Kidde C3010-CA User Manual

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WelcomeNote: Many times throughout this User’s Guide, we will refer toCarbon Monoxide as “CO”.This Kidde carbon monoxide (CO) alarm is an important part of yourfamily’s home safety plan. This alarm has been designed and tested todetect CO buildup in a residential environment. Your alarm is for usespecifically in the home. As an owner of a CO alarm, there are somebasic facts you should know about for your protection.Many people think that CO alarms operate like smoke alarms. Likesmoke alarms, CO alarms monitor the air in your home and sound aloud alarm to warn you of trouble. The way you respond to a CO alarmis quite different than a smoke alarm. That’s because a house fire and aCO problem are two distinctly different situations. If your smoke alarmwere to alarm, you would quickly be able to judge the level of dangeryou were in with your senses. You can see and smell the smoke, feel theheat, see, and possibly hear the fire burning. You can also readily seeif your smoke alarm is alarming in a non-emergency situation. Becauseyour sense of sight, smell, hearing and touch give you information, youcan almost instantly judge what action to take if you hear your smokealarm.CO is an invisible, odorless, tasteless and non-irritating gas – completelyundetectable to your senses. That’s why it is important to your safetythat you have a CO alarm.Important Warning StatementsIMPORTANT: This carbon monoxide alarm is designed to detectcarbon monoxide from ANY source of combustion. It is NOTdesigned to detect smoke, fire, or any other gas.WARNING: Carbon monoxide alarms are not smoke alarms.This carbon monoxide alarm is not a substitute for installing andmaintaining an appropriate number of smoke alarms in yourhome.This carbon monoxide alarm will not sense smoke, fire, or anypoisonous gas other than carbon monoxide even though carbonmonoxide can be generated by fire. For this reason you mustinstall smoke alarms to provide early warning of fire and toprotect you and your family from fire and its related hazards.CAUTION: This alarm will only indicate the presence of carbonmonoxide at the sensor. Carbon monoxide may be present inother areas.!