Function; Choosing A Location - Abus Rm20 Bedienungs-, Installations- Und Wartungsanleitung

COMMISSIONING
First of all, remove any activation
safeguards (e.g. a cotter pin) and
make sure that the activation safe-
guard does not get into the device!
Then press the device's activation
button (Fig. 1, I.) which is shown in
the picture on page 15. After the
button has been pushed in, it must
be flush with the unit's housing. If
the smoke alarm has been activated
successfully, a brief test tone sounds
to confirm activation. This test tone
will also sound when you press the
test and stop button (Fig. 1, IV) to
verify that the unit is operating
correctly.

FUNCTION

The heat alarm function is activated
under the following conditions:
• When the temperature is over 40°C
and rises by more than 4°C in
80 seconds
• If the temperature exceeds 60°C for
more than 8 seconds
• Heat alarm tone: single beep, once
a second
• Smoke alarm tone: double beep,
once a second

CHOOSING A LOCATION

Fig. 2
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Bedroom
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Children's
room
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Living room RM
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Kitchen
Boiler room RM RM
Workshop
room
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Bedroom Bathroom
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Children's Children's
room room Living room
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As a minimum requirement
smoke alarms should be installed in
all bedrooms, children's rooms and
corridors that function as escape
routes, only in the middle of the
ceiling (no wall mounting).
Choose the highest point to install
the unit, ensuring that it is posi-
tioned at least 50 cm away from
surrounding walls, furniture and
RM lamps. To provide optimum protec-
tion for your home, install units
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in all the other rooms and in the
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stairwells. The unit is also suitable
for use in the kitchen (the most com-
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mon location for household fires).
In most cases, there is no need to
install a smoke alarm in washrooms
(bathrooms, toilets, etc.) such rooms
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represent a low fire risk.
Kitchen
Please observe the diagrams included
in these instructions.
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The unit can detect a fire early on
on the basis of the rising smoke and
the connected temperature increase
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in the temperature in the room.
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In the event of fire, a loud alarm tone
sounds as a warning. If you are sure
that there is no genuine need to evac-
uate the building, you can temporar-
ily deactivate the alarm tone (for roughly
10 minutes) or disable the tone before
it is activated by gently pressing the
unit's test and stop button (IV).
In such a case, it is advisable to
ventilate the affected rooms well to
prevent the alarm from being
activated a second time.
BATTERY FAULT WARNING
If a single brief signalling tone ("beep")
sounds roughly every 90 seconds, the
battery capacity is low. If a double
brief signalling tone ("beep-beep")
sounds roughly every 90 seconds, the
unit is no longer able to filter out
imperfections in the detection optics.
Both signalling tones can be tempo-
rarily deactivated (for 24 hours) by
pressing the test and stop button (IV).
If the smoke alarm is emitting either
of the above-described signalling
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