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WARNING!
This product is intended for use in ordinary indoor locations of family living units.
It is not designed to measure compliance with Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) commercial or industrial standards. Individuals with
medical problems may consider using warning devices which provide audible
and visual signals for carbon monoxide concentrations under 30 ppm.
WARNING
Actuation of your CO alarm indicates the presence of carbon monoxide (CO)
which can KILL YOU.
If alarm signal sounds:
1) Operate reset / silence button;
2) Call your emergency services (tel. no. ) [fire department or 911];
3) Immediately move to fresh air - outdoors or by an open door/window. Do a
head count to check that all persons are accounted for. Do not reenter the
premises nor move away from the open door/window until the emergency
services responders have arrived, the premises have been aired out, and
your alarm remains in its normal condition.
4) After following steps 1-3, if your alarm reactivates within a 24 hour period,
repeat steps 1-3 and call a qualified appliance technician (tel. no. )
to investigate for sources of CO from fuel burning equipment and
appliances, and inspect for proper operation of this equipment. If problems
are identified during this inspection have the equipment serviced
immediately. Note any combustion equipment not inspected by the
technician and consult the manufacturer's instructions, or contact the
manufacturers directly, for more information about CO safety and this
equipment. Make sure that motor vehicles are not, and have not been,
operating in a garage or adjacent to the residence.
Conditions which can result in transient CO situations:
1) Excessive spillage or reverse venting of fuel burning appliances caused by
outdoor ambient conditions, such as:
i) Wind direction and/or velocity, including high gusts of wind. Heavy air in
the vent pipes (cold/humid air with extended periods between cycles).
ii) Negative pressure differential resulting from the use of exhaust fans.
iii) Simultaneous operation of several fuel burning appliances competing for
limited internal air.
iv) Vent pipe connections vibrating loose from clothes dryers, furnaces, or
water heaters.
v) Obstructions in or unconventional vent pipe designs which can amplify
the above situations.
2) Extended operation of unvented fuel burning devices (range, oven, fireplace,
etc.).
3) Temperature inversions which can trap exhaust gases near the ground.
4) Car idling in an open or closed garage attached to, or near a home.
5) All gasoline powered small motors create very high levels of CO. Portable
generators, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, snow blowers, etc. are all extremely
dangerous sources of carbon monoxide.
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