Flat 3 Cremer Street Home User Guide

2.5 Carbon Monoxide Alarm

A carbon monoxide detector has been installed next to the gas boiler.

Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, poisonous gas, which can be produced in significant quantities from fuel burning appliances such as cookers and gas fires, if they are not working properly. The Ei208 Carbon Monoxide Alarm is supplied with a powered-for-life sealed lithium battery. The Ei208 Carbon Monoxide Alarm has an ‘end of life’ indicator which will notify the user when the alarm needs replacing at the end of its 10-year operational life.

If the alarm sounds:

1. Open the doors and windows to ventilate the area.

2. Turn off all fuel appliances where possible (The alarm can be silenced immediately by pushing the Test/Hush button).

3. Evacuate the property leaving the doors and windows open.

4. Get medical help immediately from anyone suffering the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning (headache, nausea), and advise that carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected.

5. Ring your gas supplier on their emergency number – page 4.

6. Do not re-enter the property until the alarm has stopped (if the alarm has been silenced by pressing the Test/Hush button wait at least 5 minutes. The alarm will then check that the CO has cleared).

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