11. Troubleshooting
Smoke Alarms sound for no apparent reason
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can cause nuisance alarms.
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as described in Section 5 if necessary.
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be identified as the Alarm with the red light flashing rapidly) – this will silence the
Smoke Alarm for 10 minutes (and also silence all other interconnected Smoke
Alarms in the system).
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this indicates that there is a depleted battery somewhere in the system - check all
Alarms as outlined in section 5 “Power Supply Monitoring”.
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Alarms are in the default factory settings, neighbouring Alarms may cause them
to sound.
The Alarm fails to sound when the Test button is pressed
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the battery.
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