Page 2 - Figure 1a
1. READ THIS FIRST A Smoke Alarm is an early warning device. Used correctly itcan give you and your family valuable extra time to escape. ¥ Models Ei405 & Ei405C - connect battery snaps firmly (see fig 1b). Press the test button and horn should sound. ¥ Models Ei405C, Ei405TY & Ei405TYC - sl...
Page 3 - (Program units if nearby systems are like-
3 ¥ If the Alarm beeps without the red light flashing at the same time then clean unit as this is the automatic test fea-ture indicating the chamber is degraded. ¥ Plan your escape route. ¥ Proper protection usually requires more than one Smoke Alarm. ¥ If you have any doubt or query about Smoke Ala...
Page 4 - LOCATING YOUR SMOKE ALARM; single; Smoke Alarm will give some protection; require; two or; Single Storey Dwelling.
4 excellent, particularly at night, as it rapidly identifies wherethe fire is located. This is ideal for larger systems as the dis-turbance in the house can be kept to a minimum e.g. no needto enter all the bedrooms to check to see if the red light isflashing rapidly. 3. LOCATING YOUR SMOKE ALARM Su...
Page 5 - Figure 2; : Single storey dwelling; Multi Storey Dwellings; : Multi Storey Dwelling
Figure 2 : Single storey dwelling Figure 3: Single storey dwelling with separate sleeping areas. In houses with more than one sleeping area, Smoke Alarmsshould be placed between each sleeping area and the livingarea (for example, see figure 3). 3.2 Multi Storey Dwellings If your home has more than o...
Page 6 - POSITIONING YOUR SMOKE ALARM; Wall Mounting; Figure 5
6 3.3 Recommended Protection For recommended protection you should put individualSmoke Alarms in all the rooms where fire is most likely tobreak out (apart from the locations to avoid, mentionedbelow). The living room is the most likely place for a fire tostart at night, followed by the kitchen and ...
Page 8 - INSTALLING YOUR SMOKE ALARMS; Select a location complying with the above advice.; LOOKING AFTER YOUR SMOKE ALARMS; Manually Testing your Smoke Alarm; Figure 7
8 If there are frequent nuisance/false alarms it may be neces-sary to re-locate the device away from the source of thefumes. If you installed the smoke alarms as received and did not pro-gram them, you may be receiving an alarm signal from aneighbouring system. This can be easy rectified by housecod...
Page 11 - house coding; your Smoke Alarms you must also
11 Clear the serial numbers learned by: - disconnecting the battery - waiting 10 seconds- holding the test button down while re-connecting the batterysnaps to the Ei405 & Ei405C only. With the Ei405TY &Ei405TYC models hold the test button down while sliding it onto the mounting plate.Then pu...
Page 13 - without; the red; Dust & Insect Contamination; The entire Smoke Alarm must be replaced if:-
13 6.8 Automatic Self-Test The smoke chamber automatically tests itself every 40 sec-onds. If the chamber is degraded it will beep without the red light flashing at the same time. If this happens clean the unit.If the beeping persists and the beep does not coincide with anred light flash, return the...
Page 14 - Do not put the Smoke Alarm; HARDWIRE INTERCONNECTION; Figure 9
14 (ii) Low Battery beeps (Model Ei 405TY & Ei405TYC only)The unit is giving a short beep every 40 seconds and the redlight flashes at the same time for longer than 1 hour. (If theunit beeps without the red light flashing at the same time see Cleaning your Smoke Alarm above). (iii) The unit fail...
Page 15 - Lift the wiring cover on the mounting plate as shown in fig 9.; IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS; ¥ Please read all instructions.
15 A maximum of 250 metres (820ft) of signal cable can be used,(maximum resistance between detectors 50 ohm). The unitsare interconnected by wiring all the terminals marked 1together, and all the terminals marked 2 together (as in fig 8)before screwing the mounting plate to ceiling. Draughts,through...
Page 16 - Limitations of Smoke Alarms
16 ¥ Constant exposure to high or freezing temperatures, high humidity or a high level of nuisance alarms may reduce thelife of the battery. ¥ Nuisance alarms can be quickly silenced by fanning vigor- ously with a newspaper or similar to remove the smoke orpress the test / hush button. ¥ Do not atte...
Page 17 - PLANNING YOUR ESCAPE ROUTE FOR; NEVER
17 ¥ Smoke Alarms may not detect every type of fire to give suf- ficient early warning. They are particularly ineffective with:fires caused by smoking in bed, escaping gas, violentexplosions. poor storage of flammable rags and/or liquids,(for example petrol, paint, spirits etc), overloaded electrica...
Page 18 - FIRE SAFETY HINTS; Discard oily or flammable rags.; OPTICAL OR IONISATION ?; dual; tection install each type.
18 8.2 FIRE SAFETY HINTS Store petrol and other flammable materials in proper contain-ers. Discard oily or flammable rags. Always use a metal fireplace screen and have chimneyscleaned regularly. Replace worn or damaged sockets, switches, home wiringand cracked or frayed electrical cords and plugs. D...
Page 19 - If your home has more than one floor, at least one alarm; GETTING YOUR SMOKE ALARM SERVICED; AICO; Mile End Business Park,
19 The Home Office states (in FB2): If your home has more than one floor, at least one alarm should be fitted on each level. In this case, a combination ofOptical and Ionisation alarms, preferably interconnected, willgive the best protection. 11. GETTING YOUR SMOKE ALARM SERVICED If your Smoke Alarm...
Page 20 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
20 13. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Battery: Replaceable 9 Volt Alkaline Duracell (Ei405 & 405C only) MN1604, Energizer 522 or Eveready 522. Battery Life: Battery can power unit in standby for over (Ei405 & 405C only) a year. Battery: Built-in Lithium Battery. (Ei405TY &Ei405TYC only) Battery...
Page 21 - RF RECEPTION; It silences its horn for ten minutes
21 RF RECEPTION External Alarm RF Signal: Turns on horn without red light flashinguntil it fails to receive alarm confirmationfor 11 seconds. Stops horn within 3 sec-onds, on receipt of an "Alarm "Cancel" sig-nal (from any unit). Receiver remains on"continuously" for 11 seconds t...
Page 22 - connected with 2 core cable to
22 The blue light will turn on as the button ispressed. Program Mode: Number of fast flashes every 5 secondsindicates number of units (includingremote keyfob, Ei410, if used) in system Clearing HouseCodes: The serial numbers memorised, can bedeleted (i.e. the smoke alarms can beuncoded) by powering ...