Flashes every 2 seconds while the alarm is in HUSHTM mode. Flashes once every 16 seconds to indicate smoke or CO previously detected. Flashes once per second during alarm to indicate initiating alarm. Flashes once every 60 seconds to indicate battery only mode.
Smart InterconnectTM-Interconnects up to 24 Kidde devices (of which 18 can be initiating).Voice Hush Indication: “HUSH MODE ACTIVATED” and “HUSH MODE CANCELLED” Under battery power, the “LOW BATTERY” voice only occurs once every 15 minutes. This pattern will continue every minute for at least seven days. Low Battery: One chirp followed by warning “LOW BATTERY.” The red LED light will flash. The alarm pattern will repeat until smoke is eliminated.Ĭarbon Monoxide: Four short alarm beeps followed by a verbal warning “WARNING! CARBON MONOXIDE!” This continues until the unit is reset or the CO is eliminated. Photoelectric sensing alarms may detect visible fire particles (associated with slow smoldering fires) sooner than ionization alarms.įire: The red LED will flash and be accompanied by three long alarm beeps followed by a verbal warning message “FIRE!”. Ionization sensing alarms may detect invisible fire particles (associated with fast flaming fires) sooner than photoelectric alarms. Leading authorities recommend that both ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms be installed to help insure maximum detection of the various types of fires that can occur within the home. This constant communication enhances the alarm’s overall performance in all fires, and significantly reduces the potential for a nuisance alarm. Depending on what is detected, the alarm will adjust its smoke sensitivity in order to better discriminate between a real hazard and a false one. When either sensor notices a potential hazard, it will communicate with the other. Since carbon monoxide is present in all fires, having both detection chambers work together in one alarm is a breakthrough in the fire safety industry. The Intelligent sensor technology combines the detection capabilities of an ionization smoke sensor – which is more likely to detect smaller, less visible fire particles, like those produced by flaming fires – with that of an electrochemical sensor, which is used to detect CO. The Kidde KN-COSM-IBA uses breakthrough technology to offer a fast response to real fires, including smoldering and fast-flaming, as well as protect you from carbon monoxide and dramatically reduce the chance of nuisance alarms. Report a defective product: Call the CPSC hotline at 80 or go to HARDWIRED COMBINATION CARBON MONOXIDE & SMOKE ALARM Consumers should continue to use the recalled alarm until a replacement alarm is installed.Ĭontact information: Call Kidde at 84 or go to the recall page on Kidde’s website.
The remedy: Contact Kidde immediately for a free replacement alarm. They were sold online at, , and other retailers from May 2019 through September 2020, for between $10 and $70. Where and when sold: Walmart, Home Depot, Menards, and other department, home, and hardware stores, as well as electrical distributors nationwide. I ncidents/injuries: Kidde has not received any reports of incidents or injuries. The risk: The alarms can fail to alert consumers in the event of a fire. In each case, the model number is printed on the back of the alarm. The recall applies to seven alarm models-five dedicated smoke alarms and two combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms: 2040-DSR, 2050-DS10, 2060-ASR, 2070-VASR, 2070-VDSR, 2070-VDSCR, 2070-VASCR. The recall: About 226,000 Kidde smoke alarms and combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.