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Ashley
okay so right now they are doing the alarm test!!
and i have no idea what 3 bi bi bi means XP so help me please!!
okay last time at 11PM TO 3AM!! i didn't sleep a night!! they said it is a falls alarm when i tried to sleep the 3 bells starts!! and i got so mad!! i cried XD then it stop and it start!! and i have no idea what it means!!
Answer
We have a "FireX" Kidde Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm". This is a talking alarm and has 2 tests. I installed them in my apartment and my sister-in-laws. These are battery powered (3-AA) only. I installed them in 2003. Recently they began chirping every 30 seconds without any verbal remarks "Fire, Fire" or "warning "Carbon Monoxide" Finally I found the booklet and found on an interior page "After seven (7) years of cumulative power up, this unit will "chirp" every 30 seconds. This is an "operational end of life" feature which will indicate that it is time to replace the alarm.
There are battery powered, combination battery and electric or electric only powered alarms.
Our alarm is battery only and the Carbon Monoxide part is the 7 year life span part that does this.
The best thing that you can do is read through the instruction pamphlet. I had to look through it 3 times to find the small print.
You need to have it tested and a technician can do the best work. It sounds like you have an electric version and I don't think the "Smoke only" have a life span in years. Get it checked anyway just to be sure. I am sure a replacement is not expensive as in the US they are only $10 or so. I live in Spain now and can't get them here so I get them from the States every 7 years because I want both "Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Detectors even though we don't have gas. (They are about 30 dollars each Plus 30 for shipping.) Well worth it. "AA" batteries are available everywhere and don't need any other power. They should be changed every October. Mine lasted 2 years because the "Duracell" batterys I use are more expensive (from our local Camera store).
Good Luck ! ! !
We have a "FireX" Kidde Combination Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm". This is a talking alarm and has 2 tests. I installed them in my apartment and my sister-in-laws. These are battery powered (3-AA) only. I installed them in 2003. Recently they began chirping every 30 seconds without any verbal remarks "Fire, Fire" or "warning "Carbon Monoxide" Finally I found the booklet and found on an interior page "After seven (7) years of cumulative power up, this unit will "chirp" every 30 seconds. This is an "operational end of life" feature which will indicate that it is time to replace the alarm.
There are battery powered, combination battery and electric or electric only powered alarms.
Our alarm is battery only and the Carbon Monoxide part is the 7 year life span part that does this.
The best thing that you can do is read through the instruction pamphlet. I had to look through it 3 times to find the small print.
You need to have it tested and a technician can do the best work. It sounds like you have an electric version and I don't think the "Smoke only" have a life span in years. Get it checked anyway just to be sure. I am sure a replacement is not expensive as in the US they are only $10 or so. I live in Spain now and can't get them here so I get them from the States every 7 years because I want both "Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Detectors even though we don't have gas. (They are about 30 dollars each Plus 30 for shipping.) Well worth it. "AA" batteries are available everywhere and don't need any other power. They should be changed every October. Mine lasted 2 years because the "Duracell" batterys I use are more expensive (from our local Camera store).
Good Luck ! ! !
Carbon Monoxide Detector - Peak Level Reading Question?
Alex
I have the Kidde KN-COPP-3 detector and I'm having a little trouble figuring out how it's operating.
So far I have not had any alarms go off, and I always get a reading of zero. However, today when I came home I had the "Err" error message displayed, and when I tested the Peak Level Memory it came up as "999." When I test now, however, the unit is reading "0".
How can it be possible that I have had a 999ppm reading and the alarm never went off? Could this be due to the error that was displayed today? The unit was safely plugged in when I checked, my only guess for what might have happened was a brief power surge/outage but my neighbors are saying they didn't have anything of that sort.
Just concerned and wondering what this machine is trying to tell me. I'm looking for a customer service number so I can check it myself.
(For reference, I'm not currently nor have I recently experienced any symptoms of C.O. poisoning, but for safety's sake I've opened my windows and done several Tests on the unit.)
Answer
Check you peak reading often, but 999 would be so lethal. I've heard anything more then 100 for a few minutes can be fatal. Most likely it was apart of your err. message. Mine reads a peak sometimes around 16, but the only time i've seen err or high numbers is when the battery is dead, and changing the battery/resetting the unit.
Check you peak reading often, but 999 would be so lethal. I've heard anything more then 100 for a few minutes can be fatal. Most likely it was apart of your err. message. Mine reads a peak sometimes around 16, but the only time i've seen err or high numbers is when the battery is dead, and changing the battery/resetting the unit.
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