Kidde P3010L-CO-CA - Nuisance Alarms; SMART HUSH CONTROL

ThisSmoke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removethesecombustibleproducts
fromthekitchen.
Ifthealarmdoessoundthesmokealarmpatternof3longbeeps,
checkforfiresfirst.Ifafireisdiscovered,getoutandcallthefire
department.Ifnofireispresent,checktoseeifoneofthereasonslisted
in“LocationstoAvoid”mayhavecausedthealarm.
SMART HUSH
TM
CONTROL:TheSMARTHUSH
TM
controlthatis
extremelyusefulinakitchenareaorotherareapronetonuisance
alarms.TheSMARTHUSH
TM
featurehasthecapabilityoftemporarily
desensitizingthealarmcircuitforapproximately10minutes.
Thisfeatureistobeusedonlywhenaknownalarmcondition,suchas
smokefromcooking,activatesthealarm.Thesmokealarmisdesensi-
tizedbypushingtheTest/Hushbuttononthesmokealarmcover.Ifthe
smokeisnottoodense,thealarmwillsilenceimmediatelyandthered
LEDblinksevery10seconds.Thisindicatesthatthealarmisinatempo-
rarilydesensitizedcondition.
Thesmokealarmwillautomaticallyresetafterapproximately10minutes
andsoundthealarmifparticlesofcombustionarestillpresent.
TheSMARTHUSH
TM
featurecanbeusedrepeatedlyuntiltheairhas
beenclearedoftheconditioncausingthealarm.PushingtheTest/Hush
buttononthealarmwillendthetemporarilydesensitizedperiod.
Ifthesmokeisnottoodense,aftertenminutesthealarmwillreturnto
normaloperation.
NOTE: Dense smoke will override the SMART HUSHTM feature and sound
a continuous alarm.
CAUTION: Before using the alarm SMART HUSHTM feature, identify the
source of the smoke and be certain safe conditions exist.
7. Nuisance Alarms