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MODEL CO5120B—User’s Manual
AC Powered Carbon Monoxide Alarm
With Battery Back-Up
120VAC 60 Hz .085A Standby .087A Alarm
Model CO5120B
M06-1046-001 6/00
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Basic Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 How Your CO Alarm Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CO Alarm Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CHAPTER 1: Introduction BASIC SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING! This unit does not work without power. If the IMPORTANT! AC power fails, the battery back-up will power Dangers, Warnings, and Cautions alert you to the alarm for at least 8 hours provided the 9V important operating instructions or to potentially battery is fresh and correctly installed. hazardous situations. Pay special attention to WARNING! these items. NEVER ignore your Carbon Monoxide Alarm IMPORTANT! if it alarms.
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General Information HOW YOUR CO ALARM WORKS This CO alarm is designed to be hard-wired and The Cover Of Your CO Alarm mounted on any standard size wiring junction box, up to 4” diagonal size. When fully powered, this CO alarm samples the air and takes a new reading about every second. A microchip inside the unit stores each reading, and remembers the levels of CO it has been exposed to over time. The unit goes into alarm mode when it has been exposed to a “critical” 1 leve
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Basic Operation Normal Operation. Low Battery Warning, AC Power ON: • Horn is silent. • The horn “chirps” • Red light (LED) is once a minute. on continuously. • Red light flashes once each time the horn During Testing “chirps”. • Horn pattern repeats twice: 4 beeps, pause, Low Battery Warning 4 beeps, pause. AC Power OFF: • Red light (LED) flashes • The horn “chirps” once once per second during a minute. the 10-second test cycle. • Red light flashes once each time the horn
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Supply Voltage: 120VAC 60Hz .085A CO ALARM SPECIFICATIONS Standby .087A Alarm Gas Detection at Typical Temperature and During Alarm: Repeating alarm horn pattern: Humidity Ranges: The CO alarm is not 4 beeps, pause, 4 beeps, pause. formulated to detect CO levels below 30 ppm • Stand-alone unit: red light (LED) flashes typically. UL tested for false alarm resistance to rapidly, once per second. Methane (500 ppm), Butane (300 ppm), Heptane • Interconnected series: red
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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 additional (CPSC) recommends the use of at least one CO CO alarm at least 20 feet (6 meters) away alarm per household, located near the sleeping from the furnace or fuel burning heat area. For added protection, install additional CO source. alarms in eac
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WHERE NOT TO INSTALL WARNING! CO ALARMS 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, • In garages, kitchens, furnace rooms, hallways, or basements of multi-family or in any extremely dusty, dirty or buildings unless working CO alarms are also greasy areas. installed in each family living unit. CO alarms • Within 5 feet of any cooking appliance. in common areas may not be hea
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The Battery Compartment Lock USING THE OPTIONAL LOCKING FEATURES TO LOCK THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT: IMPORTANT! The optional locking features are designed to Do not lock the battery compartment until you prevent unauthorized removal of the battery or alarm. It is not necessary to activate the locks in have activated the battery and tested the battery back-up. single-family households where unauthorized battery or alarm removal is not a concern. 1. Activate the battery These CO a
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3. Push the locking pin through the black dot on 1. Remove the CO alarm from the mounting the label on the back of the CO alarm. bracket. If the unit is locked to the bracket, see the section “To Deactivate the Locking Feature.” 2. Disconnect the power connector by gently prying it away from the back of the CO alarm. 3. Insert a flathead screwdriver under the head of the locking pin, and gently pry it out of the battery compartment lock. (If you plan to re- lock the battery compar
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TO DEACTIVATE THE BRACKET LOCK: The Mounting Bracket Lock Tools you will need: DANGER! • Needle-nose pliers ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD. Turn off the • Standard/Flathead screwdriver power to the area where the CO alarm is installed before removing it from the mounting TO ACTIVATE THE BRACKET LOCK: bracket. Failure to turn off the power first may result in serious electrical shock, injury or 1. Using needle-nose pliers, detach one locking death. pin from the mounting bracket. WARNING
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2. Pry the CO alarm away from the bracket by HOW TO INSTALL turning both the screwdriver and the CO YOUR CO ALARM alarm clockwise (right) at the same time. This unit is designed to be mounted on any standard wiring junction box up to a 4-inch diagonal size, on either the ceiling or wall. Read “Where to Install” and “Where Not To Install” CO alarms before you begin installation. If a junction box is not already in place, install one using standard #12 or #14 gauge copper wir
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The Parts Of This CO Alarm NOTE: A qualified appliance technician is defined as 1 “a person, firm, corporation, or company that 3 either in person or through a representative, is engaged in and responsible for the installation, testing, servicing, or replacement of heating, 2 ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, 2 combustion appliances and equipment, and/or gas fireplaces or other decorative combustion 6 3 equipment.” 4 5 7 Activating the battery back-up 8 IMPORTANT! Activa
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3. Plug the power connector into SINGLE-STATION INSTALLATION the back of the CO alarm. Tools needed: Standard/Flathead screwdriver. 4. Position the base of the alarm over the mounting bracket and DANGER! turn. The alarm can be ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD. Turn off positioned over the bracket every 60°. Turn the power to the area where you will install this unit clockwise (right) until the unit is in place. unit at the circuit breaker or fuse box before beginning installation. Fail
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Interconnected units can provide earlier warning INTERCONNECTING MULTIPLE of a CO problem than stand-alone units, CO ALARMS especially if the problem starts in a remote area of the dwelling. If any unit in the series senses Interconnecting Multiple CO Alarms CO, all units will alarm. To determine which CO 6 alarm initiated an alarm, refer to the table: A 7 B } } 8 On Initiating Alarm Red LED flashes rapidly
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3. Using wire nuts, connect the power connector Interconnected units must meet ALL of to the AC power. the following requirements: Connect the white wire on the • • A maximum of 18 units total may be power connector to the neu- interconnected. (See page 13 for tral wire in the junction box. details.) • Connect the black wire on • The same fuse or circuit breaker must the power connector to the power all interconnected units. hot wire in the junction box. • The total length of wire interco
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6. Make sure each unit is receiving AC power. IMPORTANT! Under normal operation, the red light (LED) In a series of interconnected alarms, you must will shine continuously. test each alarm separately by pressing and 7. Test each CO alarm. Press and hold the test holding the test button. Make sure all units alarm button until the unit alarms: 4 beeps, pause, when each one is tested. 4 beeps, pause. IMPORTANT! If any unit in the series does not alarm during testing, TURN OFF POWER and r
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Note any combustion equipment not inspected light). If you press the Test/Silence on any by the technician, and consult the other alarm, it will only silence that unit, not manufacturers’ instructions, or contact the the whole interconnected series. manufacturers directly, for more information NOTE: about CO safety and this equipment. Make sure After initial 4-minute silence cycle, the that motor vehicles are not, and have not, been CO alarm re-evaluates present CO levels and operating i
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The “Latching Alarm” Indicator: KEY: LATCHING ALARM: Unit was exposed to alarm levels of CO BEDROOM BEDROOM BEDROOM LATCHING NOT ACTIVATED: KITCHEN Unit was not exposed GARAGE to alarm levels of CO HALL LIVING ROOM BASEMENT The Latching Alarm Indicator is activated after Non-Interconnected or Stand-Alone Alarm a CO alarm is exposed to alarm levels of carbon Latching Alarm Indicator shows that the unit monoxide. After CO levels drop below alarm was exposed to alarm levels of CO. levels, the
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CHAPTER 4: Testing and Maintenance NOTE: The low battery warning should last for Weekly Testing 30 days, but you should replace the battery Push and hold the Test/Silence button on the immediately to continue your protection. cover until a loud alarm sounds— 4 beeps, a Choosing a replacement battery: pause, then 4 beeps. The alarm sequence should This unit requires one standard 9V alkaline battery. last for 10 seconds. If the alarm ever fails to test The following alkaline batteries are
