SM OK E A LAR M S
& HEA T A LAR M S
$ Th e m axi mum i nte rc onn ect wi rin g l eng th is 25 0 m etr es . T he max imu m num -
ber of al arm s i nt er con nec ted to get her is 12 . B RK sm oke al arm s s hou ld not be co n-
nec ted to an y m ode l pr odu ced by an oth er man ufa ctu r er .
The lo cat ion of th e ala rms mu st com ply wi th the ap pli cab le bui ldi ng cod es an d t he
adv ice in se cti on C: WH ERE TO LO CA TE bel ow .
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1. Use either of the methods of in-
stallation shown in Fig1 and 2.
When selecting cable for con-
necting interlinked smoke alarms
the interlink wire should be
treated as live.
The installation method shown in
Fig 1 is suitable for a plaster -
board or similar ceiling wher e ac-
cess to the void behind it is
available and suitable to mount
the junction box.
2. Connect the brown wir e to the
brown (live) in the house wiring
and the blue wire to the blue (neu-
tral). NO CONNECTION SHOULD
BE MADE TO THE MAINS ELEC-
TRICITY SUPPL Y EARTH TERMI-
NAL. TERMINA TE HOUSE
WIRING EARTH IN SP ARE CON-
NECTOR.
3. For multiple alarm installations
use a “three cor e and earth” style
cable between all the alarms to be interconnected an d connect the third cor e
of that cable to the white wire fr om the smoke alarm. DO NOT use the earth
wire for the inter connect line. This must be treated as live, i.e. insulated and
sheathed. If the alarm is not going to be inter connected, cap the unused
wires.
4. Remove the baseplate from the back of the alarm by twisting anti-clockwise
as far as it will go. (about 12 mm). Detach the locking pin.
650MBX, 670MBX and 680MBX Detach battery door scr ew from the base
plate. Open the battery door on the back of the alarm, connect the battery ,
close the door and secure with the scr ew provided before fitting the alarm to
the baseplate. T est the alarm using the test button.
5. Attach the flat side of the mounting plate and tighten scr ews to fit snugly
against the pattress or junction box and ceiling or wall.
6. Bring the power connector thr ough the centre opening of the plate.
7. P lug t he lea d i nto th e r ear of the al arm.
8. P lace the al arm on th e bas epl ate by li nin g u p a rr ows o n t he bas epl ate an d the
ala rm rim and twi st clo ckw ise to fa ste n.
T o s ecu r e t he ala rm to the ba sep lat e, ins ert th e l ockin g p in (r emo ved f ro m t he
bas e i n 5 abov e) int o t he ‘T’ sh ape d s lot l oca ted ab ove th e a rr ow on th e r im of
the al arm .
LOC KIN G P INS / KE YS UST BE FITT ED. DO NO T A TTEM PT TO REM OVE TH E
ALA RM FROM THE BA SEP LA TE WI THO UT FIR ST REM OVI NG TH EM.
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1. Connect the brown (live) in the house w iring to connector Land the house blue
wire (Neutral) to connector N.
NO CONNECTION SHOULD BE MADE TO THE MAINS ELECTRICITY
SUPPL Y EARTH TERMINAL. TERMINA TE HOUSE WIRING EARTH IN SP ARE
CONNECTOR MARKED E. See Fig 2
2. For multiple alarm installations use a “three cor e and earth” style cable
between all the alarms to be interconnected and c onnect the third core of that
cable to connector marked I. DO NOT use the earth wir e for the interconnect
line. This must be treated as live, i.e. in sulated and sheathed.
3. Locate the molded arrow on the side of the base and smoke alarm see fig 3.
Position the smoke alarm just below the base with both arr ows in the same
orientation and locate the alarm onto the base by gently applying pr essure
until the alarm ‘clicks’ into place.
O WN E RS
M AN U AL
Sp ru e S afet y Pr odu ct s L td.
Un it 6, Car ter Cour t
Da vy W ay
W ater well s Bu sine ss P ark
Qu ed gel ey
Gl ouc este r
GL 2 2DE
Un it ed King do m
COV ERS • S im ple Fit ting I ns tru ctio ns
• Lo cat ion Guid e
• Us er Info rmat io n
• Ba sic Fir e S af ety Tip s
• Si mpl e Ma inte na nc e I nstr ucti on s
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M A I N S P O W E R E D
Wh en i ns ta lli ng t hi s ala rm f or u se b y o th er s,
pl ea se l ea ve t hi s ma nu al o r a c op y wi th t he
en d us er .
EARTH
BLACK or GREY (INTERLINK)
BLUE (NEUTRAL)
BROWN (LIVE)
WHITE
BROWN
BLUE
BASEPLATE
INSTALLA TION USING JUNCTION BOX
ALARM
JUNCTION BOX
BATTERY
ACCESS
DOOR
Fig 1.
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OPT ICAL SMO KE ALAR MS
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ION ISA TION SM OKE ALAR MS
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HEA T A LARM S
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22 0-2 40V AC ( )
MA INS P OWE RED AL AR MS
CL ASS I I AP P ARA TU S
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• C heck batte ry has b een fitt ed co rr ectly .
• C heck alarm is not beepi ng.
• T est al arm b efor e swi tch ing o n the elec tri city su ppl y .
All Alar ms :
• C heck the g r een li ght is o n (be hin d the fro nt gr ill).
• C heck the r ed l ight fla shes eve ry 45 seco nds o r so.
• W hen t estin g l inked alar ms ch eck th at th ey al l i nter conne ct wi th in 10 sec ond
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' " Wir ing sh oul d b e i nst all ed by a q ualif ied el ect ric ian in ac cor danc e w ith
BS7 671 . Per man ent conn ect ion to th e f ixe d w iri ng of th e b uil din g s hou ld be ma de in
a s uit abl e j unc tion box . T his al arm mu st no t b e e xpo sed to dr ipp ing or spla shi ng.
Con nec t t he alarm as la te as pos sib le in an insta lla tio n, par tic ula rly in ne w bui ld, to
avo id con tam ina tio n. Remov e t he dus t c ove r b efor e a ppl yin g p owe r .
$ Fo r d eta ile d g uid anc e on the si tin g o f t his al arm r efer to se cti on C o f t his
han dbo ok.
" $ $ Th e c ircu it use d t o p owe r t he al arm mu st be a 24 hou r v olt age ci r cui t
tha t c ann ot be tu rned of f by a swi tch . B S58 39 Part 6 s tat es tha t: -
For ma ins powe re d a lar ms, each wi th an int egr al st and by sup ply (G rad e D ), the main s
ele ctr ici ty sup ply sh ould tak e t he for m o f e ither :
a) an ind epend ent ci rc uit at th e dwe lli ng’ s m ain ci rc uit b oar d, i n w hic h c ase no ot her
ele ctr ica l e qui pme nt shoul d b e c onn ect ed to thi s c ircu it (ot her th an a ded ica ted
mon ito rin g dev ice in sta lle d t o i ndi cat e f ail ur e of the ma ins el ect ric ity su ppl y t o the
ala rms ); or
b) a s epa rat ely el ect ric ally pr ote cte d, re gular ly use d l oca l l igh tin g c ir cuit.
For ma ins powe re d a lar ms, with no st and by sup ply (G rad e E ), th e m ain s e lec tri cit y
sup ply ma y o nly take th e f orm of an inde pen den t c ir cui t as per a) ab ove . I f i t i s n eces-
sar y t o u se an RC D f or pr otect ion , i t s hou ld ope rat e i ndepe nde ntl y o f a ny RCD pr o-
tec tio n f or cir cuit s s upp lyi ng soc ket s o r por tab le equ ipm ent .
All in ter conn ect ed ala rms sh oul d be ins tal led on a sin gle fi nal ci rcui t.
4. Switch on the mains electricity
supply .
5. Check that the green light is
on and that the red light is
flashing every
45 seconds or so. The lights
are located behind the grille
on the front of the
alarm.
6. Press and hold the test button
until the alarm sounds. NOTE:
On the 670 and
650 series, pressing this but-
ton places the alarm in pause mode.
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T est ea ch ala rm in th e s yst em
che cki ng that all ot her al arm s i n
the sy ste m a re t rig ger ed w ith in
10 sec ond s.
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Do not at tem pt to te st the al arm
wit h f lam e hea t o r s mok e, the re-
sul ts may be misl ead ing an d m ay
dam age th e a lar m.
The du st cover mu st be re moved
as lat e a s p oss ibl e b efo r e c om-
mis sio nin g. This wil l r educ e t he cha nce s o f t he ala rm being co nta min ate d b y b uil din g
dus t e tc.
Rem ove th e ala rm fr om the s yst em bef or e t est ing th e wir ing wi th hig h vol tag e i nsu la-
tio n t est ing eq uip ment oth erw ise th is wil l dam age th e a lar m a nd wil l inv ali dat e t he war -
ran ty .
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1. As a min imu m s mok e ala rms sh oul d b e l oca ted be twe en sleep ing ar eas and po ten -
tia l s our ces of fir e su ch as liv ing r oom s and ki tch ens . I n s ing le st or ey hom es wit h
one sl eep ing ar ea a sm oke al arm shou ld be ins tal led in th e hal lwa y a s c los e a s p os-
sib le to the li ving acc omm oda tio n. T o e nsu r e a udi bil ity in th e b edr ooms it ma y b e
nec ess ary to in stall mo re th an one s mok e a lar m, par ticul arl y i f t he hal lwa y i s m ore
tha n 1 5m lo ng. In si ngl e s tore y h ome s w ith two sep ara te sle epi ng ar eas, a m ini mum
of two sm oke a lar ms is re qui red, on e o uts ide ea ch sl eep ing ar ea. In mul til eve l o r
spl it lev el hom es as a min imu m a sm oke a lar m s hou ld be ins talle d o n t he gr oun d
flo or bet wee n t he st air case an d a ny ro oms in wh ich a fi re mi ght s tar t a nd on eac h
sto re y in cir cula tio n a re as whi ch for m par t o f t he esc ape r oute (no rma lly ha llw ays
and la ndi ngs ).
$ He at ala rms sh ould not be us ed in esc ape r outes in ste ad of smo ke alarm s.
The y s hou ld only be use d i n t he appli cat ion s l ist ed bel ow in add iti on to smo ke
ala rms an d sho uld al way s b e i nte rc onnec ted to sm oke al arm s.
2. Add ition al ala rms sh oul d b e i nst all ed in be dr oom s i n a ntici pat ion of fi re s o rig ina ting
the re , cau sed by fa ult y w iri ng, l igh ts, ap pli anc es, sm oke rs or ot her ha zar ds.
3. For best pr otec tio n, smo ke ala rms sh oul d b e i nst all ed in ev ery r oom in your ho me,
apa rt fr om th ose li ste d i n t he ‘LOCA TIONS TO A VOI D’ sec tio n. Hea t a lar ms shoul d
be use d i n k itche ns, bo ile r r ooms , l aun dry r ooms, ga rag es and su ch li ke whe re
smo ke ala rms woul d b e u nsu ita ble . A ll al arm s m ust be in terc onn ect ed.
4. Ins tall smo ke ala rms in ci r cul ati on ar eas at a dis tan ce no gr eater th an 7.5 m fr om the
far the st wal l, no gr eate r t han 7. 5m fr om a doo r t o a ny room in wh ich a fi re mi ght
sta rt and no gre ate r t han 7.5m fr om t he nex t s mok e a lar m.
5. Whe n hea t a lar ms ar e ins tal led in a r oom , t hey sh oul d b e a t a di sta nce no gr eate r
tha n 5 .3m f ro m t he fa rth est wa ll no gr eater th at 5.3 m fr om a d oor to a ny ro om in
whi ch a fir e mi ght st art an d n o g re ate r t han 5 .3m fr om t he nex t h eat o r s mok e a lar m.
6. As it is im pos sib le to pr edict th e s our ce o f a fi re th e b est lo cat ion fo r an ala rm is the
cen tr e of the r oom or h all way . I f i t i s n ece ssa ry to loc ate th e s mok e ala rm on a w all
alw ays lo cat e t he detec tio n e lem ent of th e a lar m 1 50mm to 300 mm (6 to 12 in ches)
bel ow the ce iling an d t he bot tom of th e a larm abo ve the le vel of do ors an d oth er
ope nin gs.
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7. In room s w ith si mple slo ped , p eak ed or gab led ce ili ngs in stall sm oke al arm s 9 00m m
(3 fee t) fr om th e h igh est po int of t he cei lin g. ‘De ad air’ at the pe ak of the ceil ing ma y
pr event sm oke fr om r each ing th e a lar m i n t ime to pr ovid e a n e arl y w arni ng.
8. Clo sed do ors and oth er obs tru cti ons wi ll in ter fer e wi th the pa th of smo ke and heat
Fig 2.
Fig 3.
Live = Brown
Neutral = Blue
Interconnect =
Grey or Black