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Nest Protect (Battery) ™ Detects smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) User’s Guide ATTENTION: Please read carefully and keep this user’s guide in a safe place.
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MEET YOUR NEST PROTECT Nest Protect is designed to detect smoke and REQUIREMENTS carbon monoxide in a residential environment. You need Wi-Fi, an iOS or Android phone or It has multiple sensors to help it understand tablet, and a free Nest Account in order to what’s happening in your home, including...
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The horn enables Nest Protect to alert you with a loud emergency sound. The speaker allows Nest Protect to speak with a human voice. 5.3 in (13.5 cm) The light ring changes color to alert you. Push the Nest button to hush alarms or run a test.
Internet, and connecting Apple App Store or Google Play and create it to other Nest Protects in your home. Go to ™ ™ a free Nest Account. You can use a phone or nest.com/installprotect to watch the video.
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Now you can install them on the ceiling or wall. Already added Tip: Your Nest Protect came packed in a plastic cover. Tip: To double check Nest Protect’s room name, Keep the cover on so your Nest Protect stays clean press the Nest button once.
Location in your home The National Fire Protection Association Nest Protect should be installed at (NFPA) recommends installing a smoke least 10 feet (3 m) away from cooktops alarm in the following areas: or cooking appliances. • On every floor, including finished attics Nest Protect should NOT be installed and basements.
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Tip: Your old smoke alarm might make a loud noise Tip: All smoke alarms prefer to live in a dust free area, when you disconnect it. so remove any dust before you install Nest Protect.
If you have a sloped, peaked or cathedral Mark where the screws will go using the ceiling, Nest Protect should be 4 inches to base as a guide. Make sure it’s at least 3 feet (10 cm – 1 m) from the highest point.
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Install the rest each other. of your Nest Protects if you have more. Tip: If you ever need to remove your Nest Protect (for cleaning or battery replacement), turn it counterclockwise until it disconnects from...
Nest app or of just beeping. Nest Protect has two kinds of pressing the Nest button. In some cases, the voice alerts: Heads-Up and Emergency Alarms.
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“HEADS-UP. THERE’S YELLOW pulses. Smoke levels are rising. Put out the source of the SMOKE IN THE [ROOM smoke. Then use the Nest NAME]. THE ALARM app or press the Nest MAY SOUND.” button to hush the alert. “HEADS-UP. THERE’S YELLOW pulses.
When you turn out the lights for the night, Nest Protect will glow green for a moment - When you run a test, Nest Protect will give you that means everything is working. If it glows a countdown before sounding the alarm so you yellow, one of the Nest Protects in your have time to move away from the loud noise.
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DAILY USE AND EMERGENCY PREPARATION WHAT YOU HEAR WHAT YOU SEE WHAT IT MEANS WHAT TO DO You turn off the Nest Protect has tested Sleep well thanks to its sensors and batteries Nightly Promise. room lights for the night, and...
Do not force the door closed. soaps or solvents. 5. Push Nest Protect onto the backplate and 3. Place Nest Protect on a soft, dry cloth turn it clockwise until you feel it grip. with the Nest button facing down.
(Match + to + and - to -). • Never remove the batteries to stop an unwanted alarm (caused by cooking smoke, • Once Nest Protect has expired you’ll no etc.) Removing the batteries disables the longer be protected from smoke or CO if alarm so it cannot sense smoke or carbon you don’t replace it.
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RESETTING NEST PROTECT EXPIRATION Like any smoke and CO alarm, Nest Protect You can reset Nest Protect to erase all your has a limited life. You will need to replace settings and reset the wireless interconnection Nest Protect after 10 years with a brand new with other Nest Protects.
If they are wired, the smoke alarms cannot work during a long power outage and once the backup battery is dead. Nest Protect will warn you in advance when batteries are running low so that you can replace them.
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LIMITATIONS OF CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) ALARMS • This smoke alarm is not intended to • NEVER ignore your carbon monoxide alarm if it alert hearing impaired residents. Alarms alarms. Refer to “What to do in case of a carbon specifically designed for the hearing impaired, monoxide alarm”...
(1) *In all sleeping rooms and guest rooms locations occasionally experience conditions (2) *Outside of each separate dwelling unit that can result in improper operation. As Nest sleeping area, within 21 ft (6.4 m) of any door Protect is also a Carbon Monoxide alarm, it is...
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WHERE NOT TO INSTALL YOUR SMOKE ALARMS or range. Clean a laundry room unit frequently For best performance, AVOID installing a smoke to keep it free of dust or lint. alarm in these areas: • Near fresh air vents, ceiling fans, or in very •...
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“trap” CO under 30ppm. inside. Electrical appliances typically do not produce CO. The Nest Protect CO sensor meets SYMPTOMS OF CO POISONING the alarm response time requirements of the The following symptoms are related to CARBON American National Standard ANSI/UL 2034.
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If alarm signal sounds: 1) Operate reset/silence button (Press THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CAN RESULT IN Nest button); TRANSIENT CO SITUATIONS 2) Call your emergency services [fire dept. or 911]; 1. Excessive spillage or reverse venting of fuel...
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CREATE AN ESCAPE PLAN TO PRACTICE Be prepared when your smoke/CO alarm household that are capable of assisting others sounds its alarm. Develop a family escape to provide assistance to those who may not plan, discuss it with all household members, be awakened by the alarm sound, or to those and practice it regularly.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) COMPLIANCE CALIFORNIA STATE FIRE MARSHAL As stated by the California State Fire Marshal This equipment has been tested and found “Early warning fire detection is best achieved to comply with the limits for a Class B digital by the installation of fire detection equipment device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC in all rooms and areas of the household as...
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WANT TO CLAIM UNDER THIS LIMITED WARRANTY Before making a claim under this Limited Warranty, the owner of the Product must (a) notify Nest Labs of the intention to claim by visiting nest.com/support during the Warranty Period and providing a description of the alleged failure, and (b) comply with Nest Labs’...
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User’s Guide or other OR PRODUCT WILL PROVIDE SAFETY IN YOUR HOME. YOU instructions provided by Nest Labs; (c) abuse or misuse of USE ALL PRODUCT INFORMATION, THE SERVICES, AND THE the Product; (d) breakdowns, fluctuations, or interruptions in PRODUCT AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK.
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