Installation of your CO alarm is only one step in your safety plan. Educate yourself and family to the sources and
symptoms of CO poisoning and how to use your carbon monoxide alarm:
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Test your CO alarm weekly
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Replace the battery immediately once depleted
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Buy appliances accepted by a recognized testing laboratory
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Install the appliances properly, following the manufacturer’s instructions
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Have installations done by professionals
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Have your appliances checked regularly by a qualified serviceman
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Clean chimneys and flues yearly
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Make regular visual inspections of all-fuel-burning appliances
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Check appliances for excessive rust and scaling
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Do not barbecue indoors, or in attached garage
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Open windows when a fireplace or wood burning stove is use
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Be aware of CO poisoning symptoms
DO NOT:
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Burn charcoal inside your home, RV, camper, tent or cabin
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Install, convert or service fuel burning appliances without proper knowledge, skill and expertise
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Use a gas range, oven or clothes dryer for heating
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Operate unvented gas burning appliances using kerosene or natural gas in closed room
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Operate gasoline powered engines indoors or in confined areas
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Ignore a safety device when it shuts an appliance
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Ignore any warning from your CO alarm
CO ALARM PLACEMENT
Typical single-story home
For minimum protection you should fit an alarm in the bedrooms or in the hallway of
sleeping areas. Place it as near to the sleeping areas as possible and ensure the alarm is
audible when the bedrooms are occupied.
Typical Multi-story or split level home
For minimum protection, you should fit at least one alarm on each floor.
Note:
For maximum protection an alarm should be fitted in or near every room that
contains a fuel-burning appliance such as any central heating boilers, gas fires, room
heaters, water heaters, cookers, grills, etc.
KEY:
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Maximum Protection
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Minimum Protection
CAUTION
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CO alarms can only sense CO that reaches the unit’s sensor. It’s
possible that CO may be present in other areas without reaching the alarm.
This carbon monoxide alarm is designed to detector carbon monoxide gas from ANY source of combustion. It is NOT
designed to detect smoke, fire or any other gas.
IMPORTANT CO ALARM PLACEMENT AND EXCEPTION INFORMATION
Carbon Monoxide has a similar density to warm air and can be fitted in various locations. If it is fitted to a wall, then to ensure
that the most effective use made of the detector, it should be fitted at least 1.5 meters (5 feet) above the floor level and at least
1.85 meters (6 feet) from the appliance.
