Instruction Manual: COSTAR® 12SIR, 12V System CO Alarm
QGI P/N 099-0066-01 REV 10/26/01
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COSTAR MODEL 12SIR
Carbon Monoxide Gas Alarm
12V System
INSTALLATION and OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
UL2075 LISTED
CARBON MONOXIDE GAS ALARM
Dear New COSTAR
®
12SIR Owner,
Congratulations as you have taken steps to help insure the health and life safety of you and your family. We are proud to
offer you our unique, patented CO Sensor technology that detects CO in a manner similar to the human body's response. The
COSTAR
®
12SIR is an ideal and low-cost way of warning you of both the acute and chronic effects of CO poisoning.
Please read this owner's manual carefully so you will have a better understanding of the effects of CO poisoning and the
COSTAR
®
12SIR Alarm, as we work together pursuing a safer, healthier indoor air quality for us all.
To your good health and safety,
Mark Goldstein, Ph.D.
President
Quantum Group Inc.
1.0 GENERAL
DESCRIPTION
This CO alarm is suited for residences, motels, hotels, and commercial or industrial system applications. The 12SIR is designed for 4-
6 wire connection to 12VDC alarm system control panels.
Reference: UL Listed Household Fire and/or Burglary Panel with auxiliary signaling zones. Connect to signaling zones which can be
designated for CO alarm use only.
2.0 PRODUCT
DATA
2.1 Sensitivity
Setting:
Unit will alarm at 150 ppm CO within 50 minutes.
2.2 Power:
12VDC nominal
2.3 Current
Draw:
Standby 20 microAmp. Alarm 60 mA. Trouble 30 mA.
2.4 Field
Wiring:
14-22
AWG
2.5 Relay
Contacts:
Dry form 'C' (100 microAmp – 0.1A, 12VDC) non-latching
2.6 Operating
Temperature:
4.4° C – 37.8° C (40° F - 100° F)
2.7 Operating
Humidity:
15-95%
RH
2.8
Horn (Sounder) Loudness:
85 db @ 10 ft (3.3 meters)
3.0 APPROVALS
Listed by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. to the Category Gas and Vapor Detectors and Sensors (FTAM).
