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Kidde 0976 User Manual

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• Locate additional alarms to monitor any stairway as stairways act like chim-

neys for smoke and heat.

• Locate at least one alarm on every floor level.

• Locate an alarm in every bedroom.

• Locate an alarm in every room where electrical appliances are operated (i.e.

portable heaters or humidifiers).

• Locate an alarm in every room where someone sleeps with the door closed.

The closed door may prevent an alarm not located in that room from waking
the sleeper.

• Smoke, heat, and combustion products rise to the ceiling and spread horizon-

tally. Mounting the smoke alarm on the ceiling in the center of the room
places it closest to all points in the room. Ceiling mounting is preferred in
ordinary residential construction.

• For mobile home installation, select locations carefully to avoid thermal barri-

ers that may form at the ceiling. For more details, see MOBILE HOME INSTAL-
LATION below.

• When mounting an alarm on the ceiling, locate it at a minimum of 4” (10 cm)

from the side wall (see figure 1).

• When mounting the alarm on the wall, use an inside wall with the top edge

of the alarm at a minimum of 4” (10 cm) and a maximum of 12” (30.5 cm)
below the ceiling (see figure 1).