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Reinstall the lamp holder. It will snap easily into the base. Put
working batteries back in the alarm and remount the alarm on its
mounting trim ring.
Replace with the correct lamp type; Vanco #FTB 6, available at
most radio/tv repair stores. The lamp is also available from KIDDE
Safety, 1016 Corporate Park Dr., Mebane, NC 27302. Send $1.50
(check or money order) and request a 0918 replacement lamp.
CAUTION! USE ONLY LAMP SPECIFIED. USE OF A DIFFERENT
LAMP MAY HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SMOKE
ALARM OR THE SAFETY LIGHT OPERATION.
NOTE: IF AFTER BATTERY OR LAMP REPLACEMENT THE
ALARM CONTINUES TO CHIRP, PUSH THE TEST BUTTON. THE
"HUSH" FEATURE (IF EQUIPPED) MAY HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED
ACCIDENTLY WHILE CHANGING THE BATTERIES AND PUSH-
ING THE TEST BUTTON WILL END THE HUSH CYCLE.
CLEANING YOUR ALARM
YOUR ALARM SHOULD BE CLEANED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
To clean your alarm, remove it from the mounting bracket as out-
lined in the beginning of this section. You can clean the interior
of your alarm (sensing chamber) by using compressed air or a vac-
uum cleaner hose and blowing or vacuuming through the open-
ings around the perimeter of the alarm. The outside of the alarm
can be wiped with a damp cloth. After cleaning, reinstall your
alarm 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 primarily 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 that escape should be possible.
For these people, other strategies such as protection-in-place or
assisted escape or rescue are necessary.