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SINGLE-STATION PHOTOELECTRIC

SMOKE DETECTOR

SD-738/w USER’S MANUAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION................................................................... 1

LOCATIONS TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ..... 1

LOCATIONS NOT TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE

DETECTORS ........................................................................ 2

INSTALLING YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ........................... 2

TESTING YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ................................ 3

TAKING CARE OF YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ................. 3

TIPS TO ENHANCE YOUR PROTECTION FROM FIRES .. 3

MORE TIPS TO FACE A FIRE IN YOUR HOME ................. 3

SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................ 4

SMOKE DETECTOR WITH OPTIONAL WIRELESS

TRANSMITTER INFORMATION .......................................... 4

FIVE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY....................................... 4

INTRODUCTION

Everday’s single station photoelectric smoke detector is designed to sense

smoke that comes into the detector chamber. It does not sense gas, heat, or

flame. This smoke detector is designed to give early warning of developing

fires by giving off the alarm sounds from its built-in alarm horn. It can

provide precious time for you and your family to escape before a fire

spreads. However, the smoke detector makes such pre-warning of fire

accident possible, only if the detector is located, installed, and maintained

properly as described in this User's Manual.

WARNING:

This smoke detector is designed for use in a single residential

unit only, which means that it should be used inside a single-family home or

apartment. It is not meant to be used in lobbies, hallways, basements, or

another apartment in multi-family buildings, unless there are already working

detectors in each family unit. Smoke detectors, placed in common areas

outside of the individual living unit, such as on porches or in hallways, may

not provide early warning to residents. In multi-family buildings, each family

living unit should set up its own detectors.

WARNING:

This detector is not meant to be used in non-residential

buildings. Warehouses, industrial or commercial buildings, and special

purpose non-residential buildings require special fire detection and alarm

systems. This detector alone is not a suitable substitute for complete fire

detection systems for places where many people live or work, such as

hotels or motels. The same is true of dormitories, hospitals, nursing homes

or group homes of any kind, even if they were once single-family homes.

Please refer NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, NFPA71, 72A, 72B, 72C, 72D,

and 72E for smoke detector requirements for fire protection in buildings not

defined as “households”.

WARNING:

This detector will not alert people who are hard of hearing. It is

strongly recommended that the special-purpose smoke detectors, using

lights or vibrating devices, should be installed to alert occupants who are

hard of hearing.

LOCATIONS TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR

Smoke detectors should be installed in accordance with the NFPA Standard

74 (National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA

02169). For complete coverage in residential units, smoke detectors should

be installed in all rooms, halls, storage areas, basements, and attics in each

family living unit. Minimum coverage is one detector on each floor and one

in each sleeping area. Here, we have good tips for you:

• Install a smoke detector in the hallway outside every separate bedroom

area, as shown in Figure 1. Two detectors are required in homes with

two bedroom areas, as shown in Figure 2.

• Install a smoke detector on every floor of a multi-floor home or

apartment, as shown in Figure 3.

• Install a minimum of two detectors in any household.

• Install a smoke detector inside every bedroom.

• Install smoke detectors at both ends of a bedroom hallway if the

hallway is more than 40 feet (12 meters) long.

• Install a smoke detector inside every room where one sleeps with the

door partly or completely closed, since smoke could be blocked by the

closed door and a hallway alarm may not wake up the sleeper if the

door is closed.

Figure 1: LOCATIONS FOR PLACING

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR

SINGLE RESIDENCE WITH

ONLY ONE SLEEPING AREA

Figure 2: LOCATIONS FOR PLACING

SMOKE DETECTORS FOR

SINGLE-FLOOR RESIDENCE

WITH MORE THAN ONE

SLEEPING AREA

Figure 3: LOCATION FOR PLACING SMOKE

DETECTORS FOR A MULTI-FLOOR

RESIDENCE

• Install basement detectors at the bottom of the basement stairwell.

• Install second-floor detectors at the top of the first-to-second floor

stairwell.

• Be sure no door or other obstruction blocks the path of smoke to the

detector.

• Install additional detectors in your living room, dining room, family room,

attic, utility and storage rooms.

• Install smoke detectors as close to the center of the ceiling as possible.

If this is not practical, put the detector on the ceiling, no closer than 4

inches (10 cm) from any wall or corner, as shown in Figure 4.

• If ceiling mounting is not possible and wall mounting is permitted by

your local and state codes, put wall-mounted detectors between 4 and

6 inches (10 ~ 15 cm) from the ceiling, also see Figure 4.

Figure 4:

RECOMMEN

DED BEST

AND

ACCEPTABL

LOCATIONS

TO MOUNT

SMOKE DETECTORS

• If some of your rooms have sloped, peaked, or gabled ceilings, try to

mount detectors 3 feet (0.9 meter) measured horizontally from the

highest point of the ceiling as shown in Figure 5.

Summary of content (5 pages)

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LOCATIONS TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR SINGLE-STATION PHOTOELECTRIC SMOKE DETECTOR SD-738/w USER’S MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................... 1 LOCATIONS TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ..... 1 LOCATIONS NOT TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS ........................................................................ 2 INSTALLING YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ........................... 2 TESTING YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR ................................
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Figure 5: RECOMMENDED LOCATION TO MOUNT SMOKE DETECTORS IN ROOMS WITH SLOPED, GABLED, OR PEAKED CEILING CAUTION (As required by the California State Fire Marshall) “Early warning fire detection is best achieved by the installation of fire detection equipment in all rooms and areas of the household as follows: (1) A smoke detector installed in each separate sleeping area (in the vicinity, but outside of the bedrooms), and (2) Heat or smoke detectors in the living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, hal
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(1). To power Smoke detector requires an alkaline battery. (2). Match terminals on the end(s) of the battery with opposite terminal connections on the detector. Be sure to insert the alkaline battery in the position shown on the detector. (3). When 9. terminals are properly matched, push battery firmly in until it snaps and cannot be shaken loose. When the detector power first makes contact with the detector, the alarm horn may sound for one second.
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Power 9VDC Sensitivity 2.35 ±0.85%/ft. o o performing the test to avoid a false alarm. Refer to the security system manual for more information on testing the security system.
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neither type of detector is necessarily the best, and a given detector may not always provide early warning of a specific type of fire. In general, detectors cannot be expected to provide warning for fires resulting from inadequate fire protection practices, violent explosions, escaping gases that ignite, improper storage of flammable liquids like cleaning solvents that ignite, other similar safety hazards, arson, smoking in bed, children playing with matches or lighters, etc.