Installation
Safety
and
regulatory compliance
The
FreeSpace®
DS
16F
loudspeaker has passed extensive testing and
complies
with the following
specifications and
uses:
Listed
to
ANSI/UL 1480-2005
•
Fire
Protective Signaling
Use-
UL Category UUMW,
File
NumberS
3241.
Control
Number
42S9.
Not for use with De-supervised systems.
• General Purpose
Use-
UL Category
UEAY,
File
NumberS
5591
Control
Number 3N89.
• Suitable
for use indoors
in
damp
locations.
• Suitable
for
installation
using
Class
1,
Class
2,
or
Class
3 wiring methods
in
accordance with NFPA
70,
National Electric
Code,
2002, Article 640.
• Suitable
for use with fire
alarm
circuit wiring methods
in
accordance with
NFPA
70,
National Electric Code,
2002,
Article
760.
• Suitable
for use in air
handling plenum
spaces with a
model PC-16 Plenum
Cover
installed.
•
UL-2043,
Fire Test
and
Visible
Smoke
Release
for
Discrete Products
and
their Accessories Installed in
Air
Handling
Spaces.
• NFPA
70,
National Electric Code,
2002, Article 300-22
(c).
• NFPA
90-A,
2002,
Installation
of
Air
Conditioning
and
Ventilation
Systems,
Paragraph
4.3.1
0.2.6.5.
EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Article 10
(1)
of
the directive, EN50081-1 and EN50082-1
as
signified by the
CE
mark.
The
DS
16F
also
has been designed
to
the requirements defined
in
the following
European
regulatory
specifications for
combination systems:
•
British
Standard
Code of
Practice BS
5839,
Part 8 (with
PC-16).
•
Tested to
IEC60268-5.
UL Sensitivity Wattage
Tap
Sound Pressure Level
dBA
at
3.1
meters
(1
0
feet):
Wattage
ANSI/UL 1480-2005
Tap
70V 100V
1 Watt
72dBA
2 Watt 75
dBA
75
dBA
4 Watt
79dBA
79dBA
8 Watt
81
dBA
81
dBA
16
Watt
83dBA
83
dBA
80hm
84dBA
SPLs
given are
per
the UL
1480
specified reporting method.
Frequency response:
Fire
alarm:
400Hz
to
4kHz
General Signaling: 80
Hz
to
16 kHz (±3 dB)
(
E
This product conforms
to
all applicable
EU
directive requirements. The
complete declaration
of
conformity can
be found at www.Bose.com/compliance.
Wire gauge
The FreeSpace®
DS
16F
loudspeaker
is designed
to
work with 18 AWG (0.8 mm
2
)
to
14 AWG (2.0 mm
2
)
size wire
only.
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