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Solight 1D31 Carbon Monoxide Detector
User Guide
Dear customer, thank you for purchasing our product. Please carefully read and abide by the following instructions to ensure that
this product is used safely and to your complete satisfaction. This will also help avoid any improper use or damage. Prevent any
unskilled handling of the device and always following the principles of use for electrical appliances. Store this User Guide is a safe
place. For use in the home or indoors. The product should only be used by adults. Never expose the device to high levels of
humidity (e.g. in a bathroom), and prevent the product from coming into contact with liquids. Do not allow the device to be placed
near or come into contact with home electronics or computers
.
WARNING: This alarm device indicates the presence of carbon monoxide only in the vicinity of the sensor. Carbon
monoxide may also occur in other places.
The product is designed for indoor use in the home. It is not designed for taking measurements pursuant to the trading and industrial
standards of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA).
CAUTION: This device is designed to protect from the acute effects of carbon monoxide. It cannot necessarily protect
people with a specific illness. If in doubt, consult your doctor.
Persons with medical problems who are especially susceptible to CO carbon monoxide should consider using another warning
device which reacts to concentrations of carbon monoxide below 30 ppm. This alarm is designed to detect concentrations of carbon
monoxide exceeding 70 ppm.
Introduction
This carbon monoxide detector alarm is effective for detecting heightened concentrations of carbon monoxide (also known as CO
gas) at home or in the office. Alarm features:
1) Easy to install
2) Continual monitoring of carbon monoxide
3) Loud alarm sound (85 dB) when heightened concentrations of carbon monoxide are detected
4) TEST button, allowing the alarm to be tested at any time
5) Complies with the requirements stipulated by the EN50291 standard
6) 5-year lifetime of carbon monoxide sensor
7) Detection principle: electrochemical cell
USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT CARBON MONOXIDE
Carbon monoxide (chemical symbol CO) is a highly hazardous poisonous gas which is colourless, odourless and tasteless, yet
highly toxic. From a biochemical viewpoint it can generally be said that the presence of carbon monoxide inhib
its the blood’s ability
to transfer oxygen around the body, which may result in brain damage.
In every enclosed space (flat, office, vehicle or boat) small accumulations of this gas may pose a relatively serious danger.
Although many other by-products of combustion may cause difficulties and may have harmful effects, it is carbon monoxide that
poses the greatest risk of fatality.
Carbon monoxide is created when fuel is imperfectly burned, such as natural gas, propane, heating oil, kerosene, coal, charcoal,
petrol, or wood. Fuel can be imperfectly burned in anything which uses combustion to generate energy or heat, such as furnaces,
boilers, heaters, water heaters, stoves and grills, as well as in vehicles and equipment powered by a petrol engine (e.g. generators,
lawnmowers). Carbon monoxide is also contained in tobacco smoke and enters the air we breathe together with this smoke.
The air is not polluted by carbon monoxide if the natural gas combustion equipment (e.g. boiler or water heater) is correctly
installed and maintained. Natural gas is known as a
“clean-burning” fuel, as under the right conditions the combustion products only
consist of water steam and carbon dioxide (CO2), which is not toxic. Combustion products are drawn off through an exhaust pipe or
chimney.
The following conditions may lead to temporary accumulations of CO:
1) Excessive leakage of fumes from combustion equipment or reverse flow of gas due to external conditions, such as wind
speed and/or direction, including strong gusts of wind; compressed air in exhaust pipes (cold/moist air with longer periods
between cycles).
2) Negative pressure differences due to the use of extractor fans.
3) Operating several pieces of combustion equipment at the same time, which together combine to reduce the amount of air
inside.
4) Exhaust connections from clothes driers, boilers or water heaters that have been loosed as a result of vibrations.
5) Obstructions in exhaust pipes or unconventional exhaust systems which make the above situation worse.
6) Operating combustion equipment with no exhaust system for longer periods (cookers, ovens, fireplaces, etc.).
7) Temperature inversions, as a result of which combustion products remain at ground level.
8) An idling vehicle engine in an open or closed garage adjacent to or near the house.
Potential sources of carbon monoxide in your home or office include: a blocked chimney, wood-burning stove, open wood or
natural gas fireplace, car and garage, gas water heater, gas appliance, gas or kerosene heater, gas or oil boiler, cigarette smoke.
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