Nuisance Alarms and Hush Function
This alarm is designed to minimise nuisance alarms. Cigarette smoke will
not normally cause the unit to alarm, unless the smoke is blown directly
into the alarm. Combustion particles from cooking may set off the alarm
if it is located too close to a cooking appliance. Large quantities of
combustible particles are generated from spills or when broiling. Using
the fan on a range hood which vents to the outside (non-recirculating
type) will also help prevent nuisance alarms from occurring by removing
these combustible products from the kitchen.
HUSH
If you know why the alarm is sounding, and you can verify that it is not
a life threatening situation, you can push the button on the alarm to
silence the alarm for up to 10 minutes. If the smoke is not too dense,
that alarm will silence. After the Hush period, the smoke alarm will
automatically reset and sound the alarm if particles of combustion are
still present. You can use Hush repeatedly until the air has been cleared
of the condition causing the alarm.
If an alarm occurs in an interconnected system of Quell units:
• Pushing the Hush button on the initiating alarm (Red LED
flashing every second) will silence that alarm and all compatible
interconnected units.
• Pushing the Hush button on any hard-wire smoke alarm will do
nothing to silence an interconnected smoke alarm.
Note: Dense smoke will override Hush and sound a continuous
alarm. If no fire is present, check to see if one of the reasons
listed in page 15. LOCATIONS TO AVOID may have caused the
alarm. If a fire is discovered, exit the building and call the fire
brigade.
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