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- Please do not short-circuit the external battery contacts, e.g. through storage together
with metal objects.
- Please do not expose batteries for lengthy periods to direct sunlight or heat;
- Please do not throw batteries into a fire; and never open them.
- Please replace the battery only with the same or a recommended comparable type.
- Never remove the charge from batteries.
Mounting
Before you install the smoke alarm, select a suitable location for mounting. These are set
out on a mandatory basis in the applicable regulation for Germany DIN EN 14676. The
following "recommended sites" represent only a sample from the standard.
Especially recommended mounting locations
are: Bedrooms and children's rooms andstaircases.
Follow the instructions below to deploy smoke alarms as effectively as possible:
- Install at least one smoke alarm on each floor.
- Place a smoke alarm in rooms containing electrical equipment.
- Install smoke alarms on the ceiling in the middle of the room, as smoke rises upward
to the ceiling and there spreads horizontally.
- Avoid mounting locations that are less than 50cm from a side wall and less than
60cm from a corner.
- If the ceiling area is subdivided by high furniture
pieces or dividing walls / open-timber roof, in every
ceiling area a smoke alarm must be installed.
- In rooms >60m² every 60m² an additional smoke
alarm must be installed in the respective middle part
surface.
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