Kidde 20SAR - Troubleshooting Guide

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4. Troubleshooting Guide
3. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators
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Trouble Condition Visual Indications Audible Indications Action
False Low Battery
(AC power
connected before
backup battery
activated)
None Chirp every 60 sec. * Pull the battery pull tab to activate the
backup batteries.
Low Battery Amber LED blinks every
60 sec.
Chirp every 60 sec. * Push button once to silence for 24 hrs. (Push
button again to clear Hush
TM
and perform a
test.) Note: 7 days after Low Battery begins,
the notifications cannot be silenced.
* Replace batteries as soon as possible.
Smoke Sensor Fault Amber LED blinks every
60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec. * See Cleaning Your Alarm section.
* Push button once to attempt to reset the unit.
* If error continues, remove alarm, dispose unit,
and replace as soon as possible.
Fatal Fault Amber LED blinks 3
times every 60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec. * Push button once to attempt to reset the unit.
* If error continues, remove alarm, dispose
unit, and replace as soon as possible.
End of Unit Life Amber LED blinks 2
times every 60 sec.
2 chirps every 60 sec. * Push button once to silence for 24 hrs. (Push
button again to clear Hush
TM
and perform
a test.) Note: 7 days after End of Unit Life
begins, the notifications cannot be silenced.
* Remove alarm, dispose unit, and replace as
soon as possible.
MCU Failure None Constant Tone * Remove alarm, dispose unit, and replace as
soon as possible.
Stuck Button Amber LED blinks 4 times
every 60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec. * Push button to dislodge it from being
stuck. If button cannot be unstuck, remove
alarm, dispose unit, and replace as soon as
possible.