pyrexx PX-1 User manual

Smoke Alarm Device Operating, installation and maintenance manual
PX-1
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Volume
Advisory tones
By activation the device a simple tone is emitted (short: beep).
By pressing the test/stop button a simple tone is emitted (long: beep).
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Cause
Activation tone
Test tone
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Every second a simple tone is emitted (short: beep).
1 sec
Every second a double tone is emitted (short: beep, long: beep).
0,5 sec
Volume
Alarm tones
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Temperature Alert
Smoke Alert
Each alarm tone can be tempo-
rarily deactivated (Smoke Alert
and Temperature Alert: 10 min)
by pressing the test/stop button
(Fig. 1d).
Cause
10 min
Mute of Alarm tones
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90 sec
Every 90 seconds a simple tone is emitted (short: beep).
90 sec
Every 90 seconds, there is a double tone (short: beep, short: beep).
Volume
Advisory tones
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Battery failure signal
Contamination of Device Signal
Each advisory tone can be temporarily
deactivated (Battery failure signal and
Contamination Alert: 24 hrs) by pressing
the test/stop button (Fig. 1d).
24 h
Important:The device has to be replaced
(see “Low Battery Signal / Contamination
Signal”).
Cause Mute of Advisory tones
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Warranty and European legal guarantee void if broken!
Do not immerse the system in
water!
No battery exchange (see
“General safety information”)
Closed system, only cover is
changeable
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How to Deactivate the system
Push cover to turn the signal off Open the cover
Push red activation button to
power off
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a
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Stay calm.
Warn everyone at the residence.
Help children, the disabled, the elderly and
persons suffering from illness.
Close all windows and doors behind you.
Get out of the house immediately.
Do not use elevators.
Alert the fire department.
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Installation
The smoke alarm device is kept in place
by a magnetic holder (Fig. 1b).There are
two ways described below to fasten
the holder to the ceiling. Please keep in
mind that the holder is strongly mag-
netic only on one side!
Installation with
adhesive
Means of anchorage (magnetic holder
with self-adhesive coating on reverse
side) acc. to EN 14604: 2005/AC: 2008
Caution:
The use of this means of anchorage
establishes a very maintenance-friendly,
firm, magnetic connection between
the device and the installation surface
which makes it possible to release the
device (for example for testing / main-
tenance / cleaning) from the magnetic
holder by pulling it off vertically.
Only use the adhesive supplied with the
product when installing the device with
adhesive! The installation location must
be solid, dry and free of grease, dust and
loose paint etc.
Remove the information sticker, as
shown in Fig. 2, and then the protec-
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Installation with
screw anchor
Please leave the adhesive on the mag-
netic holder even when installing with
screw and anchor. Drill a hole at the
installation site and insert the screw
anchor supplied into the hole. Then
insert the supplied countersunk screw
into the bottom side of the magnetic
holder as displayed in Fig. 2, so that the
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(Fig. 1b) when screwed into the anchor.
To do this, push the screw through the
perforated hole. To ensure that the
device is securely fastened, the screw
has to be completely screwed into the
recess of the magnetic holder (Fig. 1b).
Please tighten the screw securely, but
without deforming or bending the mag-
netic holder.
tive sheet from the adhesive applied
on the magnets. Press the magnetic
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to the location chosen for installation.
Afterwards, the device can be mounted
onto the magnetic holder (Fig. 1b).
Should it be necessary, the device can
then be pulled off the magnet holder
vertically.
The adhesive bond attains its final
strength after approx. 72 hours.
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Testing and
maintenance
The smoke alarm device monitors itself
automatically once a minute to check if
it is operational.This device also auto-
matically regulates the sensitivity of its
optical detection system depending on
the environmental effects.
Please make sure that the air vents cov-
ering the side of the smoke alarm device
remain free of dust, dirt, paint, or tape
etc. Otherwise, the operation of the
device may be impaired!
To e n s u r e t h a t t h e d e v i c e i s o p e r a t i o n a l ,
you should regularly press the test/stop
button (Fig. 1d) to set off the test alarm.
Do this at least once a month. Please
check that the device is not damaged,
is mounted securely to the installation
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1c) remain completely free of foreign
objects. If the acoustic signal is not emit-
ted when you test the alarm, then the
device has to be replaced.
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Possible causes for an
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the cause
• In some rooms, there is ususally more
dust than in others.A bedroom is often
one such room. Frequently they contain
plush carpets; clothing, bed spreads and
pillows etc. are often stored in bed-
rooms and moved around a lot (e.g.
shaking).
Drafts in the rooms (e.g. open windows,
fans) can lead to small amounts of dust
accumulating in the device over time.
• One or more of the following sub-
stances have entered directly into the
device: steam and vapors from cook-
ing, boiling or frying; air freshener, fra-
grances, or insect spray; pollen; dust
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• One or more very small insects or
other very small organisms have gotten
past the insect barriers of the device.
Low Battery Signal /
Contamination Signal
If the energy supply of the smoke alarm
device is low or the optical detection
system becomes so soiled that automat-
ic adjustment is no longer possible, then
the device emits a signal alerting you to
these conditions (see “Alarm and advi-
sory tones”).This gives you enough time
to replace the smoke alarm device.The
smoke alarm device is then only capable
of sounding its alarm for a maximum of
60 more days. It is imperative to replace
the device before this time elapses!
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Carefully cleaning the device regularly
with a vacuum cleaner helps avoid a
false alarm due to soiling.
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very strong electro-magnetic radiation
in the direct vicinity of the smoke alarm
device have an effect on the device.
• Cigarette smoke only sets off the
alarm when smoke enters the smoke
alarm device either directly from the
immediate vicinity or due to extremely
high concentrations.
To avoid a false alarm from the smoke
alarm device due to soiling, the device
should be protected against all of the
environmental effects mentioned here.
While cooking or if a lot of steam de-
velops near the smoke alarm device,
always ventilate the rooms well. An
alarm due to soiling can be turned off
by gently pressing the test/stop button
(Fig. 1d) and prevented by ventilating
the rooms well.
Please inform your neighbors in case
of a false alarm due to soiling, so that
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General safety
information
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Smoke alarm devices emit an alarm when
there is a hazard due to fumes and to call
your attention to this hazard.
Despite taking the greatest care in the
production of smoke alarm devices,
there is the possibility of malfunction, in
which case the device may not be able
to quickly alert or to alert at all to the
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the usual precautionary measures for
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and technical equipment!
This is a self-contained device. Opening
or modifying the device results not only
in loss of the warranty and the European
legal guarantee, but also has the conse-
quence that the device can and must no
longer be used as intended! Please do
not ever open the device due the risk
of injury!
Changing the battery is neither
required and nor even possible.
Please protect this device, especially dur-
ing renovation but also generally, against
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oil, nicotine or paint as well as paint sup-
plies such as wall paint, adhesives and all
kinds of dirt. During renovation, con-
struction or sanding, the smoke alarm
device may be removed from the mag-
netic holder (Fig. 1b) by lifting it lightly
upwards and then stored safely.
After finishing the work, it is vitally
important to remember to place the
smoke alarm device back on the mag-
netic holder (Fig. 1b).
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Please always observe the following:
Only when the device is located at
its intended installation site, unsoiled,
undamaged and activated is it able to
perform its potentially life-saving task
of signaling alarm.
Decoration
The smoke alarm devices test/stop but-
ton (Fig. 1d) is removable (Fig. 3) and
can be decorated to match the design
of the room. Please decorate exclusively
this removable surface of the device and
never any of its other areas. Afterwards,
please refasten it to the device.
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on the side of the device must always be
kept clear of obstruction and may never
be blocked!
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found under this easily removable cover.
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Intended use
Use this device exclusively for the
purpose it was designed and built for!
Any other application is not as intended!
This device may only be used for the fol-
lowing purpose(s):
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households
• This smoke alarm device comes with
heat warning functionality. It is how-
ever not a heat detector according to
EN 54-5.
The installation and use of this device in
habitable recreation vehicles (e.g. travel
trailers) has not been tested.
Service life of the device
After 12 years at most, the end of the
service life of the device will have been
reached. Please replace the device.
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