally acvated when it is aached to the mounng plate for the first me.
Once acvated, the baery will power the alarm for its 10-year life under normal condions.
Align the alarm with the mounng bracket and rotate clockwise approximately 45 degrees unl the
unit stops rotang and clicks into place. DO NOT over-ghten. If the unit needs to be re-aligned
rotate the alarm an-clockwise, remove and rotate to the desired alignment. NOTE: This alarm will
mount to the plate in 3 posions (every 120 degrees).
The alarm briefly chirps to indicate that power has been received. The unit will remain on unl it is
disabled by the user or at the end of the alarm’s life. Do not over ghten the alarm as this can cause
damage to the mounng bracket.
The alarm is now acvated! Now test the alarm as described in this user guide.
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12. KEY FEATURES OF YOUR ALARM
This is a combinaon alarm, and is designed to detect dangerous levels of smoke and carbon
monoxide.
This alarm gives an audible (85 decibel alarm) warning as well as visual LED noficaon
when dangerous levels of either smoke or CO are detected, but where both are detected
simultaneously, priority is given to the smoke warning.
This alarm has an end-of-life signal, designed to alert you when the alarm sensor is no longer
operaonal (aer 10-years).
This alarm has a ‘Hush’ feature which allows nuisance alarms to be temporarily silenced.
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13. OPERATING YOUR ALARM
Feat re A dible LED Comment
Smoke alarming 3 repeated long beeps 3 flashes, synchronised with
audible alarm Follow appropriate emergency
procedures
CO alarming 4 repeated shorter beeps 4 flashes, synchronised with
audible alarm
Test mode 3 long beeps repeated twice,
followed by 4 short beeps
repeated twice
Flashes synchronised with audible
beeps
Low Battery Chirp every 60 seconds Flashes every 30 seconds Replace unit (sealed-in battery cannot be
replaced)
Smoke or CO Hush one Flashes every 10 seconds Lasts for 10 minutes
Cancel Hush mode A A Within the 10 minutes, the user can
cancel Hush by re-pressing Hush button
ormal operation one Flashes every 10 minutes For 10 minutes after initial power-up,
the LED flashes every 60 seconds,
followed by the flash every 10 minutes.
Fault Mode Chirp every 30 secs Fault code (2 - 12 flashes every 30
seconds)
Call consumer hotline;
UK (0800 917 0722)
Ireland (1 800 818 601)
End of Life* 2 chirps every 30 seconds 2 flashes every 30 seconds Replace unit after deactivation. Use End
of Life Hush temporarily*
* End of Life hush feature – Silences End of Life chirps for 3 days. Can be used 10 mes within 30 days.
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14. TROUBLESHOOTING
Feat re A dible LED Req ired Action
Low Battery Chirp every 30
seconds
Flashes every 30
seconds
Alarm needs to be replaced
Alarm Fault Chirp every 30 secs Fault code (2-12 flashes
every 30 seconds)
Call consumer hotline;
UK (0800 917 0722)
Ireland (1 800 818 601)
End of Life 2 chirps every
30 seconds
2 flashes every 30
seconds
Replace unit.
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15. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Power Sealed lithium baery
Sensors Smoke - Opcal
CO - Electrochemical
Operang
Temperature Range
0°C to 40 °C
Humidity Operang Range Up to 90%RH (non-condensing)
Storage and Transport
Condions
-20°C to +65°C, 5-95%RH (non-condensing)
Alarm Sound 85dB @ 3m aer 1 min. , 82dB aer 4 min.
Dimensions Diameter 5.25"(133.3mm) , Height 1.6"(40.3mm)
Weight Weight: 0.173 kg
NNOOTTEE:: Constant exposures to extreme temperatures and humidies may a ect baery life.
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16. DEACTIVATION OF ALARM
WARNING!
• Deacvaon of the alarm is permanent. Once the alarm has been deacvated, it cannot be reacvated!
• Once deacvated, the alarm will NO LONGER DETECT SMOKE or CO.
• Once the alarm is deacvated the baery will be depleted and the alarm will no longer funcon.
• Once the alarm has been deacvated, it cannot be mounted onto the mounng plate or reacvated.
WARNING!
Failure to turn o alarm as instructed prior to disposal may create potenal for lithium baery related fire or hazard.
Break through label with a screw driver.
Turn the screw to the “OFF” location.
This will deactivate the alarm, stop the
low battery or end of life “chirp” and render
the alarm safe for disposal by draining the battery.
TO DEACTIVATE THE ALARM:
Remove the alarm from the mounting plate
by rotating it in the direction indicated by
the arrows on the cover of the alarm.
On back side of alarm, locate the
area on product label.
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WARNING!
• Deacvaon of the alarm is permanent. Once the alarm has been deacvated, it cannot be reacvated!
• Once deacvated, the alarm will NO LONGER DETECT SMOKE or CO.
• Once the alarm is deacvated the baery will be depleted and the alarm will no longer funcon.
• Once the alarm has been deacvated, it cannot be mounted onto the mounng plate or reacvated.
WARNING!
Failure to turn o alarm as instructed prior to disposal may create potenal for lithium baery related fire or hazard.
17. MAINTENANCE OF YOUR ALARM
To keep your alarm in good working order:
• Test every week by pushing the Test/Reset buon. The unit will emit 3 long beeps repeated
twice (simulated smoke alarm), followed by 4 short beeps repeated twice (simulated CO
alarm). NOTE: due to the loudness of the sounder, stand at arm's length when tesng.
• NOTE: do not use naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, to test your apparatus.
• Keep away from solvents or detergents
• Avoid spraying air-freshener, hair-spray near the alarm
• Do not paint the alarm. If decorang or using adhesives close to the alarm, remove it
temporarily
• Keep away nappy buckets
• Storage and Transport Condions: -20° C to +60° C, 5-95%RH (non-condensing)
The following substances can affect the sensor and cause false alarms:
Methane, Propane, Iso-butane, Iso-propanol, Ethylene, Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl acetate, Hydrogen
Sulphide, Hydrogen, Sulphur Dioxide, alcohol based products, paints, thinners, solvents, adhesives,
hair-sprays, aershaves or perfumes and some cleaning agents.
NOTE: there could be other compounds occurring within a parcular household which could cause
similar effects.
Warning: Do not tamper with the apparatus, as there is a risk of electric shock or malfuncon.
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18. SERVICE AND WARRANTY
LIMITED WARRANTY
Kidde Safety warrants to the original purchaser that the enclosed alarm will be free from defects in
material and workmanship or design under normal use and service for a period of 10 (Ten) years from the
date of purchase. The obligaon of Kidde Safety Europe Limited under this warranty is limited to repairing
or replacing the alarm or any part which we find to be defecve in material, workmanship or design, free
of charge to the customer, upon sending the smoke alarm with proof of date of purchase, postage and
return postage prepaid, to Warranty Service Department, Kidde Safety Europe Limited., Mathisen Way,
Colnbrook SL3 OHB
This warranty shall not apply to the alarm if it has been damaged, modified, abused or altered aer the
date of purchase or if it fails to operate due to improper maintenance.
THE LIABILITY OF KSE LTD OR ANY OF ITS PARENT OR SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS ARISING FROM THE
SALE OF THIS ALARM OR UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE
EXCEED THE COST OF REPLACEMENT OF ALARM AND, IN NO CASE, SHALL KSE LTD OR ANY OF ITS PARENT
OR SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS BE LIABLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS OR DAMAGES RESULTING SMOKE
ALARM OR FOR BREACH OF THIS OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EVEN IF THE LOSS OR
DAMAGE IS CAUSED BY THE COMPANY’S NEGLIGENCE OR FAULT.
This warranty does not a ect your statutory rights.
If aer reviewing this user guide you feel that your alarm is defecve in any way, do not tamper
with it. Return for servicing to: Kidde Safety Europe LTD., Mathisen Way, Colnbrook SL3 0HB
0800-917-0722 (See below for in-warranty returns)
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