Kidde RF-SM-ACDC User Manual
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Alkaline type: ENERGIZER 522; DURACELL MN1604 OR MX1604; GOLD PEAK
1604A; PANASONIC 6AM6, 6AM-6, 6AM-6PI, 6AM6X, and 6LR61(GA).
Lithium type: ULTRALIFE U9VL-J
NOTE: WEEKLY TESTING IS REQUIRED!
WARNING! BE SURE TO FOLLOW BATTERY INSTALLATION INSTRUC-
TIONS PRINTED ON THE INSIDE OF THE BATTERY DOOR OF THE
ALARM AND USE ONLY THE BATTERIES SPECIFIED. USE OF DIFFER-
ENT BATTERIES MAY HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SMOKE
ALARM AND MAY CAUSE IT NOT TO FUNCTION AS INTENDED.
CONSTANT EXPOSURES TO HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES OR HIGH
HUMIDITY MAY REDUCE BATTERY LIFE.
CLEANING YOUR ALARM
YOUR ALARM SHOULD BE CLEANED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR
To clean your alarm, remove it from the mounting bracket as outlined in the
beginning of this section. You can clean the interior of your alarm (sensing
chamber) by using compressed air or a vacuum cleaner hose around the perime-
ter of the alarm. The outside of the alarm can be wiped with a damp cloth.
After cleaning, reinstall your alarm, verify the green LED is on and test your
alarm by using the test button. If cleaning does not restore the alarm to normal
operation the alarm should be replaced.
7. LIMITATIONS OF SMOKE ALARMS
WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY
• NFPA 72 states: Life safety from fire in residential occupancies is based prima-
rily on early notification to occupants of the need to escape, followed by the
appropriate egress actions by those occupants. Fire warning systems for
dwelling units are capable of protecting about half of the occupants in
potentially fatal fires. Victims are often intimate with the fire, too old or
young, or physically or mentally impaired such that they cannot escape even
when warned early enough so that escape should be possible. For these peo-
ple, other strategies such as protection-in-place or assisted escape or rescue
are necessary.
• Smoke alarms are devices that can provide early warning of possible
fires at a reasonable cost; however, alarms have sensing limitations.
Ionization sensing alarms may detect invisible fire particles (associat-
ed with fast flaming fires) sooner than photoelectric alarms.