517FH Series 135°F Fixed Temperature Heat Detector AC Powered, 120V 60 Hz with Battery Backup

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INTRODUCTION (f) Be sure each member of the family is familiar with the smoke alarm so they can react properly. The 517FH Heat Detector is for use as an evacuation device in If the alarm should sound: residential applications. Each alarm has a solid state piezo that 1. Never waste time dressing or gathering valuables. Follow the emits a temporal 3 signal to warn and alert the household to the escape route and leave the house immediately. presence of threatening heat. 2. Check bedroom doors before opening. If the door is hot or Your alarm is designed to detect heat that results from an ac- smoke is leaking in around the edges—DO NOT OPEN—use tual fire. Heat detectors are intended for use as supplements to the alternate escape route. smoke alarms. This unit cannot detect smoke or other toxic gases, 3. If there is smoke in the escape route—keep close to the floor therefore, do not rely solely on this heat detector to provide a warn- and take short breaths. If possible, cover your nose and mouth ing of a fire. with a wet cloth. NOTE: In the event AC Power fails, a 9v battery will provide proper 4. Do not use your own telephone—call the Fire Department from alarm operation for a minimum of a 24-hour period. your neighbor’s house. HOW TO TELL IF YOUR HEAT DETEC- 5. Once out, do not re-enter your house, but proceed to your prearranged meeting place. TOR IS WORKING PROPERLY • Your detector is provided with an alarm horn and pulsating Light WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO TO MAKE Emitting (indicator) Diode, which pulses every 30 seconds, and YOUR FAMILY SAFE FROM FIRES a green AC power on LED. Putting up heat detectors and smoke alarms is just the first step • If the battery is low, a chirp will be emitted when the red LED in protecting your family from fires. You also must reduce the flashes. If the alarm is malfunctioning, or if the battery is miss- chances that fires will start in your home and increase your chances ing, the chirp is sounded without the red LED flashing. If AC of safely escaping if one does start. To have an effective fire safety power fails, the green LED will turn off. program: • To test your heat detector, direct a hair dryer at the sensor ele- a. Install smoke alarms and heat detectors properly follow- ment (silver disk) at a 4-6” distance. Alternatively, a cordless ing the instructions in the product’s manual. Keep your soldering iron may be applied to sensor element. The unit will alarms clean. Test your alarm monthly and repair or re- return to normal standby mode once the disk cools down. A place it when it no longer functions. As with any electronic cold damp rag or sponge may used to quickly cool the sensor. product, alarms have a limited life, and alarms that don’t work NOTE: Tandem Interconnect Models. cannot protect you. • When testing one alarm, the alarm that is activated will flash the b. Follow safety rules and prevent hazardous situations: red indicator light and sound its alarm horn. All other units will • Use smoking materials properly; never smoke in bed. sound the alarm horn with their red indicator lights remaining • Keep matches and cigarette lighters away from children. off. The relays will also activate on all units in tandem on mod- • Store flammable materials in proper containers and never use els equipped with the relay option. them near open flames or sparks. • Keep electrical appliances and cords in good working order FIRE PROTECTION PLAN and do not overload electrical circuits. Please note that there are hazards against which heat detection • Keep stoves, fireplaces, chimneys, and barbecue grills grease- may not be effective, such as smoking in bed, explosions, when a free and make sure they are properly installed away from com- closed door separates the alarm from the source of the fire, etc. bustible materials. The ultimate responsibility for fire protection rests solely on you. • Keep portable heaters and open flames such as candles away 1. To minimize fire hazards—avoid improper storage of flammable from combustible materials. liquids and don’t leave small children home alone. • Do not allow rubbish to accumulate. 2. Bedroom doors should be closed while sleeping if a smoke c. Develop a family escape plan and practice it with your alarm is installed in the bedroom. They act as a barrier against entire family, especially small children. heat and smoke. • Draw a floor plan of your home and find two ways to exit from 3. Establish an escape plan: each room. There should be one way to get out of each bed- (a) Post a detailed floor plan depicting the chosen escape room without opening the door. routes. • Teach children what the smoke alarm or heat detection signal (b) Each bedroom should have at least two escape routes. means, and that they must be prepared to leave the residence (c) Make sure your children know what to do in case of fire by themselves if necessary. Show them how to check to see and teach them to follow the escape plan you have posted. if doors are hot before opening them, how to stay close to the (d) Agree on an outside meeting place. floor and crawl if necessary, and how to use the alternate exit (e) Conduct fire drills at least twice a year. if the door is hot and should not be opened.

CHESHIRE, CT 203-699-3300 FAX 203-699-3365 P/N 550-0175-000 © 1999 • Decide on a meeting place a safe distance from your house Heat detectors may not sense fire that starts where heat and make sure that all your children understand that they cannot reach the alarms such as in chimneys, in walls, on roofs, should go and wait for you if there is a fire. or on the other side of closed doors. Smoke alarms should also • Hold fire drills at least every 6 months to make sure that ev- be placed in each bedroom as well as in the common hallway eryone, even small children, knows what to do to escape safely. between them. • Know where to go to call the fire department from outside Heat detectors also may not sense a fire on another level your residence. of a residence or building. For example, a second-floor alarm • Provide emergency equipment such as fire extinguishers and may not sense a first-floor or basement fire. Therefore, alarms teach your family to use this equipment properly. should be placed on every level of a residence or building. The horn in your alarm meets or exceeds current audibility re- WHAT TO DO IF THERE IS A FIRE quirements of Underwriters Laboratories. However, if the alarm IN YOUR HOME is located outside a bedroom, it may not wake up a sound sleeper, especially if the bedroom door is closed or only partly If you have prepared family escape plans and practiced them open. If the alarm is located on a different level of the residence with your family, you have increased their chances of escaping than the bedroom, it is even less likely to wake up people sleeping safely. Review the following rules with your children when you in the bedroom. In such cases, the National Fire Protection Asso- have fire drills so everyone will remember them in a real fire emer- ciation recommends that the alarms be interconnected so that an gency: alarm on any level of the residence will sound an alarm loud enough a. Don’t panic; stay calm. Your safe escape may depend on to awaken sleepers in closed bedrooms. This can be done by thinking clearly and remembering what you have practiced. installing a fire-detection system, by connecting alarms together, b. Get out of the house following a planned escape route as or by using radio frequency transmitters and receivers. quickly as possible. Do not stop to collect anything or to get All types of smoke alarm and heat detector sensors have dressed. limitations. No type of smoke alarm and heat detector can c. Open doors carefully only after feeling to see if they are hot. sense every kind of fire every time. In general, alarms may Do not open a door if it is hot; use an alternate escape route. not always warn you about fires caused by violent explosions, d. Stay close to the floor; smoke and hot gases rise. escaping gas, improper storage of flammable materials, or e. Cover your nose and mouth with a cloth, wet if possible, and arson. take short, shallow breaths. NOTE: This detector is not designed to replace special-pur- f. Keep doors and windows closed unless you open them to es- pose fire detection and alarm systems necessary to protect per- cape. sons and property in non-residential buildings such as warehouses, g. Meet at your prearranged meeting place after leaving the house. or other large industrial or commercial buildings. It alone is not a h. Call the Fire Department as soon as possible from outside suitable substitute for complete fire-detection systems designed your house. Give the address and your name. to protect individuals in hotels and motels, dormitories, hospitals, i. Never re-enter a burning building. or other health and supervisory care and old age institutions. Contact your local Fire Department for more information on Please refer to NFPA 101,The Life Safety Code, and NFPA 72 for making your home safer from fires and about preparing your smoke alarm requirements for fire protection in buildings not de- family’s escape plans. fined as “households.” Installing smoke alarms and heat detectors may make you eli- WHAT THIS HEAT DETECTOR gible for lower insurance rates, but smoke alarms and heat de- CAN DO tectors are not a substitute for insurance. Homeowners and This alarm is designed to sense heat produced by a fire. IT renters should continue to insure their lives and property. WILL NOT SENSE SMOKE OR OTHER TOXIC GASES. When properly located, installed, and maintained, this heat de- HEAT DETECTION tector is designed to provide warning of developing fires at a rea- General. - While Chapter 2 of NFPA 72 does not require heat sonable cost. This alarm monitors the air and, when it senses detectors as part of the basic protection scheme, it is recommended heat, activates its built-in alarm horn. NOTE: This heat detector that the householder consider the use of additional heat detectors is designed for use within single residential living units only; that for the same reasons presented in the next section. The addi- is, it should be used inside a single-family home or one apartment tional areas lending themselves to protection with heat detectors of a multi-family building. In a multi-family building, the alarm are the kitchen, dining room, attic (finished or unfinished), fur- may not provide early warning for residents if it is placed outside nace room, utility room, basement and integral or attached ga- of the residential units, such as on outside porches, in corridors, rage. For bedrooms, the installation of a smoke alarm is recom- lobbies, basements, or in other apartments. In multi-family build- mended over the installation of a heat detector for protection of ings, each residential unit should have alarms to alert the resi- the occupants from fires in their bedrooms. dents of that unit. Alarms designed to be interconnected should Heat Detector Mounting – Dead Air Space. Heat from a fire be interconnected within one family residence only; otherwise, rises to the ceiling, spreads out across the ceiling surface, and nuisance alarms will occur when an alarm in another living unit is begins to bank down from the ceiling. The corner where the ceil- tested. ing and the wall meet is an air space into which heat has difficulty penetrating. In most fires, this dead air space measures about 4 IMPORTANT NOTE: WHAT HEAT DE- in. (0.1 m) down the wall as shown in Fig. 5. Heat detectors should not be placed in this dead air space. TECTORS CANNOT DO The placement of the detector is critical where maximum speed Heat Detectors will not work without power. A battery must of fire detection is desired. Thus, a logical location for a detector be connected to the alarm to maintain proper alarm operation if is the center of the ceiling. At this location, the detector is closest AC power supply is cut off by an electrical fire, an open fuse or to all areas of the room. circuit breaker, or for any other reason. In the event of AC power If the detector cannot be located in the center of the ceiling, an failure, the battery will supply power for a minimum of 24 hours. off-center location on the ceiling may be permitted to be used. The next logical location for mounting detectors is on the In family living units with more than one bedroom area or with sidewall. Any detector mounted on the sidewall should be located bedrooms on more than one floor, more than one smoke alarm as near as possible to the ceiling. A detector mounted on the will be needed, as shown in Figure 3. sidewall should have the top of the detector between 4 in. and 12 In addition to smoke alarms outside of the sleeping areas, Chap- in. (0.1 m and 0.3 m) from the ceiling. ter 2 of NFPA 72 requires the installation of a smoke alarm on The Spacing of Detectors. Where a room is too large for pro- each additional story of the family living unit, including the base- tection by a single detector (50ft. spacing), several detectors should ment. These installations are shown in Figure 4. The living area be used. It is important that they be properly located so all parts smoke alarms should be installed in the living room or near the of the room are covered. stairway to the upper level, or in both locations. The basement Where the Distance Between Detectors Should Be Further Re- smoke alarm should be installed in close proximity to the stairway duced. The distance between detectors is based on data obtained leading to the floor above. When installed on an open joisted from the spread of heat across a smooth ceiling. Where the ceil- ceiling, the alarm should be placed on the bottom of the joists. ing is not smooth, the placement of the detector should be tai- The alarm should be positioned relative to the stairway so as to lored to the situation. intercept smoke coming from a fire in the basement before the For instance, with open wood joists, heat travels freely down smoke enters the stairway. the joist channels so that the maximum distance between detec- tors, 50 ft. (15 m), may be permitted to be used. However, heat has trouble spreading across the joists, so the distance in this direction should be ½ the distance allowed between detectors, as shown in fig. 1, and the distance to the wall is reduced to 12 ½ ft. (3.8 m). Since ½ x 50 ft. (15 m) is 25 ft. (7.6 m), the distance between detectors across open wood joists should not exceed 25 ft. (7.6 m), as shown in fig. 1, and the distance to the wall is reduced [ ½ x 25 ft. (7.6 m)] to 12.5 ft. (3.8 m). The detectors are required to be mounted on the bottom of the joists and not up in joist channels. Walls, partitions, doorways, ceiling beams and open joists in- Figure 2: A SMOKE ALARM SHOULD BE LOCATED BETWEEN terrupt the normal flow of heat, thus creating new areas to be THE SLEEPING AREA AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY LIVING protected. UNIT. Where to Locate the Required Smoke Alarms in New Con- struction. All of the smoke alarms specified for existing construc- tion are required, and, in addition, a smoke alarm is required in each bedroom. Are More Smoke Detectors Desirable? The required number of smoke alarms may not provide reliable early warning protec- tion for those areas separated by a door from the areas protected by the required smoke alarms. For this reason, it is recommended that the householder consider the use of additional smoke alarms for those areas for increased protection. The additional areas include: basement, bedrooms, dining room, furnace room, utility room and hallways not protected by the required smoke alarms. The installation of smoke alarms in kitchens, attics (finished or unfinished), or garages is not normally recommended, as these locations occasionally experience conditions that can result in improper operation. Fig. 1 PLACEMENT OF SMOKE ALARMS For your information, the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard 72, reads as follows: “2-2.1.1.1 Smoke detectors shall be installed outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms and on each additional story of the family living unit including base- ments and excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics. In new construction, a smoke detector shall be installed in each sleeping Figure 3: IN FAMILY LIVING UNITS WITH MORE THAN ONE room.” SLEEPING AREA, A SMOKE ALARM SHOULD BE PROVIDED Where to Locate the Required Smoke Detectors in Existing Con- TO PROTECT EACH SLEEPING AREA IN ADDITION TO struction. The major threat from fire in a family living unit is at ALARMS REQUIRED IN BEDROOMS. night when everyone is asleep. The principal threat to persons in sleeping areas comes from fires in the remainder of the unit; there- fore, a smoke alarm(s) is best located between the bedroom ar- eas and the rest of the unit. In units with only one bedroom area on one floor, the smoke alarms should be located as shown in Figure 2. The placement of the detector is critical if maximum speed of fire detection is desired. Thus, a logical location for a detector is the center of the ceiling. At this location, the detector is closest to all areas of the room. LOCATIONS TO AVOID Placing detectors where they will not operate properly causes nuisance alarms. To avoid nuisance alarms, do not place heat detectors: • Where temperatures are regularly below 0oF (-31oC) or above 110oF (43oC). • In air streams passing by kitchens. It is possible normal air currents can draw cooking heat into the sensor of a unit near the kitchen. If you experience frequent unwanted alarms from a unit near your kitchen, try relocating it. Do not install your heat de- Figure 4: A SMOKE ALARM SHOULD BE LOCATED ON EACH tector over a stove or a range. STORY. • In dead air spaces at the top of a peaked roof or in the cor- ners between ceilings and walls. Dead air may prevent heat IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION from reaching a detector. See Figures 1 and 5 for recommended We recommend replacing your alarm(s) every ten (10) years; mounting locations. why: • Near fluorescent light fixtures. Electrical “noise” from nearby • Dust, dirt, and other environmental contaminants can affect your fluorescent light fixtures may cause a nuisance alarm. Install alarm over a prolonged period. alarms at least 5 feet (1.5 meters) away from such light fix- • Fast changing industry consensus standards and codes on all tures. alarms make it advisable to periodically upgrade your alarm to WARNING: Never disconnect an AC alarm to silence a nuisance maximize life safety. alarm. Use a cold damp rag or sponge and apply to the heat • Assurance that your smoke alarm and/or heat detector needs sensor (silver disk) on the face of the unit. The detector will are kept abreast with the constantly improving electronic tech- automatically turn off when the temperature of the sensor falls nology. below 135oF. Do not unnecessarily stand close to the alarm. The • Smoke alarms and heat detectors are recognized as one of the sound produced by the alarm is loud because it is designed to lowest cost ways to protect dwelling inhabitants against the dan- awaken you in an emergency. Prolonged exposure to the horn at ger of fire(s). It makes good common sense to periodically re- a close distance may be harmful to your hearing. place and update your smoke alarm and/or heat detector that contributes so much to life safety. INSTALLATION CAUTION: New Construction: DO NOT attach alarm head until MOUNTING LOCATION AFTER sanding, painting, and other dust creating situations are This heat detector can be mounted on a ceiling or wall with finished and cleaned up. equal efficiency in either location. • Ceiling location—alarm should be mounted as close as pos- WIRING/GENERAL sible to the center of a hallway or room. If this is not possible, 1. Use U.L. Listed cable with Class1 insulation. the edge of the alarm should be at least 4 inches from any wall. 2. Observe local code requirements. Use box connector to an- • Wall location—locate the top of the alarm at least 4 inches and chor cable to outlet box. not more than 12 inches from the ceiling. 3. Metal outlet boxes must be grounded to earth ground. 4. Use only Duracell MN 1604 battery or Eveready 522 battery with the 517FH detector. CAUTION: Turn off electricity to prevent SHOCK and damage to alarm. Be sure the power line to the alarm is not controlled by any on/off switch, or other type of switch, other than a fuse or circuit breaker. IMPORTANT: Insure that all fluorescent lighting fixtures are prop- erly grounded. WARNING: Alarm installation must conform to the electrical codes in your area and to Article 760 of the U.S. National Electri- cal Code. Wire installation should be performed only by a licensed electrician. MOUNTING OUTLET BOX Use a 2” x 3” switch box or a 4” square or octagon junction box. Mount a box for each alarm. If wall mounting is desired, be sure Figure 5: RECOMMENDED HEAT DETECTOR MOUNTING LO- the box screws are oriented to upper right and lower left corners. CATIONS Be sure to use supplied Mounting Plate. WIRING ONE DETECTOR 1. Run a minimum of 16 gauge, 2-conductor cable, plus ground (3 wires) to the alarm junction box from a power supply. Use UL Listed Class 1 wire. 2. Make wire connections to the supplied plug-in connector as follows: black to black, white to white, and connect the ground wire to the metal outlet box.

1. Run a minimum of 16 gauge, 3-conductor cable, plus ground (4 wires) to the first alarm junction box from a power supply NOTE/RED-YELLOW WIRE: The red-yellow wire from the alarm and between all alarms that are to be connected together. Use is for tandem connection only. DO NOT USE, AND DO NOT UL Listed Class 1 wire. REMOVE INSULATION CAP UNLESS CONNECTING ANOTHER 2. Make wire connections to the supplied plug-in connector as ALARM. follows: black to black, white to white, 3rd conductor to the red/yellow wire. The red/yellow wire should be stripped to make the connection. Connect ground wire between metal outlet boxes. NOTES ON TANDEM INTERCONNECTING MODELS • DO NOT connect Edwards Smoke Alarms or Heat Detectors to other manufacturers’ smoke alarms. • No more than (12) Edwards models 517TB, 517THB, 517T or 518TH may be connected in tandem with (6) models 517FH. • No more than (6) Edwards models 517TCS or 517TCSB may be connected in tandem. If a 517FH is interconnected, a maxi- mum of (5) 517TCS or 517TCSB and (3) 517FH units may be WIRING TWO OR MORE DETECTORS interconnected. Tandem Installation • All units connected in tandem MUST get their power from the CAUTION: All alarms in a tandem installation must be con- same circuit, that is, all smoke alarms in tandem must be con- trolled by the same fuse or circuit breaker. Otherwise tandem trolled by the same fuse or circuit breaker. units will not operate. Tandem will operate in the event of AC • After installation to verify proper working conditions all horns power failure if battery is connected to the alarm. must sound in this system. LIMITATIONS: A maximum of (12) smoke alarms (517TB or IMPORTANT WARNING: 517T) may be connected together. A total or (18) heat and smoke Failure to observe any of the conditions set forth may cause detectors may be connected together. Do not exceed 125 feet system malfunction and damage to the alarm. between each alarm. Do not exceed 1125 feet between first and BATTERY INSTALLATION last alarm. 1. Remove alarm from mounting plate by turning counter-clock- NOTE: A maximum of five (5) alarms of either model 517TCB wise. or 517TC with the relay options or 517TCS or 517TCSB may be 2. Remove AC power connector and unsnap power leads from tandem interconnected with up to (3) heat detectors. the top of the old battery. Snap new battery onto snaps and Wire used for interconnecting shall be in accordance with the reinsert battery through hole in the back of the alarm. WARN- latest editions of article 760 of the National Electrical Code (NFPA ING: Units with battery back-up will not provide power or trans- 70) and must not exceed a resistance of 10 ohms. mit an alarm to AC only units in the event of an AC power failure. All battery back-up units in tandem with good batter- ies will operate normally during an AC power failure. MOUNTING: PLATE & ALARM 1. Lace the connector through the provided mounting plate and secure the plate to the junction box. 2. Plug the wire connector into the alarm base.

TESTING Use a hair dryer and direct hot air towards the silver disk on the face of the detector or use a portable soldering iron and place it against the heat sensor. Testing should be conducted semian- nually. 3. Place the alarm up to the mounting plate, rotating it clockwise WARNING: Never use an open flame of any kind to test your until alarm firmly snap locks into place. Keep the alarm paral- detector. You may ignite and damage the detector as well as lel to the mounting plate so upper and lower tabs on the plate your home seat correctly into the alarm.

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