USER’S MANUAL IW-101A
PROTEK WIRELESS
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IMPORTANT!
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND SAVE.
This user’s manual contains important information about your Smoke Alarm’s
operation. If you are installing this Smoke Alarm for use by others, you must
leave this manual – or a copy of it – with the end user.
FIRE SAFETY TIPS
Follow safety rules and prevent hazardous situations: 1) Use smoking
materials property. Never smoke in bed 2) Keep matches or lighters away from
children; 3) Store flammable materials in proper containers; 4) Keep electrical
appliances in good condition and don’t overload electrical circuits; 5) Keep
stoves, barbecue grills, fireplaces and chimneys grease- and debris-free; 6)
Never leave anything cooking on the stove unattended; 7) Keep portable
heaters and open flames, like candles, away from flammable materials; 8)
Don’t let rubbish accumulate.
Keep alarms clean, and test them weekly. Replace alarms immediately if they
are not working properly. Smoke Alarms that do not work cannot alert you to a
fire. Keep at least one working fire extinguisher on every floor, and an
additional one in the kitchen. Have fire escape ladders or other reliable means
of escape from an upper floor in case stairs are blocked.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL THIS SMOKE ALARM
Important!
Read “Recommended Locations for Smoke Alarms” and “Locations
to Avoid for Smoke Alarms” before beginning. This unit monitors the air, and
when smoke reaches its sensing chamber, it alarms. It can give you more time
to escape before fire spreads. This unit can ONLY give an early warning of
developing fires if it is installed, maintained and located where smoke can
reach it, and where all residents can hear it, as described in this manual. This
unit will not sense gas, heat, or flame. It cannot prevent or extinguish fires.
Understand The Different Type of Smoke Alarms
Battery powered electrical? Different Smoke Alarms provide different types of
protection. See “About Smoke Alarms” for details.
Know Where to Install Your Smoke Alarms
Fire Safety Professionals recommend at least one Smoke Alarm on every level
of your home, in every bedroom, and in every bedroom hallway or separate
sleeping area. See “Recommended Locations for Smoke Alarms” and
“Locations to Avoid for Smoke Alarms” for details.
Know What Smoke Alarms Can and Can’t Do
A Smoke Alarm can help alert you to fire, giving you precious time to escape. It
can only sound an alarm once smoke reaches the sensor. See “Limitations of
Smoke Alarms” for details.
Check Your Local Building Codes
This Smoke Alarm is designed to be used in a typical single-family home. It
alone will not meet requirements for boarding houses, apartment buildings,
hotels or motels. See “Special Compliance Considerations” for details
.
WARNING!
This unit will not alert hearing impaired residents. It is recommended that you
install special units which use devices like flashing strobe lights to alert
hearing impaired residents.
Do not connect this unit to any other alarm or auxiliary device. It is a single-
station unit that cannot be linked to other devices. Connecting anything else
to this unit may prevent it from working properly.
Unit will not operate without battery power. The Smoke Alarm cannot work
until you install the batteries in the correct position (Match “+“to “+“and “-“to “-
“).
CAUTION!
Do not install this unit over an electrical junction box. Air currents around
junction boxes can prevent smoke from reaching the sensing chanter and
prevent the unit from alarming. Only AC powered units are intended for
installation over junction boxes.
Do not stand too close to the unit when the alarm is sounding. It is loud to
wake you in an emergency. Exposure to the horn at close range may harm
your hearing.
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RECOMMENDED LOCATIONS FOR SMOKE ALARMS
Installing Smoke Alarms in Single-Family Residences
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), recommends one Smoke
Alarm on every floor, in every sleeping area, and in every bedroom. See
“Agency Placement Recommendations” for details. For additional coverage, it
is recommended that you install a Smoke Alarm in rooms, halls, storage areas,
finished attics, and basements, where temperatures normally remain between
40° F (4° C) and 100° F (38° C). Make sure no door or other obstruction could
keep smoke from reaching the Smoke Alarms.
More specifically install Smoke Alarms:
On every level of your home, including finished attics and basements.
Inside every bedroom, especially if people sleep with doors closed
In the hall near every sleeping area. If your home has multiple sleeping
areas, install a unit in each. If a hall is over 40 feet (12 meters) long, install
an alarm at each end
At the top of the first-to-second floor stairway and at bottom of basement
stairway
IMPORTANT!
Specific requirements for Smoke Alarm installation vary from state to state and
from region to region. Check with your local Fire Department for current
requirements in your area.
It is recommended for units to be
interconnected for added protection.
IMPORTANT!
This equipment should be installed in accordance with NFPA (National Fire
Protection Association) 72 and 101. National Fire Protection Association, One
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269-9101.
Additional local building and
regulatory codes may apply in your area. Always check compliance
requirements before beginning any installation. This model is not R.V.
listed with Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
AGENCY PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
NFPA 72 (National Fire Code)
Smoke Alarms shall be installed in each separate sleeping room, outside each
sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms and on each additional
story of the family living unit, including basements and excluding crawl spaces
and unfinished attics.
In new construction, Alarms shall be so arranged that operation of any one
Alarm shall cause the operation of all Alarms within the dwelling.
Smoke Detection-Are More Smoke Alarms Desirable?
The required
number of Smoke Alarms might not provide reliable early warning protection
for those areas separated by a door from the areas protected by the required
Smoke Alarms. For this reason, it is recommended that the householder
consider the use of additional Smoke Alarms for those areas for increased
protection. The additional areas include the basement, bedrooms, dining room,
furnace room, utility room, and hallways not protected by the required Smoke
Alarms. The installation of Smoke Alarms in kitchens, attics (finished or
unfinished), or garages is not normally recommended, as these locations
occasionally experience conditions that can result in improper operation.
*All PROTEKWIRELESS
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Alarms conform to regulatory requirements
including UL217 and are designed to detect particles of combustion.
Smoke particles of varying number and size are produced in all fires.
Ionization technology is generally more sensitive than photoelectric
technology at detecting small particles, which tend to be produced in
greater amounts by flaming fires, which consume combustible
materials rapidly and spread quickly Sources of these fires, may include paper
burning in a wastebasket, or a grease fire in the kitchen.
Photoelectric technology is generally more sensitive than ionization
technology at detecting large particles, which tend to be produced in
greater amounts by smoldering fires, which may smolder for hours
before bursting into flame. Sources of these fires may include cigarettes
burning in couches or bedding.
