Kidde 2070-VDSR User manual

TRUSENSE SMOKE

User Guide

Multi-Criteria Optical Sensor Smoke Alarm with Voice

Model 2070-VDSR

FRONT LOAD BATTERY

VOICE ALARM

SMOKE ALARM

P/N: 0322-7201-00 Rev A

Helps Reduce Cooking

Nuisance Alarms

UL 217 8th Ed.

Thank You for Purchasing this Kidde Alarm

This model is powered by a 9V battery located in a convenient, front load compartment. It also contains a

voice message system and SMART HUSH® Control to temporarily silence nuisance alarms.

Teach children how to respond to the alarm and that they should never play with the unit. This alarm was

designed for use in a residential environment. It is not designed for use in a recreational vehicle (RV) or boat.

NOTE: Please thoroughly read this user guide and save the document for future reference and to pass on

to any subsequent owner.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the manufacturer recommend replacing this alarm ten

years from the date code on back of alarm.

Date Code (on back): ___________________

Date of Purchase: ___________________

Where Purchased: ___________________

Date to Replace: ___________________

Product Support: 1-800-880-6788

Please write down the below information

and have this at hand when you call.

Contents

1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

3. Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4. Introduction, Product Features And Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5. Limitations Of Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6. Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

7. Locations To Avoid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

8. Installation And Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

9. Operation And Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

10. Recognizing Nuisance Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

11. Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

12. Cleaning Your Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

13. Good Safety Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

14. Service And Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

1. Smoke Alarm: What To Do When The Alarm Sounds

The smoke alarm pattern is three long beeps with voice “Fire!,” a 1.5 second pause, and three long beeps repeating.

The red LED blinks in time with the alarm pattern.

•Alert small children in the home as well as anyone else that might have difficulty recognizing the impor-

tance of the alarm sounding or that might have difficulty leaving the area without help.

•Leave immediately by your escape plan. Every second counts, so don’t waste time getting dressed or

picking up valuables.

•While leaving, don’t open any inside door without first feeling its surface. If hot, or if you see smoke seeping

through cracks, don’t open that door! Instead, use your alternate exit. If the inside of the door is cool, place

your shoulder against it, open it slightly and be ready to slam it shut if heat and smoke rush in.

•If the escape route requires you to go through smoke, stay close to the floor where the air is cleaner. Crawl

if necessary, and breathe shallowly through a cloth, wet if possible.

•Once outside, go to your selected meeting place and make sure everyone is there.

•Call the fire department or 911 from your cell phone outside, or from your neighbor’s home-not from yours!

•Don’t return to your home until the fire officials say that it is all right to do so.

NOTE: See Section RECOGNIZING NUISANCE ALARMS, for nuisance alarm situations

2. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators

Operational Mode Visual Indications Audible Indications Action/Note

Normal (standby) Green LED blink approx every

60 sec.

Test (button press

when no alarm

condition is present)

(Note: Test is very

loud, stand a few feet

away.)

Red LED blinks in time with

alarm pattern.

• Single beep.

•3 long beeps, voice

"Fire!", 3 long beeps.

Perform Test/Hush button

press once a week to verify

proper alarm operation.

Smoke Alarm

Memory (unit has

experienced a smoke

alarm event)

Red LED blink every 16 sec. After button push,

voice “Smoke previously

detected" .

NOTE: Alarm memory is only

retained for 24 hrs.

Push test button to clear

Alarm Memory.

Smoke Alarm Hush

Mode (SMART HUSH®

CONTROL)

Red LED blinks every 2 sec. After button push, voice

“Hush Mode Activated."

Smoke alarm pattern

stops.

(If there is too much

smoke to allow Hush: voice

"Too Much Smoke,

cannot be Hushed" Smoke

alarm pattern continues.)

This feature is to be used only

when a known alarm con-

dition, such as smoke from

cooking, activates the alarm.

3. Troubleshooting Guide

If you require further information please contact Product Support at 1-800-880-6788 or write us at:

Kidde, 1016 Corporate Park Drive, Mebane, NC 27302. Our internet address is www.kidde.com.

Trouble Condition Visual Indications Audible Indications Action

Low Battery Amber LED blink

every 60 sec.

Chirp and voice “Replace alarm”

every 60 sec. (After 1 hour, voice

occurs only once every 15 mins)

Voice “Hush mode activated”

after button push (rst 7 days

only).

* Push Test/Hush button once to

silence for 24 hrs.

* Replace battery as soon as possible.

Note: 7 days after Low Battery

begins, the notications cannot be

silenced.

Fault: Smoke

Sensor Error

Amber LED

blinks

every 30 sec.

Chirp every 30 sec, voice “Smoke

Sensor Error” every 60 sec. (After

1 hour, voice only after button is

pushed.)

* See Cleaning Your Alarm section.

* Push Test/Hush button once to

attempt to reset the unit.

* If error continues, remove, dispose

unit, and replace as soon as possible.

Fault: Memory

Error

Chirp every 30 sec,

Voice “Memory Error” every 60

sec. (After 1 hour, voice only after

button is pushed.)

* Push Test/Hush button once to

attempt to reset the unit.

* If error continues, remove, dispose

unit, and replace as soon as possible.

End of Unit Life Amber LED blinks

twice every 30 sec.

Double chirp every 30 sec, voice

“Replace alarm” every 60 sec.

(After 1 hour, voice occurs only

once every 15 mins.)

Voice “Hush mode activated”

after button push (rst 7 days

only).

* Push Test/Hush button once to

silence for 24 hrs.

Note: 7 days after End of Unit Life

begins, the notications cannot be

silenced.

* Remove, dispose unit, and replace as

soon as possible..

3. Troubleshooting Guide 4. Introduction, Product Features And Specifications

Introduction

This alarm detects products of combustion using a multi-criteria optical sensor.

Ten (10) years after the unit was installed, this unit will automatically alert you that it is time to replace the unit.

This is called “End of Unit Life” mode. See Troubleshooting Guide. To help identify the date to replace the unit,

a label has been affixed to the side of the alarm. Write the “Install date” in the space provided, and then write

in the “Replace by” date (10 years from initial power up) in permanent marker on the label prior to installing the

unit.

Product Features and Specifications:

•Temperature Operating Range: 40°F (4.4°C) to 100°F (37.8°C)

•Humidity Operating range: up to 95% RH non-condensing

•Audible Alarm: 85+ dB at 10’, 3.0 to 3.5 KHz pulsing alarm, with voice message “Fire!”

•Smoke Sensor: Multi-Criteria Optical

•Voice message system

•Smoke Alarm SMART Hush® Control

•Powered by a front load 9V battery.

•One large, user- friendly button.

5. Limitations Of Smoke Alarms

WARNING: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY

•Life safety from fire in residential occupancies is based primarily on early notification to occupants of the need to

escape, followed by the appropriate egress actions by those occupants.

•There are situations where a smoke alarm may not be effective to protect against fire as stated in the NFPA Standard

72. For instance:

a) smoking in bed

b) leaving children home alone

c) cleaning with flammable liquids, such as gasoline

•Fire warning systems for dwelling units are capable of protecting about half of the occupants in potentially fatal

fires. A smoke alarm may not be effective in some situations, such as during incendiary fires where the fire grows

so rapidly that an occupant’s egress is blocked even with properly located smoke alarms, or when victims are inti-

mate with the fire (for example, when a person’s clothes catch fire while cooking), too old or young, or physically or

mentally impaired such that they cannot escape even when warned early enough that escape should be possible.

For these people, additional strategies such as protection-in-place or assisted escape or rescue are necessary.

•For maximum detection of the various types of fires that can occur within the home, including fast flaming, slow

smoldering, and polyurethane foam, it is recommended that multi criteria smoke alarms be installed. This model

meets the new polyurethane foam fire detection requirements, while at the same time includes intelligent

technology to reduce nuisance alarms from cooking.

•A battery powered alarm must have a battery of the specified type, in good condition and installed properly (this

model has a replaceable 9V battery).

•Smoke alarms must be tested regularly to make sure the battery and the alarm circuits are in good operating

condition.

•Smoke alarms cannot provide an alarm if smoke does not reach the alarm. Therefore, smoke alarms may not sense

fires starting in chimneys, within walls, on roofs, on the other side of a closed door or other obstruction.

•If the alarm is located outside the bedroom or on a different floor, it may not wake up a sound sleeper.

•The use of alcohol or drugs may also impair one’s ability to hear the smoke alarm. For maximum protection, a

smoke alarm should be installed in each sleeping area on every level of a home.

This alarm is not intended to alert hearing impaired individuals.

6. Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms

•Locate smoke alarms in all sleeping areas. Try to monitor the exit path as the bedrooms are usually farthest

from the exit. If more than one sleeping area exists, locate additional alarms in each sleeping area.

•Locate additional alarms in stairways, because stairways act like chimneys 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 horizontally. 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.

ANYWHERE ALONG

THIS BOLD SURFACE

Locations permitted for smoke

alarms and smoke detectors

on tray-shaped ceilings.

Not within 6 feet of appliances

Figure 6-A

ANYWHERE ALONG

THIS BOLD SURFACE

Locations permitted for smoke

alarms and smoke detectors

on tray-shaped ceilings.

ANYWHERE ALONG

THIS BOLD SURFACE

Locations permitted for smoke

alarms and smoke detectors

on tray-shaped ceilings.

Not within 6 feet of appliances

ANYWHERE ALONG

THIS BOLD SURFACE

Locations permitted for smoke

alarms and smoke detectors

on tray-shaped ceilings.

Not within 6 feet of appliances

ANYWHERE ALONG

THIS BOLD SURFACE

Locations permitted for smoke

alarms and smoke detectors

on tray-shaped ceilings.

Not within 6 feet of appliances

ANYWHERE ALONG

THIS BOLD SURFACE

Locations permitted for smoke

alarms and smoke detectors

on tray-shaped ceilings.

Not within 6 feet of appliances

NFPA 72 states: “Smoke alarms in rooms with ceiling slopes greater than 1 ft in 8 ft (.3m in 2.4 m) horizontally

shall be located on the high side of the room.” NFPA 72 states: “A row of detectors shall be spaced and located

within 3 ft (0.9m) of the peak of the ceiling measured horizontally.”

Figure 6-B Figure 6-C

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