Ei Electronics Ei 3100RF - Manual (Page 11)

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7.1 Manually Testing your Smoke Alarm
It is recommended that you test
your Smoke Alarm at least weekly
to be sure the units are working. It
will also help you and your family to
become familiar with the sound of
the alarms.
When you press the test button it
simulates the effect of smoke during
a real fire. So, there is no need to
test the Alarm with smoke.
Press and hold the Test Button until the alarm sounds (see fig-
ure 10). The alarm will stop sounding shortly after the button
is released. If you press and hold the button longer, so that
the amber light also comes on, you will hear the radio link
interconnected alarms sounding after the local alarm stops.
WARNING: Do not test with flame.
This can set fire to the alarm and damage the house. We do
not recommend testing with smoke as the results can be mis-
leading unless special apparatus is used.
7.2 Checking the Wireless Interconnect
We recommend that the interconnect is tested weekly as fol-
lows:
1. Press and hold the test button on the first alarm for 5 sec-
onds (count up to 10).
2. The horn will sound and then the amber light will come on
continuously for 3.5 seconds. (This indicates that the unit is
transmitting a Wireless Alarm signal to the other units).
Release the test button. The local alarm will cease and you
should then be able to hear the other alarms sounding in the
distance.
3. Repeat this procedure for all the other alarms.
7.3 Test/Hush Button to Control Nuisance Alarms
(Ei3105RF only)
These smoke alarms have a combined test/hush button to
help you control nuisance/false alarms.
If, when the alarm goes off, there is no sign of smoke, heat or
noise to indicate that there is a fire, you should first get your
family into a safe place, before you start investigating.
Check the house carefully in case there is a small fire smoul-
dering somewhere.
Check whether there is some source of smoke or fumes, for
example cooking fumes being drawn past the Smoke Alarm
by an extractor.
Figure 10