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chimney, in a wall cavity, or if the prevailing

air draughts carry the smoke or heat away.

Installing Smoke Alarms on both sides of closed

doors and installing more than one Alarm as

recommended in this leaflet very significantly

improve the probability of early detection.

• The Smoke Alarms may not be heard.

• A Smoke Alarm may not wake a person who

has taken drugs or alcohol.

• The Alarms may not detect every type of

fire to give sufficient early warning. They

are particularly ineffective with: fires caused

by smoking in bed, escaping gas, violent

explosions, poor storage of flammable rags

and/or liquids, (for example petrol, paint,

spirits etc), overloaded electrical circuits, arson,

children playing with matches.

• Current studies have shown smoke alarms

may not awaken all sleeping individuals, and

that it is the responsibility of individuals in the

household that are capable of assisting others

to provide assistance to those who may not

be awakened by the alarm sound, or to those

who may be incapable of safely evacuating the

area unassisted

Limitations of Heat Alarms

There are various situations where a Heat

Alarm may not be effective:

• Fires where the victim is intimate with a

flaming initiated fire; for example, when a

person's clothes catch fire while cooking.

• Fires where the heat is prevented from

reaching the Heat Alarm due to a closed door

or other obstruction.

• Incendiary fires where the fire grows so

rapidly that an occupant's egress is blocked

even with properly located Heat Alarms

5. Getting Your Alarm Serviced

If your Alarm fails to work after you have

read the sections on "Installation", "Testing,

Maintenance and Power Supply Monitoring",

then contact Customer Assistance at the nearest

address given at the end of this leaflet. If it needs

to be returned for repair or replacement put it

in a padded box with the battery disconnected.

Send it to "Customer Assistance" at the nearest

address given on the Alarm or in this leaflet. State

the nature of the fault, where the Alarm was

purchased and the date of purchase.

6. Installation

Installation Procedure

1. Select a location complying with the advice

in Section 2.

2. Lift off the mounting plate from the Smoke

Alarm.

3. Place the mounting plate on the ceiling

exactly where you want to mount the Alarm.

With a pencil, mark the location of the two

screw holes.

4. Taking care to avoid any electrical wiring in the

ceiling, drill holes using a 5.0mm drill bit through

the centre of the marked locations. Push the

plastic screw anchors provided into the drilled

holes. Screw the mounting plate to the ceiling.

5. Insert the battery or batteries as per the

Quick Start Guide, ensuring the orientation

is correct. If the battery is already installed in

your Alarm just pull the battery tab to power

the Alarm.

Figure 5

ROTATE UNIT ANTI-CLOCKWISE

UNIT WILL NOT TWIST OFF - IT MAY BE

TAMPERPROOFED - SEE FIGURE 8

6. Carefully line up the Alarm on to the

mounting plate, gentle press home and twist

clockwise.

Install all the other Alarms similarly.

7. Press the Test button on each Alarm to ensure

that the Alarm works (see Figure 6).

Figure 6

Smoke Alarm

Tamperproofing the Alarm

The Alarm can be made tamperproof to prevent

unauthorised removal of the Alarm.

Break off the small pillar on the base as shown

in Figure 7a. To remove the Alarm from

the ceiling it is now necessary to use a small

screwdriver, to release the catch (push catch

towards the ceiling) and then twist off the