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Actions to Take When Alarm Sounding
In case of harmful levels of CO gas being detected, your detector will go into a continuous full alarm. Try to take the
following necessary actions immediately:
• If there is anyone experiencing the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning such as headache, dizziness, nausea
or other flu-like symptoms, call your fire department or emergency service department right away. You
should evacuate all the people in the premises immediately. Do a head count to check that everybody is
present.
• Do not re-enter the premises until the problem has been corrected and the CO gas has been dispersed out
and a safe level is reached.
• If no symptoms exist, immediately ventilate the home by opening windows and doors. Turn off fuel burning
appliances and call a qualified technician or your utility company to inspect and repair your problem before
restarting appliances.
•
WARNING
Normally an activation of the detector indicates the presence of CO gas. However, the CO
gas can be extremely fatal, if it is not detected. The source of the CO gas may come from
several possible situations, please refer to the list of sources of carbon monoxide in the
beginning of this section.
CAUTION
This detector will only indicate the presence of CO gas at the detector. However, you have
to be aware that the CO gas may be present in other areas in the premises.
Actions to Take After The Problem is Corrected
Once the problem of the CO gas presence in the premises has been corrected, the detector alarm should be off. After
waiting for 10 minutes, push the Test button to test the detector, and by that, being confident that the detector is working
properly again.
Technical Information
The Carbon Monoxide Detector is engineered to be able to provide alarm sounds based on the UL standards due to
various exposure times at different level of carbon monoxide concentrations.
According to the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. the carbon monoxide concentrations and exposure time standards for the
alarms have been established and specified below:
A full alarm is activated under the following conditions:
• Between 60 and 90 minutes at exposures of 70 ppm
• Between 10 and 30 minutes at exposures of 150 ppm
• Between 4 and 10 minutes at exposures of 400 ppm
WARNING AND LIMITATION
This detector may not alarm at low carbon monoxide levels. The Occupational Safety and
Health Association (OSHA) has established that continuous exposure levels of 30 ppm
should not be exceeded in an 8 hours period. Individuals with a medical problem may
consider more sensitive detection devices.
The CO gas detector is not suitable as a smoke or fire detector. This detector is not suitable
to install in a hazardous location, as defined in the National Electrical Code.
This detector will not work without power. EL's Carbon Monoxide Detector will not work if
the batteries are removed for any reason. Additionally, carbon monoxide must reach the
detector for the proper performance of CO gas detection.
Carbon monoxide detectors may wear out because they contain electronic parts that fail at
any time (see the section "Testing Your Detector").