Installation Preparation
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Care@Home™ Smoke Detector User Guide
Install at both ends of a bedroom hallway, if the hallway is more than 12 m (40 ft.) long.
Install inside every room where one sleeps with the door partly or completely closed. The
smoke could be blocked by the door. An SK2 installed in a hallway may not wake up the
sleeper if the door is closed.
Install in the basement at the bottom of the basement stairwell.
For a two-floor residence, install at the top of the stairwell.
Install additional SK2 devices in the residence in the following areas
Living room
Dining room
Family room
Attic
Utility closet
Storage rooms
Install as close to the center of the ceiling as possible. If not possible, install on the ceiling no
closer than 10 cm (4 in.) from any wall or corner.
If ceiling mounting is not possible and wall mounting is permitted by the local and state codes,
mount on a wall 10 ~ 15 cm (4 to 6 in.) from the ceiling.
NOTE:
Wall installations are not compatible with the EN 14604 standard and are
not tested by this standard.
In rooms with sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, mount the SK2 0.9 m (3 ft.) measured
horizontally from the highest point of the ceiling.
WARNING!
As required by the California State Fire Marshal:
"Early warning" fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire detection
equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as follows:
A smoke alarm installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity,
but outside of the bedrooms)
Heat or smoke alarms in the living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms,
kitchens, hallways, attics, furnace rooms, closets, utility and storage
rooms, basements, and attached garages.
