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Avoid these Locations
• Avoid dusty areas, dust particles may cause smoke alarm to false alarm or fail to alarm.
• Avoid very humid areas or near a bathroom, moisture can cause false alarm.
• Avoid insect-infested areas.
• Do not locate alarm within 0.9m of the following: the door to a kitchen, the door to a
bathroom containing a tub or shower, a ceiling or whole house ventilating fan, or other
interferences or “noise” may cause nuisance alarms or chirping.
• Smoke alarms are not to be used with detector guards unless the combination (alarm
and guard) has been evaluated and found suitable for that purpose.
False Alarms
the alarm unless smoke is blown directly into the alarm.
the kitchen cooking surface.
• Large quantities of combustion particles are generated from spills and over-boil.
• An alarm with a Hush® Control device is preferable near a kitchen environment for this
reason.
• Photoelectric type smoke alarms are less prone to false alarm near kitchen areas than
ionisation type smoke alarms.
