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SMOKE/CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM MODEL FADCQ PLEASE READ and SAVE THIS MANUAL Installer: Please Leave This Manual with the Product 2002 INVENSYS CLIMATE CONTROLS AMERICAS 110-1050 SMOKE/CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM MODEL FADCQ PLEASE READ AND SAVE THIS MANUAL Installer: Please leave this manual with the product The ionization type alarms are generally more effective at detecting fast, flaming fires that consume combustible materials rapidly and spread quickly. Sources of these fires may include paper burning in a waste container or a grease fire in the kitchen. The photoelectric type alarms are generally more effective at detecting slow, smoldering fires that smolder for hours before bursting into flame. Sources of these fires may include cigarettes burning in couches or bedding. CONGRATULATIONS on your purchase of this Firex Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarm. It is an important investment in your family’s safety and a key component of your home protection/security system. Please read this booklet thoroughly. The more familiar you are with the information it contains, the easier you will find it to install, operate, and maintain your smoke and carbon monoxide alarm properly. This ultimately means greater security and peace of mind for you and your family. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Quick Reference Guides . .4 IV. Understanding the LED Indicators . .16 General Information and Features . .4 Smoke/CO Alarm Chart (Light & Horn) .17 Important Safety Information . .6 V. Testing and Maintenance The Dangers of Fire . .7 Testing the Smoke/CO Alarm . .18 The Dangers of CO . .7 Maintenance and Care . .19 Where To Install This Alarm . .8 VI. Troubleshooting the Smoke/CO Alarm 21 II. How To Install This Smoke/CO Alarm . .9 VII. Important Safety Information . .23 1. Battery Power (DC) & DC Interconnect . .9 Fire Safety Tips . .23 2. AC/DC . .10 CO Home Safety Tips . .23 3. AC & AC/DC Interconnect . .12 Symptoms of CO Poisoning . .24 4. Installing as Replacements with Conditions That Can Cause Interconnected Legacy Firex Alarms .12 CO Levels to Change . .25 Limitations of This Smoke/CO Alarm . .25 III. If the Alarm Sounds . .13 Important Information If the Smoke Alarm Sounds . .13 About This Smoke/CO Alarm . .26 If the CO Alarm Sounds . .13 VIII. Agency Recommendations Quick Quiet™ False Alarm Control™ . .14 For Alarm Placement . .28 Quick Quiet™ (CO) . .15 Suggested Alarm Placement . .28 Smart Quiet™ . .15 Smoke Alarm Placement & Exceptions .30 IX. Warranty . .32 The following symbols identify the most important safety messages in this manual. DANGER CAUTION When you see this symbol, be aware that if the When you see this symbol, be aware that if the message is ignored, the hazard WILL result in message is ignored, the hazard CAN or SEVERE bodily injury or death. WILL cause MINOR bodily injury. WARNING When you see this symbol, be aware that if the message is ignored, the hazard CAN cause SEVERE bodily injury or death. 3 I. QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES IMPORTANT: ALL Quick Reference Guides in this manual are designed to introduce you to the basic features, operations, and safety considerations of the 7000 Combination Smoke/CO Alarm. You MUST read this entire manual before installing and using the alarm. General Information and Features About this Alarm • Ramp-up Horn: Protects your hearing when This combination alarm has separate sensors to testing the alarm. Ramp-up horn gives you detect smoke and carbon monoxide (CO). The time to move away from the horn before the smoke alarm has priority over the CO alarm. full alarm horn sequence begins. This alarm can be powered two ways: Battery • Alarm Horn: Separate and distinct horn pat- (DC) only, or 120V AC with a 9-volt battery terns for smoke and CO alarms. Sounds a back-up source. minimum of 85dB at 10 feet. Meets or This alarm can be interconnected in a series of exceeds UL and ULC standards for audible up to 18 compatible devices (maximum of 12 horn. Listed for use in US or Canada. can be Firex smoke alarms and 6 CO alarms or heat detectors). • Three Indicator Lights With Five Communication Colors: Improves safety. Features/Benefits: BLUE/CO ™ ™ : Blue light flashes rapidly when • Quick Quiet False Alarm Control sensor detects elevated CO levels. Horn Helps you evaluate and respond more calmly alarms 4 times, pauses, repeats. to alarm situations by quieting the alarm horn(s) without disrupting protection. RED-YELLOW-ORANGE/SMOKE: Patented Red-Yellow-Orange light flashes • Smart Quiet ™ One feature, two functions. rapidly when sensor detects elevated ™ 1) Smart Quiet Trigger Alarm Locator: smoke levels. Horn alarms three times, Improves safety by identifying areas of pauses, repeats. immediate danger, and helps residents calmly evacuate without the distraction GREEN/AC POWER: Improves safety by of all alarm horn(s) sounding. All but the giving visual indication that 120V AC is trigger alarm(s) will be silenced for up to powering the alarm. Meets UL/ULC agency 10 minutes. compliance regulations for visual AC power 2) Smart Quiet ™ Low Battery Alert: notification. Residents can silence alarm and sleep • Low Battery Warning: (Audible and Visual) without losing protection for up to 8 Increases protection with visual and audible hours, and replace the battery in the alert of low battery before protection is lost. morning. In an interconnected series, helps you quickly identify the unit with low battery. 4 • Latching LED: After the alarm condition is over, helps identify which unit in a linked series triggered an alarm. The Latching LED • 9V Alkaline Battery: Included with the alarm. continues to identify the trigger alarm until it is UL/ULC Listed to provide a minimum of one manually reset by pressing the Smart Button. year battery back-up and battery operation. Can also help you identify a malfunctioning With AC power applied, battery can be alarm in a series. expected to last up to five years. • Dual Ionization Smoke Chamber: • Powerlink Tab: Keeps battery power from Meets or exceeds UL/ULC standards. draining between alarm installation and Generally faster at detecting fast-burning fires. homeowner move-in. • Firex CO Sensor System: Improves safety. • Dust Cover: Protects the sensors from dust, Sensor system reacts to CO most like the dirt, fumes, or other common construction human body. Effectively simulates the gradual contaminants—which can contribute to false poisoning (accumulation) and detoxification of alarms—until the job is complete. COHb in the blood stream. • Shared Bracket and Wire Leads: Lets you • Smart Button: This one button is all you need replace or move alarms around quickly and to test the unit and operate features like Quick easily using the standard Firex smoke Quiet™, Smart Quiet™, and reset the Latching connector and mounting bracket. LED. It automatically activates the proper Interconnect Features/Benefits: response to the alarm condition at the time you press it. • Interconnect: Linking units in a series broad- ens the coverage in a home, and can give resi- • Replacement: This combination Smoke/CO dents extra time to respond to the alert. Alarm can be used as a replacement for all Firex Smoke and CO* alarms without addition- • Smart Interconnect: Saves cost of additional al wiring. Lets you easily upgrade from individ- wiring by allowing smoke and CO alarms to ual smoke or CO alarm to a combination unit. share a single, smart interconnect wire. *(Existing CO alarms may need to be replaced Installations can be done using just three in interconnected systems.) wires: hot, neutral, and interconnect. • Product Family Styling: All Firex alarms have • DC Interconnect: Where allowed by code, a clean, consistent look in the home. lets you interconnect units which operate on battery power only in a cost-effective way. Installation Features/Benefits: Interconnected units can provide earlier • Front Load Battery Compartment: Fast, warning of a dangerous situation. safe and convenient! Change the battery with- out removing the alarm from the mounting bracket. Saves installation time, too. 5 Important Safety Information Required Power Supply General Limitations • This combination smoke-CO alarm requires • This alarm cannot alert every household mem- constant 120V AC power AND/OR a working ber every time if it cannot be heard because of 9-volt battery to operate properly. location, obstructions, ambient noise, condi- tion of residents, etc. It is not intended to alert Recommended Coverage residents who are hard of hearing. • Because smoke in one area may not reach a • ALL alarms have limitations. This combination smoke alarm in another, smoke alarms are smoke-CO alarm is not foolproof and is not recommended in every room and on every warranted to protect lives or property. It is not level of the home. Interconnected alarms can a substitute for insurance. provide better whole-home protection than stand-alone alarms. • Because it is possible for the alarm to fail at any time, you must test the alarm weekly and • CO alarms are recommended near bedrooms replace it every 5 years. and sleeping areas where they can wake sleeping residents. Additional CO alarms are • Smoke alarms can sound an alarm only when recommended 5-20 feet from sources of CO smoke reaches their sensors. Smoke may not like a furnace, water heater, or fireplace. reach the smoke alarm QUICKLY ENOUGH to ensure safe escape. They do not sense heat, Installation/Interconnect flame, or gas. • This combination alarm should be installed • CO Alarms are designed to detect carbon only by a licensed qualified electrician. monoxide gas from any source of combustion Observe and follow all local and national elec- that reach their sensor. They are NOT trical and building codes for installation. designed to detect smoke, fire, or any other • Connect this combination alarm ONLY to type of gas. compatible devices listed in this manual. Compliance IMPORTANT: Please see Chapter VII “Important Safety Information” for detailed • This combination alarm is designed to be used safety considerations and alarm limitations in ordinary indoor locations of single-family before installing or using this alarm.
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