Bosch RFSM-A, Installation Manual

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Figure 3.3: Detector to base alignment
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Installation guidelines
Use the following guidelines to choose an appropriate sensor location.
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Do not mount a smoke sensor to a drop ceiling tile; mount it to a metal runner.
– Mount all smoke sensors within 30 m (100 feet) of the wireless receiver.
– Install a minimum of two smoke sensors in any household, no matter how small.
– Put a smoke sensor in every bedroom or in the hallway outside of every bedroom area. A
minimum of two smoke sensors are required in homes with two bedroom areas.
– Put a smoke sensor on every level of a multilevel residence.
– Install basement sensors on the ceiling as close to the center of the room (Figure 3.5) as
possible. If this is not practical, install the sensor on the ceiling no closer than 10 cm (4
inches) from any wall or corner.
Figure 3.4: Detector mounting locations
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If ceiling mounting is not practical, install the sensor on an inside wall between 10 and 15
cm (4 and 6 inches) from the ceiling.
– Put smoke sensors at both ends of a bedroom hallway if the hallway is more than 9 m (30
feet) long. Large rooms that are over 84 square meters (900 square feet) require more
than one sensor.
– Areas with rough ceilings or short, transom-type walls coming down from the ceiling
require additional sensors.
– Install second-floor smoke sensors on the ceiling at the top of the first-to-second floor
stairwell. Be sure no door or other obstruction blocks the path of smoke to the sensor.
– In rooms with sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, install smoke sensors within 0.9 m (3
feet) measured down on the slant from the highest point of the ceiling.
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2013.09 | 02 | F.01U.280.752 Installation Guide Bosch Security Systems, Inc.