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Recommended Locations of Alarms
• Locate additional alarms to monitor any stairway as stairways act like chimneys for
smoke and heat.
• For mobile home installation select location carefully to avoid thermal barrier that may
form at the ceiling. For more details see Mobile Home Installation.
• Do not locate smoke alarms in kitchen areas due to potential nuisance alarms from
cooking fumes.
DEAD
AIR SPACE
DEAD AIR
SPACE
HEAT &
SMOKE
FROM
FIRE
HEAT & SMOKE
FROM FIRE
CEILING
ACCEPTABLE HERE
BEST
HERE NEVER
HERE
BESMOKEY Installation
