How to Install Your Alarm
Direct Plug Alarm
To install:
1. Choose a standard
120 V unswitched
outlet to plug the
alarm into.
2. Write the date ten years from installation on the Replace by sticker on
the CO alarm.
3. If desired, activate the Power-Disconnection Alert Switch by moving
the Power-Disconnection Alert Peg away from the Tamper Resist
Activation Switch. The tamper resist feature signals a loud 85dB alarm
should the unit become unplugged or loose from the outlet. (See
Power-Disconnection Alert details in the Product Features and
Specifications section.)
4. Pull the yellow tab to activate the battery backup.
5. Plug the alarm into the outlet.
CAUTION:
Do not rotate the alarm while it is plugged into an outlet, as
damage to plug may result.
4. Installation Instructions
5. Alarm Characteristics
Carbon Monoxide Alarm Indicator
When the alarm senses a dangerous level of CO, the unit will emit a
loud alarm pattern. The alarm pattern is 4 quick beeps followed by 5
seconds of silence. This cycle repeats as long as a dangerous CO
conditions exist. The red Alarm LED will flash the same pattern.
WARNING:
When powered by battery backup only; after four
minutes, the alarm will sound and flash only once every minute, until
the alarm is reset or the CO is eliminated.
3. Installation Locations
• Do not obstruct the vents located on the alarm. Do not place the
alarm where drapes, furniture or other objects block the flow of air to
the vents.
• Do not install on a switched or dimmer-controlled outlet.
Tamper-Resist
Activate Slide
Tamper-Resist
Activation Switch
(see Normal Operating
Characteristics)
