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11. Recognizing Nuisance Alarms
SMOKE NUISANCE
HUSH®: If you know why the alarm is sounding, and you can verify that it is not a life
threatening situation, you can push the button on the initiating unit (green LED flashing every
second) to silence the alarm for 8-10 minutes. If the smoke is not too dense, that unit, and all
interconnected units will silence. After the Hush® period, the smoke alarm will automatically
reset and sound the alarm if particles of combustion are still present. You can use Hush®
repeatedly until the air has been cleared of the condition causing the alarm.
NOTE: Dense smoke will override Hush® and sound a continuous alarm. If no fire is present,
check to see if one of the reasons listed in Section 8. LOCATIONS TO AVOID may have caused
the alarm. If a fire is discovered, get out and call the fire department.
This alarm is designed to minimize nuisance alarms. Cigarette smoke will not normally cause the
unit to alarm, unless the smoke is blown directly into the alarm.
Combustion particles from cooking may set off the alarm if it is located too close to a cooking
appliance. Large quantities of combustible particles are generated from spills or when broiling. Using
the fan on a range hood which vents to the outside (non-recirculating type) will also help prevent
nuisance alarms from occurring by removing these combustible products from the kitchen.
CARBON MONOXIDE CO NUISANCE
WARNING: THIS UNIT DOES NOT DETECT CO, BUT IT WILL TRANSMIT A CO ALARM
SIGNAL FROM AN INTERCONNECTED CO OR SMOKE/CO COMBINATION ALARM. ALWAYS
CONSIDER A CO ALARM EVENT AS DANGEROUS.
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