Kidde TRUSENSE SMOKE 3050-VDS10 User manual

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TRUSENSE SMOKE
User Guide
Multi-Criteria Optical Sensor Smoke Alarm
with Voice – Battery Operated
Model 3050-VDS10
10YEAR SEALED
LITHIUM BATTERY
VOICE ALARM
SMOKE ALARM
P/N: 0328-7201-01 Rev B
Helps Reduce Cooking
Nuisance Alarms

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Thank You for Purchasing this Kidde Smoke Alarm
This model is powered by a non-replaceable, long life sealed lithium battery system. It also contains a voice
message system and SMART HUSH® Control to temporarily silence nuisance alarms.
Teach children how to respond to the alarm and that they should never play with the unit. Your Kidde Smoke
Alarm was designed for use in a residential environment. It is not designed for use in a recreational vehicle (RV)
or boat.
NOTE: Please thoroughly read this user guide and save the document for future reference and to pass on to any
subsequent owner.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the manufacturer recommend replacing this alarm ten
years from the date code on back of alarm.
Date Code (on back): ___________________
Date of Purchase: ___________________
Where Purchased: ___________________
Date to Replace: ___________________
Product Support: 1-800-880-6788
Please write down the below information
and have this at hand when you call.

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Contents
1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Introduction, Product Features And Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5. Limitations Of Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7. Locations To Avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8. Installation And Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9. Operation And Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
10. Recognizing Nuisance Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
11. Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
12. Permanently Disable Alarm / Discharge Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
13. Cleaning Your Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
14. Good Safety Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
15. Service And Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds
The smoke alarm pattern is three long beeps with voice “Fire!,” a 1.5 second pause, and three long beeps repeating.
The red LED blinks in time with the alarm pattern.
•Alert small children in the home as well as anyone else that might have difficulty recognizing the impor-
tance 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.
•While 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.
•If the escape route requires you to go through smoke, stay close to the floor where the air is cleaner. Crawl if
necessary, and 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 or 911 from your cell phone outside, or 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.
NOTE: See Section RECOGNIZING NUISANCE ALARMS, for nuisance alarm situations.

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2. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators
Operational Mode Visual Indications Audible Indications Action/Note
Normal (standby) Green LED blink approx
every 60 sec.
Test (button press
when no alarm
condition is present)
(Note: Test is very
loud, stand a few feet
away.)
Red LED blinks in time
with alarm pattern.
• Single beep.
• 3 long beeps, voice "Fire!",
3 long beeps.
Perform button press
once a week to verify
proper alarm operation.
Smoke Alarm
Memory (unit has
experienced a smoke
alarm event)
Red LED blink every 16
sec.
After button push,
voice “Smoke previously
detected.”
NOTE: Alarm memory
is only retained for 24
hrs. Push button to clear
Alarm Memory.
Smoke Alarm Hush
Mode (SMART HUSH®
CONTROL)
Red LED blinks every
2 sec.
After button push, voice
“Hush Mode Activated."
Smoke alarm pattern stops.
(If there is too much smoke
to allow Hush: voice “Too
Much Smoke cannot be
Hushed.” Smoke alarm
pattern continues.)
This feature is to be used
only when a known alarm
condition, such as smoke
from cooking, activates
the alarm.

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3. Troubleshooting Guide
If you require further information please contact Product Support at 1-800-880-6788 or write us at:
Kidde, 1016 Corporate Park Drive, Mebane, NC 27302. Our internet address is www.kidde.com.
Trouble Condition Visual Indications Audible Indications Action
Low Battery Amber LED blink
every 60 sec.
Chirp and voice “Replace
alarm” every 60 sec. (After
an hour, voice occurs only
once every 15 mins)
Voice “Hush mode acti-
vated” after button push
(rst 7 days only).
* Push button once to silence for
24 hrs. (Push button again to clear
Hush and perform a test.)
Note: 7 days after Low Battery
begins, the notications cannot
be silenced.
* Remove, discharge, dispose unit,
and replace as soon as possible.
Fault: Smoke Sen-
sor Error
Amber LED
blinks every
30 sec.
Chirp every 30 sec, voice
“Smoke Sensor Error”
every 60 sec. (After 1 hour,
voice only after button is
pushed.)
* See Cleaning Your Alarm section.
* Push button once to attempt to
reset the unit.
* If error continues, remove, dis-
charge, dispose unit, and replace
as soon as possible.
Fault: Memory Error Chirp every 30 sec, voice
“Memory Error” every
60 sec. (After 1 hour,
voice only after button is
pushed.)
* Push button once to attempt to
reset the unit.
* If error continues, remove,
discharge, dispose unit, and
replace as soon as possible.
End of Unit Life Amber LED blinks
twice every 30 sec.
Double chirp every 30
sec. Voice “Replace alarm”
every 60 sec for rst hour,
and then every 15 mins.
Voice “Hush mode acti-
vated” after button push
(rst 7 days only).
* Push button once to silence
for 24 hrs. (Push button again to
clear Hush and perform a test.)
Note: 7 days after End of Unit Life
begins, the notications cannot
be silenced.
* Remove, discharge, dispose unit,
and replace as soon as possible.

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4. Introduction, Product Features And Specifications
Introduction
This alarm detects products of combustion using a multi-criteria optical sensor. Ten (10) years after the unit was
installed, this unit will automatically alert you that it is time to replace the unit. This is called “End of Unit Life”
mode. See Troubleshooting Guide.
To help identify the date to replace the unit, a label has been affixed to the side of the alarm. Write the “Install
date” in the space provided, and then write in 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: 40°F (4.4°C) to 100°F (37.8°C)
•Humidity Operating range: up to 95% RH non-condensing
•Audible Alarm: 85+ dB at 10’, 3.0 to 3.5 KHz pulsing alarm, with voice message “Fire!”
•Smoke Sensor: Multi-Criteria Optical
•Voice message system
•Smoke Alarm SMART HUSH® Control
•Powered by a 3V DC non-replaceable sealed lithium battery.
•One large, user- friendly button.

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5. Limitations Of Smoke Alarms
WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY
•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.
•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
•Fire warning systems for dwelling units are capable of protecting about half of the occupants in potentially fatal
fires. A smoke alarm may not be effective in some situations, such as during incendiary fires where the fire grows so
rapidly that an occupant’s egress is blocked even with properly located smoke alarms, or when victims are intimate
with the fire (for example, when a person’s clothes catch fire while cooking), 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, additional strategies such as protection-in-place or assisted escape or rescue are necessary.
•For maximum detection of the various types of fires that can occur within the home, including fast flaming and
slow smoldering, it is recommended that multi criteria smoke alarms be installed. This model meets the latest
residential smoke alarm standards, which includes enhanced resistance to nuisance alarms from cooking.
•A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the specified type, in good condition and installed properly (this
model has a sealed battery).
•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, within walls, on roofs, on the other side of a closed door or other obstruction.
•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.
This alarm is not intended to alert hearing impaired individuals.

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6. Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms
•Locate smoke alarms 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.
•Locate additional alarms in stairways, because stairways act like chimneys for smoke and heat.
•Locate at least one alarm on every floor level.
•Locate an alarm in every bedroom.
•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.
Figure 6-A
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Not within 6 feet of appliances
ACCEPTABLE
TOP OF ALARM
ACCEPTABLE HERE
Note: measurements shown
are to the closest edge
of the alarm.
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Not within 6 feet of appliances

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ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Not within 6 feet of appliances
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Not within 6 feet of appliances
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Not within 6 feet of appliances
NFPA 72 states: “Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling slopes greater than 1 ft in 8 ft (.3m in 2.4 m) horizontally shall
be located on the high side of the room.” NFPA 72 states: “A row of detectors shall be spaced and located within 3
ft (0.9m) of the peak of the ceiling measured horizontally.”
Figure 6-B Figure 6-C
ANYWHERE ALONG
THIS BOLD SURFACE
Locations permitted for smoke
alarms and smoke detectors
on tray-shaped ceilings.
Not within 6 feet of appliances