Kidde P3010K-CA User manual

P/N 0311-7203-02-EN
ATTENTION: Please take a few minutes to thoroughly read
this user guide which should be saved for future reference
and passed on to any subsequent owner.
Photoelectric
Smoke Alarms
User Guide
Models: P3010K-CA
P3010B-CA (with voice alert)
P3010H-CA (with LED escape light)
SINGLE STATION
SMOKE ALARM
NOTE: These models are battery operated and feature a non-replaceable,
sealed-in battery and SMART HUSH™ Control to temporarily silence
nuisance alarms.
P3010K-CA
P3010B-CA
P3010H-CA

WHAT TO DO WHEN THE ALARM SOUNDS
SMOKE ALARM ACTIVATION
Smoke alarm pattern is three long beeps repeating.
• Alert small children in the home as well as anyone else that
might have difficulty recognizing the importance of the alarm
sounding or that might have difficulty leaving the area without
help.
• Leave immediately by your escape plan. Every second counts,
so don’t waste time getting dressed or picking up valuables.
• In leaving, don’t open any inside door without first feeling its
surface. If hot, or if you see smoke seeping through cracks,
don’t open that door! Instead, use your alternate exit. If the
inside of the door is cool, place your shoulder against it, open it
slightly and be ready to slam it shut if heat and smoke rush in.
• Stay close to the floor if the air is smoky. Breathe shallowly
through a cloth, wet if possible.
• Once outside, go to your selected meeting place and make
sure everyone is there.
• Call the fire department from your neighbor’s home - not from
yours!
• Don’t return to your home until the fire officials say that it is all
right to do so.
• There are situations where a smoke alarm may not be effective
to protect against fire as stated in the NFPA Standard 72. For
instance:
a) smoking in bed
b) leaving children home alone
c) cleaning with flammable liquids, such as gasoline
• If the escape route requires you to go through smoke, crawl
low under the smoke where the air is clearer.

Models P3010K-CA, P3010B-CA or P3010H-CA
Thank you for purchasing this Kidde Smoke Alarm.
It is an important part of your family’s home safety plan. You can trust
this product to provide the highest quality safety protection. We know
you expect nothing less when the lives of your family are at stake.
Please take a few minutes to thoroughly read this alarm user guide,
and save it for future reference. Teach children how to respond to the
alarms, and that they should never play with the unit.
If you have any questions about the operation or installation of your
alarm, please call our toll free Consumer Hotline at 1-800-880-6788.
Image 1C will help you determine the correct location of safety products
that will help make your home a safer place.
Contents of This User Guide
1. Introduction
1. Introduction / Limitation of Smoke Alarms
2. Recommended Locations
3. Locations To Avoid
4. Installation / Mounting Instructions
5. Operation And Testing
6. Visual And Audible Indications
7. Nuisance And Hush
8. Battery
9. Deactivation Of Alarm
10. Cleaning Your Alarm
11. Good Safety Habits
12. Service And Warranty

1. Introduction
IMPORTANT: Read all instructions before installation and keep
this user guide near the alarm for future reference.
Do not try to repair the smoke alarm yourself. Refer to the
instructions in Warranty section for service.
This alarm detects products of combustion using photoelectric
technology.
This alarm is acceptable for use in all residential applications where
smoke alarms are required.
After ten (10) years of cumulative power up, this unit will “chirp” two
times every 30 seconds. This is an “operational end of life” feature
which will indicate that it is time to replace the alarm.
To help identify the date to replace the unit, a label has been affixed to
the side of the alarm. Write the “Replace by” date (10 years from initial
power up) in permanent marker on the label prior to installing the unit.
Product Features and Specifications:
• Temperature: Operating Range: 4.4°C (40°F) to 37.8°C (100°F)
• Humidity: Operating range: 10-95% non-condensing
• Audible Alarm: 85+ dB at 10’ @ 3.4±0.5 KHz pulsing alarm
• Smoke Sensor: Photoelectric

WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY
• NFPA 72 states: Life safety from fire in residential occupancies is based
primarily on early notification to occupants of the need to escape,
followed by the appropriate egress actions by those occupants.
• Fire warning systems for dwelling units are capable of protecting about
half of the occupants in potentially fatal fires. Victims are often intimate
with the fire, too old or young, or physically or mentally impaired such
that they cannot escape even when warned early enough that escape
should be possible. For these people, other strategies such as protection-
in-place or assisted escape or rescue are necessary.
• Leading authorities recommend that both ionization and
photoelectric smoke alarms be installed to help ensure maximum
detection of the various types of fires that can occur within the
home. Ionization sensing alarms may detect invisible fire particles
(associated with fast flaming fires) sooner than photoelectric
alarms. Photoelectric sensing alarms may detect visible fire particles
(associated with slow smouldering fires) sooner than ionization
alarms.
• A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the specified type,
in good condition and installed properly.
• Smoke alarms must be tested regularly to make sure the battery and
the alarm circuits are in good operating condition.
• Smoke alarms cannot provide an alarm if smoke does not reach
the alarm. Therefore, smoke alarms may not sense fires starting in
chimneys, walls, on roofs, on the other side of a closed door or on a
different floor.
• If the alarm is located outside the bedroom or on a different floor, it
may not wake up a sound sleeper.
• The use of alcohol or drugs may also impair one’s ability to hear the
smoke alarm. For maximum protection, a smoke alarm should be
installed in each sleeping area on every level of a home.
• Although smoke alarms can help save lives by providing an early
warning of a fire, they are not a substitute for an insurance policy.
Home owners, landlords and tenants should have adequate insurance
to protect their lives and property.
This alarm is not intended to alert hearing impaired individuals.
1. Limitations of Smoke Alarms

2. Recommended Locations
• Locate the smoke alarm in all sleeping areas. Try to monitor the
exit path, as the bedrooms are usually farthest from the exit. If
more than one sleeping area exists, locate additional alarms in
each sleeping area (Image 1A).
• Locate additional alarms to monitor any stairway as stairways act
like chimneys for smoke and heat.
• Locate at least one alarm on every floor level (Image 1B).
• Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances are
operated (i.e. portable heaters or humidifiers).
• Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the
door closed. The closed door may prevent an alarm not located
in that room from waking the sleeper.
• Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and
spread horizontally. Mounting the smoke alarm on the ceiling in
the center of the room places it closest to all points in the room.
Ceiling mounting is preferred in ordinary residential construction.
• When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it at a minimum
of 10 cm (4”) from the side wall (Image 2A).
• When mounting the alarm on the wall, use an inside wall with
the top edge of the alarm at a minimum of 10 cm (4”) and a
maximum of 30.5 cm (12”) below the ceiling (Image 2A).
• Put smoke alarms at both ends of a bedroom hallway or large
room if the hallway or room is more than 9.1 m (30’) long.
• For mobile home installation, select locations carefully to avoid
thermal barriers that may form at the ceiling. For more details,
see Mobile Homes.
• Install smoke alarms on sloped, peaked or cathedral ceilings
following the mounting guidelines outlined in image 2B and 2C.
Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling slopes greater than 0.3 m in
2.4 m (1 foot in 8 feet) horizontally shall be located on the high
side of the room (Image 2B and 2C).

2. Recommended Locations
• Install Smoke Alarms on tray-shaped ceilings (coffered ceilings) on
the highest portion of the ceiling or on the sloped portion of the
ceiling within 30.5 cm (12”) vertically down from the highest point
(Image 2D).
DINING
ROOM
LIVING
ROOM
Required Smoke Alarms
Ionization Type Smoke Alarm with
Hush® Control or Photoelectric Type
Smoke Alarms for Additional Pr
otection
KITCHEN BEDROOM
BEDROOM
BEDROOM
LIVING
ROOM KITCHEN
BEDROOMBEDROOM HALL
BASEMENT
SINGLE FLOOR PLAN MULTIPLE FLOOR PLAN
IMAGE 1A IMAGE 1B
BEDROOM
LIVING ROOM
WORKSHOPBASEMENT
KITCHEN
HALL
GARAGE
MASTER
BEDROOM
FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS
SMOKE
ALARMS
CARBON
MONOXIDE
ALARMS
SMOKE/CO
ALARM
TOTAL HOME PROTECTION
IMAGE 1C

2. Recommended Locations
NOT IN
THIS AREA
ANYWHERE IN
THIS AREA
0.9 m (3’)
10 cm (4”)
10 cm (4”)
0.9 m (3’)
HORIZONTAL DISTANCE
FROM PEAK
NOT IN
THIS AREA
ANYWHERE IN
THIS AREA
0.9 m (3’)
MINIMUM
BEST
PLACEMENT
STAGNANT AIR
MINIMUM
10 cm (4”)
NEVER
HERE
ACCEPTABLE
PLACEMENT
30.5 cm (12”)
MAXIMUM
CEILING
10 cm (4”)
ANYWHERE IN
THIS AREA
30 cm (12”)
SIDE WALL
IMAGE 2A
IMAGE 2B
IMAGE 2C
IMAGE 2D

3. Locations to Avoid
• Do not install within 0.9 m (3’) of the following: The door to a
kitchen, or a bathroom that contains a tub or shower, forced air
supply ducts used for heating or cooling, ceiling or whole house
ventilating fans, or other high air-flow areas.
• Do not place the alarm where drapes or other objects will block
the sensor. Smoke must be able to reach the sensor to accurately
detect conditions.
• Do not install in peaks of vaulted ceilings. In this area install as
shown in images 2B and 2C.
• Install at least 30.5 cm (12”) away from fluorescent lights as
electronic noise may cause nuisance alarms.
• Keep out of insect infested areas. Avoid excessively dusty, dirty or
greasy areas. Dust particles may cause nuisance alarms or failure
to alarm.
• Extreme temperatures may affect the sensitivity of the alarm.
Do not install in areas where the temperature is colder than
4.4°C (40°F) or hotter than 37.8°C (100°F), such as garages and
unfinished attics.
• Do not install in areas where the relative humidity (RH) is greater
than 95%, non-condensing. Very humid areas, with moisture or
steam, can cause nuisance alarms.
• Normal cooking may cause nuisance alarms. If a kitchen alarm
is desired, it should have an alarm silence feature or be a
photoelectric type.
• Do not place in the garage. Particles of combustion are present
when you start your automobile.
• Smoke alarms are not to be used with detector guards unless the
combination (alarm and guard) has been evaluated and found
suitable for that purpose.
• Do not install within 6ft of heating or cooking appliances

Mobile Homes
Modern mobile homes have been designed to be energy efficient. Install
smoke alarms as recommended in Recommended Locations and
Image 2A.
In older mobile homes that are not well insulated compared to present
standards, extreme heat or cold can be transferred from the outside
to the inside through poorly insulated walls and roof. This may create
a thermal barrier that can prevent the smoke from reaching an alarm
mounted on the ceiling. In such units, install the smoke alarm on an
inside wall with the top edge of the alarm at a minimum of 10 cm (4”)
and a maximum of 30.5 cm (12”) below the ceiling (Image 2A).
If you are not sure about the insulation in your mobile home, or if you
notice that the outer walls and ceiling are either hot or cold, install the
alarm on an inside wall. For minimum protection, install at least one
alarm close to the bedrooms. For additional protection, see Image 1A.
WARNING: Test your smoke alarm operation after R.V. or
mobile home vehicle has been in storage, before each trip and at
least once a week during use.
Attaching Mounting Plate
OPTION 1:
Easy Mount – Drywall Only
1. Choose a mounting location
(wall or ceiling) and drill a 3/16”
diameter hole at least 1/2” deep.
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
mounting plate is snug against
surface. DO NOT over-tighten.
4. Installation / Mounting Instructions
Ribs (2
places)
Mounting Option 1
Slots