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Excessively noisy power may cause damage to your Alarm. 2 FOLLOW THESE INSTALLATION STEPS The basic installation of this Smoke Alarm is similar whether you want 9. For new construction, place supplied dust cover over Alarm to prevent to install one Smoke Alarm, or interconnect more than one Smoke Alarm. damage from dust and construction debris. When construction is com- If you are interconnecting more than one Smoke Alarm, you MUST read plete, remove cover. “Special Requirements For Interconnected Smoke Alarms” below before you begin installation. Smoke will not be able to reach smoke sensor while cover is in place. Cover must be removed! ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD. Turn off power to the area where you will install this unit at the circuit breaker or fuse box before beginning installation. Failure to turn off the power before installation may result SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERCONNECTED SMOKE ALARMS in serious electrical shock, injury or death. 1. Using wire nuts, connect the power connector to the household wiring. • Failure to meet any of the above requirements could damage the units and cause them to malfunction, removing your protection. Improper wiring of the power connector or the wiring leading to the • AC and AC/DC Smoke Alarms can be interconnected. Under AC power connector will cause damage to the Alarm and may lead to a power, all units will alarm when one senses smoke. When power is non-functioning Alarm. interrupted, only the AC/DC units in the series will continue to send and receive signals. AC powered Smoke Alarms will not operate. STAND-ALONE ALARM ONLY: Interconnected units can provide earlier warning of fire than stand-alone units, • Connect the white wire on the power connector to the neutral wire especially if a fire starts in a remote area of the dwelling. If any unit in the in the junction box. series senses smoke, all units will alarm. To determine which Smoke Alarm initiated an alarm, see table: • Connect the black wire on the power connector to the hot wire in the junction box. During an Alarm: • Tuck the orange wire inside the junction box. It is used for interconnect only. On Initiating Alarm(s) Red LED(s) flashes (flash) rapidly On All Other Alarms Red LED is Off INTERCONNECTED UNITS ONLY: Strip off about 1/2” (12 mm) of the plastic coating on the orange After an Alarm (Latching): wire on the power connector. On Initiating Alarm(s) Green LED(s) On for 2 seconds/Off for 2 seconds • Connect the white wire on the power connector to the neutral wire in the junction box. On All Other Alarms Green LED(s) On, Red LED(s) is Off • Connect the black wire on the power connector to the hot wire in the junction box. Compatible Interconnected Units • Connect the orange wire on the power connector to the interconnect wire in the junction box. Repeat for each unit you are interconnecting. Never connect the hot or neutral wires in the junction box to the orange Interconnect units within a single family residence only. Otherwise all house- interconnect wire. Never cross hot and neutral wires between Alarms. holds will experience unwanted alarms when you test any unit in the series. Interconnected units will only work if they are wired to compatible units and all requirements are met. This unit is designed to be compatible with: 2. Remove the mounting bracket from the base, and attach it to the First Alert® Smoke Alarm Models SA4120, SA4121B, SA100B and BRK junction box. Electronics® Smoke Alarm Models 9120, 9120B, SC6120B, SC9120B, 7010, 7010B, 100S, 4120, 4120B, 4120SB, RM3 (Relay Module); BRK Electronics® 3. Plug the power connector into the back of the Smoke Alarm. CO Alarm Models CO5120BN, CO5120PDBN; BRK Electronics® Heat Alarm 4. Position the base of the Smoke Alarm over the mounting bracket and Models HD6135F and HD6135FB. turn. The Alarm will remain secure over a wide rotation range to allow for perfect alignment. When wall mounting, this will allow fine-tuning on the Interconnected units must meet ALL of the following requirements: positioning to compensate for misaligned wall studs and to keep the • A maximum of 18 compatible units may be interconnected wording level. The Alarm can be positioned over the bracket every 120°. (Maximum of 12 Smoke Alarms). Rotate the Alarm until aligned properly. • The same fuse or circuit breaker must power all interconnected units. 5. Check all connections. • The total length of wire interconnecting the units should be less than 1000 feet (300 meters). This type of wire is commonly available at Hardware and Electrical Supply stores. STAND-ALONE ALARM ONLY: • If you are only installing one Smoke Alarm, restore power to the junction box. • All wiring must conform to all local electrical codes and NFPA 70 (NEC). Refer to NFPA 72, NFPA 101, and/or your local building code for further connection requirements. INTERCONNECTED UNITS ONLY: • If you are interconnecting multiple Smoke Alarms, repeat steps 1-5 for each Smoke Alarm in the series. When you are finished...
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