Atom SL-602 - Introduction; Sensor Technology

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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations!You’vemadeawise
investment in your personal safety
withthisinnovativeproduct.
Thisusermanualcontainsimportant
informationregardingtheoperation
of your FireAngel smoke alarm.
Ensure you read this manual fully
before installing and operating the
alarm.Ifyouareinstallingthissmoke
alarm for use by others, you must
leave this manual (or a copy of it)
withtheenduser.
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
Therearetwomaintypesofsmoke
alarms. Optical alarms are generally
more e󱐯ective at detecting slow
burningreswhichcansmoulderfor
hours before bursting into ames.
Ionisation type smoke alarms
are generally more e󱐯ective at
detecting fast, aming res. Alarms
conforming to European Standard
EN 14604:2005 must respond to
bothretypeswithinspeciedtime
frames. The ATOM SL-602 uses an
optical(photoelectric)typesensorto