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8. Alarm Nuisance And HUSH
Heat alarms respond only to heat. They do not detect smoke. If the
alarm does sound, check for fires first. If a fire is discovered, get out
of the house and call the fire brigade. If no fire is present, check to see
if one of the reasons listed in Section 4 may have caused the alarm.
HUSH
The Hush feature will silence the alarm for approximately 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes the heat alarm will revert to normal operation. If the
unit still detects a dangerous situation the alarm will sound again.
A rapid rise in temperature will override the False Alarm Control and
cause the unit to sound an alarm.
If interconnected alarms are installed, the unit that detects the high
temperature and sounds the alarm cannot be inadvertently silenced
by the Hush/Test button of other units. In this case all of the alarms will
continue to sound for as long as a dangerous situation is detected or
until the Hush/Test button of the initiating alarm is pressed.
If the alarm does not go into False Alarm Control and continues to
sound its alarm, the heat in the area is too high and a dangerous
situation may exist – take emergency action.
Warning: Before using the alarm’s Hush feature, fully
identify the source of the heat build up and make sure that
the area is safe. To activate control push and release the
test/false alarm control button in the center of the alarm.
The alarm will silence immediately and the red light (LED) will
blink approximately every 10 seconds for the next 10 minutes.
This feature is to be used only when a safe condition is known
to exist.