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Hush Feature
The Alarm has a combined Test/Hush Button to help you control nuisance false alarms.
To silence a false alarm, press the Test/Hush Button located on the cover. This condition
allows unwanted alarms to be silenced for a period of approximately 10 minutes.
When in ‘Hush’ mode the Alarm will flash the red light every 8 seconds (instead of the
normal 48 seconds) to indicate the sensitivity is reduced.
On interconnected Alarms, pressing the Test/Hush Button on the Alarm sensing smoke or
fire (i.e. the one with the red light flashing rapidly) will silence all Alarms. Pressing the Test/
Hush Button on any other Alarm will not cancel the alarm.
The Alarm will reset to normal sensitivity at the end of the 10 minute ‘Hush’ period. If
additional silenced time is required, simply push the Test/Hush Button again.
7. ALARM MEMORY
After an alarm activation, the red indicator light will flash twice (1 second apart), every 48
seconds. This will continue for the following 24 hours to indicate that the Alarm has
previously activated. .
Additionally, pressing the test button on this Alarm will cause it to
emit short, rapid beeps instead of the normal alarm sound. Both these features allow
for easy identification, for example, of the source of nuisance alarms during the night.
This memory can be very helpful after the entire system has gone into alarm and then
stopped, for no obvious reason. After 24 hours, the Alarm memory will automatically reset.
Alternatively, pressing the Test/Hush button will also reset the memory.
Once the Alarm has been identified, appropriate action can be taken e.g. ensure kitchen or
bathroom doors are kept closed to prevent cooking fumes or steam reaching the Alarm,
locate the Alarm further away from the source of fumes, replace the Alarm if its thought to
be defective or remove the unit in the short term.
