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Question About Kidde Smoke Alarm i12060
I have three of the i12060A alarms interconnected...

I have three of the i12060A alarms interconnected when I plug them in they continue to go off

Asked by Herman on 04/03/2015 2  Answers

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Gaillen posted an answer 9 years, 2 months ago

0 I had a similar problem with my i12060CA with 2 alarms interconnected. It was an installation over 1 year old that had been working and tested with real kitchen smoke so I knew the wiring was installed correctly. Then after 1 year they started chirping and no matter what I did it would not shut up! I changed the battery with the exact Duracell  MN1604 model recommended in the manual, tested the batteries with my multimeter, cleaned the device with compressed air, all to no avail.

I assume this is essentially the same model as yours. The CA may indicate Canada which could be a difference in testing or standards or just packaging, who knows.

I wish Kidde had the reset instructions in the manual for the i12060CA, they don't. I followed the suggestion on a forum of resetting it by unplugging AC and removing battery and then holding down the TEST button for 1 minute. Someone on another forum had suggested 15 seconds but that was not enough. For good measure the second time around I left it disconnected for 10 minutes before popping the battery back in and then reconnecting to AC and testing with the TEST button. Chirping has stopped! Testing has passed and indicator lights are solid GREEN for AC power and intermittent RED for active with no chirping.

When holding down the TEST button for 1 minute it sounds like you are killing a small helpless electronic animal. I assume we are using the test feature and speaker to drain the remaining charge stored in the capacitors on the circuit board. This is why I also left it for a couple of minutes before hooking up. Also note there seems to be some indication that it matters what order the AC and battery power are connected. Not sure if this is just a myth but suggestion was to connect battery first and then AC. Seems odd since the device was designed to change the battery while still connected to AC but I followed that process as well as the reset so I'm mentioning it here.
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