Specifications
Quiescent condition indicator
Flashing red LED every 40 s
Expected battery life
10 years
205-002 and 205-005: 5 years
Low battery indication
Short audible signal every 40 s, synchronized with a
single flash of the red LED, for 30 days
Low battery hush indication
Flashing red LED every 20 s
Low battery hush time
10 h
Sounder output level
≥ 85 dB @ 3 m
Alarm sounder
0.5 s on / 0.5 s off
Alarm LED indicator
Flashing red every 1 s
Alarm hush indication
Flashing red LED every 1 s
Interconnected units
: Flashing red LED every 6 s
Alarm hush time
9 min
Test sounder
(0.5 s on / 0.5 s off
Test LED indicator
Flashing red every 1 s
Interconnected units
: Flashing red every 40 s
Smoke chamber fault
indication
Short audible signal every 40 s
and a single flash of the red LED midway between the
audible indications
Fault hush indicator
Flashing red LED every 20 s
Fault hush time
10 h
Interconnection
(Models 205-002 and
205-005)
No device number limit
500 m between all devices in free air
Operating temperature
(0 ~ +55) °C
Operating humidity
(10 ~ 95) % RH, non-condensing
Compliance
205 smoke alarms comply with the following standards.
EN 14604:2005/AC:2008
Smoke alarm devices
VdS 3131:2010
a
VdS Guideline for Smoke Alarm Devices. Additional
Requirements. Requirements and Test Methods
CE
Conformité Européenne
a
Third-party conformance assessment has not been undertaken.
Installation Preparation
Equipment
Before commencing installation, ensure all equipment and tools to mount and
test the device are available, such as drills, mounting screws (supplied),
cables and ladders.
Location Selection in Homes and Apartments
WARNING
: Location and number of smoke alarms may be specified in
relevant regulations. Where these do not exist, the requirements of
NFPA 72 can be used. For your information, the National Fire Alarm Code,
NFPA, reads as follows.
11.5.1 *Required Detection.
*Where required by applicable laws, codes, or standards for a specific type of occupancy,
approved single- and multiple-station smoke alarms shall be installed as follows:
(1) *In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms
(2) *Outside of each separate dwelling unit sleeping area, within 6.4 m (21 ft) of any door to
a sleeping room, the distance measured along a path of travel
(3) On every level of a dwelling unit, including basements
(4) On every level of a residential board and care occupancy (small facility), including
basements and excluding crawl spaces and unfinished attics
(5) *In the living area(s) of a guest suite
(6) In the living area(s) of a residential board and care occupancy
For complete coverage, smoke alarms should be installed in all rooms, halls,
storage areas, basements, and attics in the dwelling. The minimum coverage is
one smoke alarm on each floor and one outside each sleeping area. Please
use the following location guide.
Single Storey Dwellings
Install a smoke alarm in the hallway outside every separate bedroom area, as
shown in Fig. 1 a). Two smoke alarms should be installed in dwellings with two
bedroom areas, as shown in Fig. 1 b).
Fig. 1 a) – Single bedroom area
Fig. 1 b) – Multiple bedroom areas
Multi-Storey Dwellings
Install a smoke alarm on every floor of a multi-floor dwelling, as shown in
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 – Multi-storey dwelling
Enhanced Safety
To improve early detection performance and safe evacuation, consider
installing additional smoke alarms as follows.
•
At least of two smoke alarms.
•
Inside every bedroom.
•
At both ends of a bedroom hallway if the hallway is more than 12 m.
•
Inside every room where one sleeps with the door partly or completely
closed, since smoke could be blocked by the closed door, and a hallway
alarm may not wake up the sleeper if the door is closed.
•
At the bottom of the basement stairwell.
•
Second-floor, at the top of the first-to-second floor stairwell.
•
In your living room, dining room, family room, attic, utility and storage
rooms.
Be sure no door or other obstruction blocks the smoke path to the smoke
alarm.
Installation Location
Install smoke alarms as close to the centre of the ceiling as possible, away from
light fittings and air-conditioning ducts. If this is not practical, mount the smoke
alarm on the ceiling, no closer than 50 cm from any wall or corner (see Fig. 3).
Fig. 3 – Smoke alarm location from
walls
If some of your rooms have sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, try to mount
smoke alarms 0.9 m measured horizontally from the highest point of the ceiling.
Where
Not
to Install Your Smoke alarm
Nuisance alarms occur when smoke alarms are installed where they will not
work properly. To avoid nuisance alarms, do not install smoke alarms in the
following situations.
•
In or near areas where combustion particles are present, such as
kitchens with few windows or poor ventilation, garages where there may
be vehicle exhaust, near furnaces, combustion heaters, and space
heaters. Combustion particles are the by-products of something that is
burning, which the smoke alarm may detect.
•
Within 6 m of kitchens where combustion particles are normally present.
If a 6 m distance is not possible (eg in a mobile home), try to install the
smoke alarm as far away from the combustion particles as possible,
preferably on the wall. Ensure the area is well ventilated.
•
In dead-air areas, where ventilation systems cause air-flow that would not
pass through the smoke sensing chamber. Avoid also air-flow from areas
where normal combustion particles are expected, such as kitchens.
Fig. 4, which indicates the correct and incorrect smoke alarm locations.
Fig. 4 – Dead-air areas
•
In damp or very humid areas, or within 3 m of bathrooms with showers.
Moisture in humid air can enter the sensing chamber, then condense into
droplets upon cooling, which can cause nuisance alarms.
•
In very cold or very hot areas, including unheated buildings or outdoor
rooms. If the temperature rises above or falls below the operating range
of smoke alarm, it may not function properly. The temperature range for
your smoke alarm is (0 ~ 55) °C.
•
In very dusty or dirty areas. Dirt and dust can build up on the smoke
sensing chamber, to make it overly sensitive. Additionally, dust or dirt can
block openings to the sensing chamber and limit the smoke alarm from
sensing smoke.
•
Near fresh air vents or high draft areas like air conditioners, heaters or
fans, fresh air vents and drafts, which can drive smoke away from smoke
alarms.
MINIMUM ALARM LOCATION
ADDITIONAL ALARM LOCATIONS
LIVING ROOM
DINING ROOM
KITCHEN
BED
ROOM
BED
ROOM
BEDROOM
ADDITIONAL ALARM LOCATIONS
MINIMUM ALARM LOCATIONS
BEDROOM
BED
ROOM
BED
ROOM
BED
ROOM
KITCHEN
FAMILY ROOM
LIVING ROOM
MINIMUM ALARM LOCATIONS
BEDROOM
BASEMENT
BEDROOM
BEDROOM
GROUND
FLOOR
KITCHEN
Fire
From
Smoke
Heat &
Ceiling
Best
Here
50cm min.
INCORRECT LOCATION
CORRECT LOCATION
AIR RETURN
AIR ENTRY
KITCHEN
LIVING ROOM
STOVE
BATH
BEDROOM
BEDROOM
