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CO-9B User Manual CARBON MONOXIDE POISONOUS GAS ALARM Please read me – as I could save your life. Please retain this user manual for future reference...
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF AN ALARM FEATURES USEFUL NUMBERS CARBON MONOXIDE AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT YOU TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND YOUR FAMILY DISPOSAL WHERE TO INSTALL YOUR DETECTOR 7 YEAR WARRANTY HOW TO INSTALL YOUR RETURNS DETECTOR PRODUCT RANGE...
• Test/reset button The FireAngel range of products is constantly being improved and expanded. Please visit • Regular self-check to ensure detector is www.sprue.com to find out about the latest operating correctly additions to our product range.
AND HOW IT CAN death AFFECT YOU AND Your FireAngel CO detector monitors the YOUR FAMILY level of CO as parts per million (ppm) in the atmosphere surrounding the detector. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that...
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• Operate unvented gas burning appliances • Any fossil fuel burning appliance using paraffin or natural gas in closed WARNING: This FireAngel carbon rooms monoxide detector is not a combustible • Operate petrol-powered engines indoors gas detector, nor a smoke detector. Please...
solid fuel cooker is in use in every room containing a fuel burning appliance. Additional apparatus may be • Only install CO detectors that meet the installed to ensure that adequate warning requirements of EN 50291-1: 2010 and is given for occupants in other rooms, by EN 50291-2: 2010 in your home locating apparatus in: •...
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a For both wall and ceiling mounted Where not to put the detector apparatus the following applies: The apparatus should not be installed: • The apparatus should be at a horizontal • In an enclosed space (for example in a distance of between 1m and 3m from cupboard or behind a curtain) the potential source •...
HOW TO INSTALL from the combustion appliance(s) should also contain an alarm, located in accordance YOUR DETECTOR with previous advice in this section. It is not always possible to find an optimum NOTE: This apparatus should be installed location for an apparatus, for example, a by a competent person who feels able to small caravan may not have suitable vertical install it according to the instructions.
Ltd may have a detrimental effect on the detector’s operation. Replace the battery cover and return the detector to its original position. d Your advanced FireAngel detector requires a short ‘warm-up’ period before it is fully operational. If you have followed all of the above steps correctly, your unit will begin monitoring for CO in around 3 minutes.
OPERATING FEATURES Under normal operating conditions, the batteries should last for at least 12 months. Your FireAngel detector offers many features The detector will not protect against the risk which set it apart from other CO detectors on of carbon monoxide poisoning when the the market today.
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to obtain a response from the detector that the sampling rate of the during this test. Please note your CO detector detector has increased and can will not detect smoke. be tested using a known source of CO. If testing the sensor for the first time after installation, or replacing the batteries, make Test/Reset sure that the alarm has completed the initial...
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to sound for one cycle of four loud beeps and the Power LED to illuminate green for a short time. This is the end of the test. The Power LED will no longer flash green every second but will revert to flashing once every minute as the detector will go back to normal operating mode (It may take up to two minutes...
PRODUCT’S INDICATORS Telephone: 0800 141 2561 (1-800 523171 in EIRE) The higher the concentration of carbon e-mail: technicalsupport@fireangel.co.uk monoxide detected by the detector, the quicker it will respond. When sufficient carbon monoxide is detected a loud audible signal (85 dB at 1m/3 feet) will be emitted and the Alarm LED will flash red once every second.
To maintain your activities using substances that emit FireAngel detector in proper working order, strong fumes. Remember to remove it and to ensure that the sensor will last for the from the bag and return the detector to its...
WHAT TO DO IN THE stop depending on the level of carbon monoxide detected EVENT OF AN ALARM • Get medical help immediately for anyone suffering the effects of carbon monoxide WARNING: A loud alarm is a warning poisoning (headache, nausea), and advise that unusually high and potentially that carbon monoxide poisoning is lethal levels of carbon monoxide are present.
USEFUL NUMBERS National Gas Emergency Service 0800 111 999 (24 Hours) Gas Safe register 0800 408 5500 Solid Fuel Association 0845 601 4406 Advisory service for domestic and solid fuel appliances HETAS 0845 223 3033 Trade association for solid fuel engineers OFTEC 0845 658 5080 Trade association for Oil Fired Appliance engineers NACS 01785 811732...
125 grams (4.4oz) Certified to: EN 50291-1: 2010, EN 50291-2: 2010 This FireAngel carbon monoxide detector is designed to continuously monitor for CO. Its response times meet the requirements of the European standard EN 50291-1: 2010, EN 50291-2: 2010. The alarm will sound: •...
Please recycle where facilities exist. Check with your local authority, retailer A CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR IS NOT or the FireAngel Technical Support Line (see A SUBSTITUTE FOR A SMOKE ALARM OR A page 19 for contact details) for recycling/ COMBUSTIBLE GAS DETECTOR.
The warranty on any rights. Except for death or personal injury, replacement FireAngel CO-9B Carbon Sprue Safety Products Ltd shall not be liable Monoxide Poisonous Gas Alarm will last for for any loss of use, damage, cost or expense...
Sprue Safety Products Ltd manufactures an alarm, we recommend that you contact extensive range of home safety products the FireAngel Technical Support Line in the including smoke alarms, carbon monoxide first instance for advice on 0800 141 2561 detectors, fire extinguishers and remote (9.00am–5.00pm, Monday–Friday), UK Text...
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