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With Peak
CO Level
Display!
MODEL CO2120PDN—User’s Manual
120V Plug-In Carbon Monoxide Alarm
With Digital Display and Silence Feature
120V AC 60 Hz .085A Standby .087A Alarm
M06-1045-000 6/99
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Basic Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How Your CO Alarm Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 What the Digital Display Can Show You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHAPTER 1: Introduction BASIC SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING! This CO Alarm can not operate without IMPORTANT! continuous electricity. It does not operate Dangers, Warnings, and Cautions alert you to during a power failure. important operating instructions or to WARNING! potentially hazardous situations. Pay special attention to these items. NEVER ignore your Carbon Monoxide Alarm if it alarms. Refer to “What To Do If Your CO IMPORTANT! Alarm Alarms” for more information. Failure
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The Cover Of Your CO Alarm HOW YOUR CO ALARM WORKS General Information 4 1 2 CAUTION! Leave your CO Alarm plugged in year-round. CO problems can occur any time during the year, and this alarm can only alert you if it is plugged in and receiving power. 3 This CO Alarm is intended for use in a standard, unswitched 120V AC wall outlet. It is not intended 5 for use in extension cords, power strips, or outlets controlled by a switch or dimmer. These may not provide continuous power to
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WHAT THE DIGITAL DISPLAY CAN SHOW YOU The Digital Display is designed to indicate estimated carbon monoxide levels in a residential environment. It is not intended for use as an industrial or commercial grade meter. The Digital Display shows the amount of carbon monoxide (measured in parts per million) the unit is sensing. An average, healthy adult should not feel symptoms when the unit first alarms. However, infants, the unborn, and people with cardiac or respiratory disea
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WHAT THE LIGHTS AND ALARM TONES MEAN During Power Up (or After Power Outage) During an Alarm READY READY TEST PEAK CLEAR PEAK TEST PEAK CLEAR PEAK Green light ON. Yellow & red lights OFF. Green light ON. Yellow light OFF. Red light Horn “chirps”. Digital Display: Dash appears FLASHES. Repeating horn pattern: 4 beeps, pause, by “READY”. 4 beeps, pause. Display: Shows CO levels in ppm. During Normal Operation During Alarm Malfunction READY READY TEST PEAK TEST PEAK CLEAR CLEAR PEAK Green ligh
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READY The CO alarm will THE PEAK CO FEATURE automatically switch back This feature lets you check the highest level to ”READY” immediately of CO detected since you cleared the Peak after you check or clear TEST PEAK CLEAR PEAK memory. This feature also helps a CO the peak CO level. investigator. Since you should ventilate your home after any alarm—and since CO dissipates Examples of when to use the Peak CO Feature: in fresh air— CO levels may drop well below alarm levels by t
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Malfunction: Yellow light shines continuously. CO ALARM SPECIFICATIONS Red light flashes. Horn chirps twice a minute. Gas Detection at Typical Temperature and Digital Display will read “Err”. Humidity Ranges: The CO Alarm is not Dimensions: 5.83" x 3.32" x 1.6" (Approx.) formulated to detect CO levels below 30 ppm typically. UL tested for false alarm resistance to Supply Voltage: 120V AC 60Hz Methane (500 ppm), Butane (300 ppm), .085A Standby .087A Alarm Heptane
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CHAPTER 2: Installation In a Single-level Home: WHERE TO INSTALL CO ALARMS • Install at least one CO Alarm near or within each separate sleeping area. The Consumer Product Safety Commission • For added protection, install an (CPSC) recommends the use of at least one CO additional CO Alarm at least 20 feet Alarm per household, located near the sleeping (6 meters) away from the furnace or fuel area. For added protection, install additional burning heat source. CO Alarms in eac
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WHERE NOT TO INSTALL WARNING! YOUR CO ALARM This CO Alarm is designed for use inside a single-family home or apartment. It is not DO NOT locate this CO Alarm: meant to be used in common lobbies, hallways, or basements of multi-family • In garages, kitchens, furnace rooms, buildings unless working CO Alarms are also or in any extremely dusty, dirty or installed in each family living unit. CO greasy areas. Alarms in common areas may not be heard • Closer than 20 feet away from a
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4. While testing the unit, have a family member HOW TO INSTALL check that the horn can be easily heard from YOUR CO ALARM the sleeping areas. The unit should be located where it can wake you if it alarms at night. WARNING! This CO Alarm can not operate without 5. Find the pair of self-adhesive labels included continuous electricity. It does not operate with this CO alarm. during a power failure. Do not use in an • On each label write in the phone number extension cord, or out
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CHAPTER 3: If Your CO Alarm Alarms immediately. Note any combustion WARNING! equipment not inspected by the technician, Actuation of your CO alarm indicates the and consult the manufacturers’ instructions, presence of carbon monoxide (CO) which or contact the manufacturers directly, for can KILL YOU. In other words, when your more information about CO safety and this CO Alarm alarms, you must not ignore it! equipment. Make sure that motor vehicles are not, and have not, been o
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Using the Silence Feature While the detector is silenced: If the CO Alarm... is silent for only WARNING! 4 minutes, then starts sounding loudly— NEVER unplug your CO alarm to silence the 4 beeps, then a pause, 4 beeps, then a pause. horn. Use the silence feature. Unplugging Red light continues flashing... the CO alarm removes your protection! See previous page for details on responding This means... CO levels are still potentially to an alarm. dangerous. The silence featur
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CHAPTER 4: Testing and Maintenance WEEKLY TESTING REGULAR MAINTENANCE To keep the CO Alarm in good Push and hold the Test/Silence button on the working order: cover until a loud alarm sounds— 4 beeps, a pause, then 4 beeps. The alarm sequence • Test it every week using the should last for 5-6 seconds. If the Alarm ever Test/Silence button. fails to test properly, replace it immediately. • Vacuum the CO Alarm cover at least twice a year, using the soft brush If the CO Alarm is
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CHAPTER 5: What You Need To Know About CO What is CO? CAUTION! Some individuals are more sensitive to CO CO is an invisible, odorless, tasteless gas than others, including people with cardiac or produced when fossil fuels do not burn respiratory problems, infants, unborn completely, or are exposed to heat (usually fire). babies, pregnant mothers, or elderly people Electrical appliances typically do not can be more quickly and severely affected produce CO. by CO. Members of sensitiv
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Potential Sources Of CO The following conditions can result in transient CO situations: In The Home 1. Excessive spillage or reverse venting of fuel appliances caused by outdoor conditions such as: • Wind direction and/or velocity, including high, gusty winds. Heavy air in the vent pipes (cold/humid air with extended peri- ods between cycles). • Negative pressure differential resulting from the use of exhaust fans. • Several appliances running at the same time competing for limited fresh
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How Can I Protect My Family? present. Keep the blower door on the fur- nace closed. Use vents or fans when they are available on all fuel-burning appli- A CO Alarm is an excellent means of protection. ances. Make sure appliances are vented It monitors the air and sounds a loud alarm to the outside. Do not grill or barbecue before Carbon Monoxide levels become indoors, or in garages or on screen threatening for average, healthy adults. porches. A CO Alarm is not a substitute for proper •
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CHAPTER 6: Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL2034 What Levels of CO Cause an Alarm? IMPORTANT! Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL2034 defines This CO Alarm measures exposure to CO over 3 specific alarm points by which all residential time. It alarms if CO levels are extremely high in CO Alarms must alarm. They are measured in a short period of time, or if CO levels reach a parts per million (ppm) of CO over time (in certain minimum over a long period of time. The CO Alarm generally sounds an ala
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CHAPTER 7: Troubleshooting Guide Problem... This means... You should... Green light is OFF. Unit will Unit may not be Gently push unit all the way into outlet. not alarm when you press plugged all the way Make sure it is not plugged into an outlet the Test/Silence button. in, or receiving controlled by a switch. power. Unit “chirps” about twice Unit malfunction. Units under warranty should be returned to a minute. Green light and Unit needs to be manufacturer for replacement. See Chapter 8:
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CHAPTER 8: General Limitations Of CO Alarms This CO Alarm is intended for residential use. It is not intended for use in industrial applications where Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements for carbon monoxide detectors must be met. CO Alarms will not work without power.This CO appliances may also prevent alert persons from Alarm requires a continuous supply of AC power. hearing the alarm horn. This CO Alarm is not Plug into an unswitched 120V AC outlet only. inten
