Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product CO400 First Alert
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BA TTER Y OPERA TED CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM WITH SILENCE FEA TURE USER’S MANUAL Model CO400 Printed in Mexico M08-0140-004 P 06/07 IMPOR T ANT! PLEASE READ CAREFULL Y AND SA VE. This user’ s manual contains important information about your Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm’ s operation.
INST ALLA TION WHERE TO INST ALL CO ALARMS The National Fir e Pr otection Association (NFP A) r ecommends that a CO Alarm should be centrally located outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. For added protection, install additional CO Alarms in each separate bedr oom, and on every level of your home.
3 INST ALLING THE AA BA TTERIES 1. Flip the battery door down to open. 2. Install both AA batteries (included) inside the battery compartment as indicated. Make sure the “+” and “–” ends of each battery ar e aligned properly . A chirp will be issued.
4 WHA T YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CO WHA T IS CO? CO is an invisible, odorless, tasteless gas produced when fossil fuels do not bur n completely , or are exposed to heat (usually fire). Electrical appliances typically do not pr oduce CO. These fuels include: W ood, coal, charcoal, oil, natural gas, gasoline, kerosene, and propane.
WHA T LEVELS OF CO CAUSE AN ALARM? Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Standar d UL2034 r equires residential CO Alarms to sound when exposed to levels of CO and exposur e times as described below . They are measured in parts per million (ppm) of CO over time (in minutes).
CO Alarm goes back into alarm 4 minutes after you press the T est/Silence button. CO levels indicate a potentially dangerous situation. IF YOU ARE FEELING SYMPTOMS OF CO POISONING, EV ACUA TE your home and call 911 or the Fir e Department. If not, pr ess the T est/Silence button again and keep ventilating your home.
An important point after buying a device First Alert CO400 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought First Alert CO400 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data First Alert CO400 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, First Alert CO400 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get First Alert CO400 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of First Alert CO400, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime First Alert CO400.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with First Alert CO400. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device First Alert CO400 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
