Smoke Alarm Detector
Smoke alarms are made mandatory in NSW homes from May 1 year 2006 and become compulsory by November 1st 2006.
The new requirements are enforced through NSW planning, conveyance and tenancy laws, with all landlords required to install smoke alarms before a property can be legally leased or sold.
Councils will also have the power to inspect houses for the presence of smoke alarms, although the Government has yet to determine what penalties will be imposed on those who fail to install them.
The smoke detectors are designed to respond to a wide spectrum of fires and ease installation. every unit is individually tested and calibrated to ensure high reliability and prevent false alarms.
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WHERE TO INSTALL SMOKE ALARMS
• At first, you need install them in your bedroom and route way, and should install one item in every bedroom at least.
• Stairway is important for you to rush out when fires occur, so there must install smoke detectors.
• You at least require one smoke alarm on every floor, including finished attics and basements.
• Install one alarm beside every electric facility.
• Install smoke alarms in the middle of ceiling, because smog, heat and flashes always lift to the top of rooms
• If some reasons cause you can’t install them in the middle of ceiling, you need to install them at least 10cm away
from the wall.
• If you like to install them on the wall, they should be installed 10-30.5cm away under the ceiling. Diagram 1.
• You need install more than one alarm when the length of your hall exceeds 9m.
• In an oblique roof room, install the alarm 0.9m away from the top. Diagram 2.
• How to install smoke alarms in a removable house. The removable house is short of heat isolation, so you’d better
install the alarm 10-30.5cm away from the ceiling. for safety you need install another one near your bedroom, too.
WHERE NOT TO INSTALL SMOKE ALARMS
• Where combustion particles are produced. Combustion particles form when something burns. Avoid installing in the
areas include poorly ventilated kitchens, garages, and furnace rooms. Keep units at least 6m from the sources of
combustion particles (stove, furnace, water heater, space heater) if possible. Ventilate these areas as much as
possible.
• In air streams near kitchens. Air currents can draw cooking smoke into the sensing chamber of a smoke alarm near
the kitchen.
• In very damp, humid or steamy areas, or directly near bathrooms which showers. Keep units at least 3m away from
showers saunas, dish washers, etc.
• Where the temperatures are regularly below 40 F (4 C) or above 100F(38 C), including unheated buildings, outdoor
rooms, porches, or unfinished attics or basements.
• In very dusty, dirty, or greasy areas. Don’t install a smoke alarm directly over the stove or range. Clean a laundry
room unit frequently to keep it free of dust or lint.
• Near fresh air vents, ceiling fans, or in very drafty areas. Drafts can blow smoke away from the unit preventing it
from reaching the sensing chamber.
• In insect infested areas. Insects can clog openings to the sensing chamber and cause unwanted alarms.
• Less than 305mm away from fluorescent lights. Electrical “noise” can interfere with the sensor.
• In “dead air” space, for example in Diagram 1,near the corner less than 10cm.
• If you have a smoking meeting room, don’t install the alarm there for the unit will alarm when several persons
smoke.
HOW TO INSTALL THIS SMOKE ALARM
Tools you will need:
*Pencil
*Drill with 6.5mm drill bit
*Standard/Flathead screwdriver
*Hammer
• Hold base firmly and push the hinge in then turn anti-clockwise, so release the base down.
• Hold the smoke alarm base against the ceiling (or wall) and make a mark at the center of each of the mounting slots
with a pencil.
• Place the unit where it won’t get covered with dust when you drill the mounting holes.
• Using a 6.5mm drill bit, drill a hole through each pencil mark into 35mm deep.
• Insert the plastic screw anchors into the holes and tap them gently with a hammer. Tighten the 3*30 screws into the
screw anchors, then loosen them two turns.
• Insert the 9V battery into the the box, make sure the red pry is under the battery, so the battery is stable. Diagram 3.
• Ensure to insert battery before you install the alarm, or you will destroy the unit.
• Close the cover with the alarm according to Diagram 4,and then finish your installation.
TEST
It is important to test this unit weekly to make sure it is working properly. Don’t open the alarms by yourself, return
them to the seller if improperly, and don’t use fire to test your alarms.
• Press and hold the test button on the cover of the unit until the alarm sounds. If it does not alarm, make sure that the
unit is receiving power and test it again. If it still does not alarm, replace it immediately or check your battery.
• The signal flashes once 30 seconds and while it alarms the signal will flash once 0.5 second.
• If the alarm makes low “chirp” sounds every about 30seconds,it tells you to exchange your battery.
• Little smoke will not cause alarms, so misinformation occurs only when you blow smoke to the alarms directly or you