Risco RWX34S, Installation Instructions Manual

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SELECTING A LOCATION
Smoke and heat detectors should be installed in accordance with the NFPA
Standard 74 (National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA
02169). For complete coverage in residential units, smoke and heat detectors
should be installed in all rooms, halls, storage areas, basements, and attics in each
family living unit. Minimum coverage is one detector on each floor and one in each
sleeping area and attic in each family living unit.
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Install a smoke and heat detector in the
hallway outside every separate bedroom
area, as shown in Figure 1. Two detectors
are required in homes with two bedroom
areas, as shown in Figure 2.
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Install a smoke and heat detector on every
floor of a multi-floor home or apartment, as
shown in Figure 3.
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Install a minimum of two detectors in any
household.
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Install a smoke and heat detector inside
every bedroom.
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Install smoke and heat detectors at both
ends of a bedroom hallway if the hallway
is more than 40 feet (12 meters) long.
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Install a smoke and heat detector 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.
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Install basement detectors at the bottom of
the basement stairwell.
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Install second-floor detectors at the top of
the first-to-second floor stairwell.
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Be sure no door or other obstruction
blocks the path of smoke to the detector.
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Install additional detectors in your living
room, dining room, family room, attic,
utility and storage rooms.
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Install smoke and heat detectors as close
to the center of the ceiling as possible. If
this is not practical, put the detector on the
ceiling, no closer than 4 inches (10 cm)
from any wall or corner, as shown in
Figure 4.
Figure 1: Locations for placing smoke
detectors for single residence with only
one sleeping area
Figure 2: Locations for placing smoke
and heat detectors for single-floor
residence with more than one sleeping
area