American Sensor CO800, CO810, CO910 Owner's Manual

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What is carbon monoxide and

-, why should you be concerned?

Carbon monoxide is a dangerous, poisonous gas. It is often referred to as the Silent Killer because it has no odor or taste and it can’t be seen. The presence of carbon monoxide inhibits the blood’s capacity to transport oxygen throughout the body, which can eventually lead to br;tin damage.

In any enclosed space (home, office, recreational vehicle or boat) even a small accumulation of carbon monoxide can be dangerous.

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Alarm vent monoxide to enter the sensing circuit.


What

are

the potential sources y of carbon monoxide?

Although many products of combustion can cause discomfort and adverse health effects, it is carbon monoxide (CO) that presents the greatest threat to life.

CO is produced by the incomplete combustion of fuels such as natural gas, propane, heating oil,‘kerosene, coal, charcoal, gasoline or wood. The incomplete combustion for energy or heat such as furnaces, boilers, room heaters, hot water heaters, stoves or grills and in any gasoline- powered vehicle or engine (e.g., generator set or lawn-- mower). Tobacco smoke also adds CO to the air ’ you breathe.

When properly installed and maintained, your natural gas &nace and hot water hater do not pollute your air space with carbon monoxide. Natural gas is known as a “clean burning” heI because under correct operating conditions the combustion products are water vapour and carbon dioxide, which are not toxic. (Carbon dioxide

(CO*) is also present in the air we exhale and is necessary for piant Me.) The products of combustion are vented from furnaces and water heaters to the outside by means of a flue duct or chimney.


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Correct operation of fuel-burning equipment requires two key conditions. There must be: l

An adequate supply of air for complete combustion l

Proper venting of the products of combustion from the furnace through the chimney, vent or duct to the outside

Typical Carbon Monoxide Problems

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Equipment problems, due to defects, poor maintenance, damaged or cracked heat exchangers

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Collapsed or blocked chimneys or flues, dislodged, disconnected or damaged vents

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Downdraft in chimneys or flues; this can also be caused by very long or circuitous flue runs, improper location of flue exhaust or wind conditions

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Improper installation or operation of equipment, chimneys or vents

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Air tightness of house envelope results in a lack of air for the combustion process

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Inadequate exhaust of space heaters or appliances

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Exhaust ventilation/fireplace competing for air supply


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Potential sources of Carbon Monoxide in your home/off ice:

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Clogged Chimney Wood or Gas Fireplace

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Automobile and Garage Gas Water Heater Gas Appliances

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Gas or Kerosene

Heater

Gas or Oil Furnace t

Cigarette Smoke


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What are the possible symptoms of

carbon

monoxide poisoning?

Carbon monoxide (CO) is odorless, colorless, tasteless and very toxic. When inhaled, it produces an effect known as chemical asphyxiation. Injury is due to the combining of CO with the available hemoglobin in the blood, which lowers the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. In the presence of carbon monoxide, the body is quickly &cted by oxygen starvation.

The following symptoms are related to carbon monoxide poisoning and should be discussed with all members of the household so that you know what to look for:

Extreme Exposure (A-C)

Unconsciousness, convulsions, cardiorespiratory failure, death

Medium Exposure (D-G)

Severe throbbing headache, drowsiness, confusion, vomiting, fast heart rate

MIild Exposure (H-J)

Slight headache, nausea, fatigue

(often described as “flu-like” symptoms)

Young children and household pets may be the first affected. Exposure during sleep is particularly dangerous because the victim usually does not awaken.

The amount of carbon monoxide in the air is measured as ppm (parts per million). The graph on the next page shows the important relationship between carbon monoxide in the air, exposure time and health effects.


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Where should you install the detector?

Since carbon monoxide moves freely in the air, the suggested location is in or as near as possible to sleeping areas of the home. The human body is most vulnerable to the effects of carbon monoxide during sleeping hours. For maximum protection, a carbon monoxide detector should be located outside primary sleeping areas or on each level of your home.

In the figure below are suggested locations in the

& home. The electronic sensor detects

Do not place the detector in the following areas:

Where the temperature may drop below or exceed lOOoF (37.8”C)

40°F

(44°C)

Near paint thinner fkmes or household cleaning products

Within 5 feet (1.5 m) of open flame appliances such as furnaces, stoves and fireplaces

In exhaust streams from gas engines, vents, flues or chimneys

Do not place exhaust pipe; in close proximity to an automobile this will damage the detector.

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AHow should you install the detector?

\‘Your American Sensors Carbon Monoxide Detector is easy to install to protect you and your family in your home, cottage, cabin and of&e.

FOR PLUG IN MODELS COSOO, CO910

Simply plug the Carbon Monoxide Detector into a standard 120 Volt AC wall outlet in your home.

Use unique 90” rotating plug to align vertically in any outlet.

To provide maximum protection, please allow one hour for your detector to initialize after placement in electrical socket.

Do not use detector in an outlet that is controlled by a wall switch.

If you have a double outlet, plug the detector into the bottom outlet so that the top outlet is available for other use.

To work properly, the detector must not be blocked by furniture or draperies.

IMPORTANT: Not suitable as a smoke or fire detector.

This device is not suitable for installation in a hazardous location, as defined in the national electrical code.


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,How should you use the 90” Rotating Plug?

FOR PLUG IN MODELS COSOO, CO910

The detector should be installed vertically. If your outlet has a horizontal orientation, simply rotate the plug on the back of the unit 90” and install.

Rotate

Plug

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AHow should you install the Hardwire Models?

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120 VOLT HARDWIRE

MODEL!5 CO810

WmING: Your Carbon

Monoxide Detector is to be mounted onto a junction box on the wall or ceiling. These units are fbr permanent connection only and should be irxdled by Qualified Service Personnel only. Do not connect wires co an AC outlet, extension cord, or power cord and attachment plug. Do not connect to an AC outlet that is controlled by a wall switch. These units operate on 120 Volt AC. l

Hardwire Installation Instructions for

Service Personnel

Simply attach your unit to any standatd

120

Volt wiring system utilizing the ho wires and one of the electrical federal &ctricaf and building code standards at all times.

Mount your Carbon Monoxide Detector near the sleeping areas of the home. To install the Detector, please follow these steps:

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Makekre the AC power to the junction box is turned off at the

Fuse Box or

Service Panel before installation.

2

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Install the appropriate round or box mounting plate

(supplied) to the junction box using the two 5/E? inch screws (supplied). Be sure to pull the white (neutral) wire and black (live) wire fi-om the junction box through the mounting plate center.

Round Mounting Plate


3. Connect the white wire (neutral) from the junction box to the white wire of the Detector using a twist-on wire connector (supplied). The method is as follows: Strip both wires l/2 inch. Keep the ends even. Hand twist the connector onto the wires as tightly as possible. Hold the connector and pull each wire to make sure no wire slips out. Make sure no bare wire is exposed outside the connector. Connect the

black

wire (live) from the junction box to the black wire of the Detector using a twist-on wire connector and the same method as above.

White wire

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Black wire A”

4.

Check all connections and carefully push the wires and wire connectors through into the junction box. the mounting plate and back

5. Push the Detector against the mounting plate with the

2 locator guides of the detector fitted into the slots of the mounting plate.


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6. While pushing forward, slide the detector down until a clicking sound is heard. The detector should now be secured in place.

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the power back on at the fLse box or service panel.

8. Your Detector should be sewiced by Qualified Service

Personnel only. AC power should always be turned off before servicing the detector. To remove the detector from its mounting plate, the locking mechanism (located in the top-right corner) must be released as you slide the detector unit upwards. This will expose your electrical wiring and should be approached with extreme caution,,

Kit includes:

- Plastic round mounting plate - 1 pc.

- Plastic box mounting plate - lpc.

- Marrette twist-on wire connectors - 2 PCS.

- 5/8 inch square head screws - 2 PCS.


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How can you Test/Reset the detector?

’ A green power light indicates that power is supplied.

To test the detector (wait at least ten minutes after installing it), press and release the Test/Reset button.

The detector will beep and a red light will flash. rrgl

Test/Reset button

To reset after an alarm or a low level warning, press the

-T~st/IWet%~tto~ to silence or reset the-unit. Follow. the instructions on pages 20 and 21 or pages 22 and 23, which tell you what to do after an alarm or low level warning. The American Sensors Carbon Monoxide

Detector is designed to do a continuous self-diagnostic check of its micro processing circuitry when in use.

A malfunctioning unit is indicated by a continuing intermittent single beep and flashing green/red light.

If this occurs, reset the unit. If the unit again beeps intermittently, do not use this unit. Do not confuse this single beep sound with the low level carbon monoxide warning - a series of 3 short beeps and

3 fltihes of th e red light every 2.5 minutes. If you have any questions regarding your detector, please call our

Healthy Home Hotline at:

American Sensors 1-800-387-4219

(Help is available 24 hours every day including holidays.)

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\ How can you maintain your detector?

A detector is useful only if it works. The illustration explains proper maintenance: following

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Test/Reset button

Test the detector by pressing the

Test/Reset button once a month.

Air vents

-vacuufTtheair vents occasionally to keep them freeofdust

In addition, a Carbon Monoxide Detector Test Kit is available to test the detector in a “true” carbon monoxide environment.

Your detector should be tested at least once per month by pushing the Test/Reset button as outlined on Page 16.


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What do the bights mean?

FOR

MODELS CO800~ CO810 and

CO9 10:

This lights up green when the detector has pawer.

It is ~~~rn~ fur this light to be on while the danor is

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This lights up will flash red when the red when the low fidi ahrm sounds and level warning suunds,

It is normal for this light tu turn on when you press the

Test/Reset

button,


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A What does the Digital LED Display mean? w

FOR MODEL CO910 OWY:

This model fatures a Digital LED Display (Light Emitting

Diode) that will show the level of carbon monoxide present when there are concentrations of 50 parts per million

(ppm) or greater. See pages 8 and 9 for more information on low and dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.

Normal reading indicating safe environment

Reading the Digital LED Display

.-When-there is no--carbon monoxide (CO) present or-very low levels, your LED Display will show three lines “- - -‘.

These lines are the normal readout and indicate your environment does not have a CO problem. If CO is detected in higher concentrations. your LED Display will show the ppms present in increments of 10 starting at 50

(i.e. 50, 60. 70 etc.). Beyond 150 ppm. the unit will show “H I”, which indicates high or dangerous levels of

CO. It is normal for the LED display to blink for up to

5 minutes when first plu gged in. The LED will show

“ERR” if malfunctioning (see page 16.).

Responding to your Digital LED Display

Your unit is constantly monitoring the air and will activate a low level warning if low levels of CO are present. Also, your unit will go into full alarm if ongoing, dangerous levels of CO are detected. See

Page 24 for the specific times and levels required.

Follow the instructions on pages 20 and 21 or pages

22 and 23 if either the full alarm sounds or the low level warning activates.

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What should you do iif the Alarm sounds?

What to

do

afier resetting the detector following an darrn?

A A full continuous alarm within six minutes after reset confkms ongoing presence of harmful levels of carbon monoxide. If this occurs follow instructions I and 2 on Page 20.

B A low level warning within six minutes afkr reset cdirms ongoing presence of low levels of carbon monoxide. xf this occurs follow instructions

1 and 2 on Page

22.

What to do afier a carbon maxkde problem has been corrected?

After a carbon monoxide problem has been corrected reset your detector by pushing the Test/Reset button as per the instructions on Page

16.

WWING:

This device will only alarm if carbon monoxide is detected. If nut responded to, the presence of carbon monoxide can be fatal. For list of sources of carbon monoxide, see pages 5-7.

CAUTION= This detector will only indicate the presence of carbon monoxide at: the sensor. Carbon monoxide may be present in other areas.

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What should you do if the Low

Level Warning signal activates?

If low lwels of carbon monoxide are detected, your detector will emit a low level warning (This warning is a series of 3 short beeping sounds and 3 flashes of the red light every 2.5 minutes.)

If this warning signal is activated, respond as follows:

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If anyone is experiencing the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning - headache, dizziness, nausea or other flu-like symptoms, call your fire department or

91 limmediately.

Evacuate your family from the home to a location with-fresh air. Do a head count to check that all persons are accounted for. Do not re-enter your home until the home has been aired out and the problem corrected by a qualified technician or your utility company.

2 . If no symptoms exist, operate Test/Reset button and immedi- ately ventilate the home by opening the windows and doors.

Turn off the furnace and all fuel-burning appliances and call a qualified technician or your utility company to inspect and repair your home before restarting the furnace and ail fuel- burning appliances.

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The low level warning can be silenced for a maximum of six minutes by pressing the Test/Reset button.


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What to do after resetting the detector following a low level warning?

A A full continuous alarm within six minutes after reset confirms ongoing presence of harmful levels of carbon monoxide. If this occurs follow instructions

1 and 2 on Page 20.

B A low level warning within six minutes after reset confirms ongoing presence of low levels of carbon monoxide. If this

%c~ollowins~tioZ-I and 2n Page 22.

What to do after a carbon monoxide problem has been corrected?

After a carbon monoxide problem has been corrected reset your detector by pushing the Tit/Reset button as per the instructions on Page 16.

WRING:

This device will only alarm if carbon monoxide is detected. If not responded to, the presence of carbon monoxide can be fatal. For list of sources of carbon monoxide, see Pages 5-7.

CAUTION:

This detector will only indicate the presence of carbon monoxide at the sensor. Carbon monoxide may be present in other areas.

-ft\ Technical Information

y/ Your detector utilizes a proprietary Electronic Sensing

Technology that permits the unit to vary the exposure time before the alarm sounds based on carbon monoxide concentrations.

Exposure Tmes

The carbon monoxide concentrations and time standards for the alarms are as follows:.

The Full Alarm Activates l

In less than 90 minutes at exposures of l

In less than 35 minutes at exposures

100 ppm of 200 ppm l

In less than

15 minutes at exposures of 400 ppm

The Low Level Warning l

Low level warning activates in less than PO. minutes at exposures of 40-80 ppm

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Lights c

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ModelsC0800,C0810,C0910

Power Supply 120 VAC,

Dimensions

60 Hz, 7W

6.6” x 3.0” x 1.7” (CO910 only)

5.0” x 3.0” x 1.7”

Operating Temperature 4.4*C to 37.8*C (40°F to lOOoF)

85 db at 10 ft

Power - green

Full Alarm - continuous red

Wring - flashing red


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WARNING:

This device may not alarm at low carbon monoxide levels. The Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) has established that continuous exposure to levels of 50 ppm should not be exceeded in an 8 hour period. This detector has not been investigated for carbon monoxide detection below

60

ppm.

Individuals with medical conditions such as pregnancy, respiratory or cardiac diseases and the very elderly may consider using more sensitive detection devices. This

_. device will emit a low level warning within 6 minutes at concentrations above

60

ppm to help ensure a safe and healthy home environment.


ATips for the Homeowner v

Energy Conservation and Indoor Air Quality

Two steps that homeowners take to conserve energy may adversely af5ect indoor air quality.

Since air leakage can account for as much as 40% of heat loss, houses are being made more air tight.

Reduced air leakage will contribute to higher concentrations of air contaminants from indoor sources and can cause draft reversal in the furnace chimney when the demand for air by or fireplace fireplaces, furnaces and exhaust fans exceeds the by leakage area and supply ducts. air supplied

01 . prevent chimney deterioration, will increase the risk of chimney blockage, draft failure and the associated release of combustion products into the house.

Qualified contractors and inspection by the gas company are recommended.

Dirt and Blockage

Never insulate or try to seal up a draft hood, wind cap or exhaust vent on any gas appliance (furnace, hot water heater, range, dryer or space heater). Keep your equipment area clean. Don’t store anything that could restrict air circulation close to equipment.

It is absolutely essential to your safety that panels and grills on the furnace are kept in place and that the fan compartment door is closed when the furnace is operating.


If you have a gas water heater, make sure that combustion air openings at the bottom of the tank and the opening below the d& diverter (on top of the tank next to the flue duct) remain unblocked.

If you have a gas dryer, the exhaust duct must be vented to the outside and have a hood at the end. Check that the exhaust system is not blocked by lint or debris and that the flapper in the hood moves freely.

For all fuel-burning equipment, make sure that vent hoods and pipes are not blocked by insulation, leaves or bird nests.

Using other equipment that consumes or exhausts household air

If you use exhaust fans. a fireDlace or other fuel burning

I I heaters or stoves:

Run exhaust fans for just a minute or t‘wo at a time.

Prolonged use could wastes heat. remove too much air, and it

Do not run power attic vents during the winter or when your fbrnace is on.

When your fireplace, coal or wood stove is operating, open a window and close off warm air registers in the room or install a fresh air duct directly to the fireplace or stove so that it won’t steal air from your furnace.


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Confining or enclosing gas-fired equipment

If you have partitioned off your furnace and water heater, you may need additional ventilation.

Danger Signs

Stuf?$ stale or smelly air, back drafts and soot from a fireplace or fixnace chimney usually means your home needs more air for proper combustion and healthy living.

For gas-fired equipment, mostly yellow (rather than clear blue) burner flames, a pilot light that keeps going out, or a smell of gas indicate trouble. Turn off the equipment and contact your gas company emergency service.

Additianal Safkfl3p~

Have your fuel-burning equipment checked periodically for safety and efficiency by a qualified service technician.

If you are adding a wood or coal burning stove to a home, make sure that the stove is properly installed and vented.

Check with the Building and Inspections Department of your local municipality or consult a heating contractor before installation. If you have already installed a wood or coal stove without a building permit or inspection, consult your local municipal building authority. Some “do-it-your- sellers” have unknowingly created dangerous conditions.

Once you file for a permit, a qualified inspector wiil check your installation and explain how to rectify any mistakes.


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Do not expose yourself to carbon monoxide through carelessness. Never operate a gasoline-powered engine in a confined or enclosed space such as a garage or tool shed.

Never use a kerosene stove or charcoal grill in a confined space such as a closed garage or recreational van.

On masonry chimneys inspect the clean-out regularly to ensure that the chimney is free and clear of debris.

Regardless of the fLe1 your flmace, fireplace or stove uses, your chimney should be inspected from time to time by a competent chimney contractor.

Never try to add a “heat reclaimer” or “automatic flue damper” to your gas fixnace or water heater. Gas installation safety codes prohibit use of these devices as an add-on to an existing &ace because of the risks of incorrect installation and mechanical &lure.

When using paints, household cleaning supplies or similar materials, be sure that you’re using them in a well ventilated area.

Following sensible maintenance and safety procedures in the home will give you fLel savings without endangering your health.

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American Sensor CO800, CO810, CO910 Owner's Manual

AMERICAN 1

What is carbon monoxide and

-, why should you be concerned?

What

the potential sources y of carbon monoxide?

Potential sources of Carbon Monoxide in your home/off ice:

What are the possible symptoms of

carbon

monoxide poisoning?

Where should you install the detector?

AHow should you install the detector?

,How should you use the 90” Rotating Plug?

AHow should you install the Hardwire Models?

MODEL!5 CO810

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How can you Test/Reset the detector?

\ How can you maintain your detector?

What do the bights mean?

FOR

button,

A What does the Digital LED Display mean? w

What should you do iif the Alarm sounds?

do

WWING:

What should you do if the Low

Level Warning signal activates?

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WARNING:

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ATips for the Homeowner v

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