Ei Electronics Ei 405C manual

1 W ARNING DO NOT INST ALL THE ACTUAL SMOKE ALARM IN NEW OR RENOV A TED BUILDINGS UNTIL ALL WORK IS COMPLETED (INCLUDING FLOOR COVERINGS) AND BUILDING HAS BEEN FULL Y CLEANED. (Excessive dust & debris from building work can contaminate the smoke chamber and cause problems). An installed smoke alarm must be removed or covered fully (with a plast[...]

1. READ THIS FIRST A Smoke Alarm is an early warning device. Used correctly it can give you and your family valuable extra time to escape. ¥ Models Ei405 & Ei405C - connect battery snaps firmly (see fig 1b). Press the test button and horn should sound. ¥ Models Ei405C, Ei405TY & Ei405TYC - slide unit on to mounting plate to connect the ba[...]

3 ¥ If the Alarm beeps without the red light flashing at the same time then clean unit as this is the automatic test fea- ture indicating the chamber is degraded. ¥ Plan your escape route. ¥ Proper protection usually requires more than one Smoke Alarm. ¥ If you have any doubt or query about Smoke Alarms con- sult the supplier or your local Fire[...]

4 excellent, particularly at night, as it rapidly identifies where the fire is located. This is ideal for larger systems as the dis- turbance in the house can be kept to a minimum e.g. no need to enter all the bedrooms to check to see if the red light is flashing rapidly . 3. LOCA TING YOUR SMOKE ALARM Sufficient smoke must enter your Smoke Alarm b[...]

Figure 2 : Single storey dwelling Figure 3: Single storey dwelling with separate sleeping areas. In houses with more than one sleeping area, Smoke Alarms should be placed between each sleeping area and the living area (for example, see figure 3). 3.2 Multi Storey Dwellings If your home has more than one floor , at least one alarm should be fitted o[...]

6 3.3 Recommended Protection For recommended protection you should put individual Smoke Alarms in all the rooms where fire is most likely to break out (apart from the locations to avoid, mentioned below). The living room is the most likely place for a fire to start at night, followed by the kitchen and then the dining room. Y ou should also conside[...]

7 4.3 On a sloping Ceiling In areas with sloping or peaked ceilings install your Smoke Alarm 0.9m from the highest point measured horizontally (see figure 6), because dead air at the apex may prevent smoke from reaching the unit. 4.4 Locations to Avoid Don t place your Smoke Alarm in any of the following areas: ¥ Bathrooms, kitchen, shower rooms, [...]

8 If there are frequent nuisance/false alarms it may be neces- sary to re-locate the device away from the source of the fumes. If you installed the smoke alarms as received and did not pro- gram them, you may be receiving an alarm signal from a neighbouring system. This can be easy rectified by house coding your alarms (see section 6.3). Pressing t[...]

9 If the alarm fails to sound, follow this checklist: ¥ Check the age of the unit - see the replace by label on base of unit. ¥ Check the battery snaps are firmly connected on the Ei405 & Ei405C models (see fig 1b). ¥ On the Ei405TY & Ei405TYC models ensure the unit is pushed fully home on the mounting plate, as this connects the battery[...]

10 Program Procedure 1. Press the test button on the first installed unit three times within 1.5 seconds. The blue light will come on momentarily each time to show the button is operating. (If the horn sounds during these short button depressions, just ignore it). The blue light will now flash once every 5 seconds. The unit now sends a radio messag[...]

11 Clear the serial numbers learned by: - disconnecting the battery - waiting 10 seconds - holding the test button down while re-connecting the battery snaps to the Ei405 & Ei405C only . With the Ei405TY & Ei405TYC models hold the test button down while sliding it on to the mounting plate. Then put it into the program mode by pressing the t[...]

12 The unit can be quickly removed from the program mode by holding down the T est & Locate buttons simultaneously . (The house coding can be removed, if necessary , from the remote control by first disconnecting the battery for 10 sec- onds and then reconnecting the battery while holding down both the T est & Locate buttons). 6.5 Power Ind[...]

13 6.8 Automatic Self-T est The smoke chamber automatically tests itself every 40 sec- onds. If the chamber is degraded it will beep without the red light flashing at the same time. If this happens clean the unit. If the beeping persists and the beep does not coincide with an red light flash, return the unit for service (see Getting your Smoke Alar[...]

14 (ii) Low Battery beeps (Model Ei 405TY & Ei405TYC only) The unit is giving a short beep every 40 seconds and the red light flashes at the same time for longer than 1 hour . (If the unit beeps without the red light flashing at the same time see Cleaning your Smoke Alarm above). (iii) The unit fails to sound the horn loudly when the test but- [...]

15 A maximum of 250 metres (820ft) of signal cable can be used, (maximum resistance between detectors 50 ohm). The units are interconnected by wiring all the terminals marked 1 together , and all the terminals marked 2 together (as in fig 8) before screwing the mounting plate to ceiling. Draughts, through the ceiling, from wiring openings, conduit,[...]

16 ¥ Constant exposure to high or freezing temperatures, high humidity or a high level of nuisance alarms may reduce the life of the battery . ¥ Nuisance alarms can be quickly silenced by fanning vigor- ously with a newspaper or similar to remove the smoke or press the test / hush button. ¥ Do not attempt to remove, recharge or burn the battery [...]

17 ¥ Smoke Alarms may not detect every type of fire to give suf- ficient early warning. They are particularly inef fective with: fires caused by smoking in bed, escaping gas, violent explosions. poor storage of flammable rags and/or liquids, (for example petrol, paint, spirits etc), overloaded electrical circuits, arson, children playing with matc[...]

18 8.2 FIRE SAFETY HINTS Store petrol and other flammable materials in proper contain- ers. Discard oily or flammable rags. Always use a metal fireplace screen and have chimneys cleaned regularly . Replace worn or damaged sockets, switches, home wiring and cracked or frayed electrical cords and plugs. Do not overload electrical circuits. Keep match[...]

19 The Home Office states (in FB2): If your home has more than one floor , at least one alarm should be fitted on each level. In this case, a combination of Optical and Ionisation alarms, preferably interconnected, will give the best protection. 1 1. GETTING YOUR SMOKE ALARM SERVICED If your Smoke Alarm fails to work after you have read the sec- ti[...]

20 13. TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TION Battery: Replaceable 9 V olt Alkaline Duracell (Ei405 & 405C only) MN1604, Energizer 522 or Eveready 522. Battery Life: Battery can power unit in standby for over (Ei405 & 405C only) a year . Battery: Built-in Lithium Battery . (Ei405TY & Ei405TYC only) Battery Life: Lasts up to 10 Y ears. (Ei405TY & [...]

21 RF RECEPTION External Alarm RF Signal: T urns on horn without red light flashing until it fails to receive alarm confirmation for 1 1 seconds. Stops horn within 3 sec- onds, on receipt of an "Alarm "Cancel" sig- nal (from any unit). Receiver remains on "continuously" for 1 1 seconds to check for further alarm signals. Le[...]

22 The blue light will turn on as the button is pressed. Program Mode: Number of fast flashes every 5 seconds indicates number of units (including remote keyfob, Ei410, if used) in system Clearing House Codes: Th e s erial numbers memorised, can be deleted (i.e. the smoke alarms can be uncoded) by powering down the unit and disconnecting the batter[...]

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