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Recall Information

Kidde Recalls Residential Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms

Should a power outage occur at the same second that the device is performing a once-per-minute sensor health check; the device may go into a “latched” mode, causing it not to alarm in the presence of smoke and/or carbon monoxide.  An affected device will sound if it receives a signal from an alarm in the same interconnected system. Once power is restored, a latched device will sound an alarm regardless of the presence of smoke and/or carbon monoxide.

Neither Kidde nor Health Canada have received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries related to the use of these products. Kidde discovered the issue during an internal quality check.

Health Canada (HC)
http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2014/41109r-eng.php

Recall Information

Kidde Recalls Smoke and Combination Smoke/CO Alarms Due to Alarm Failure

This recall involves Kidde residential smoke alarm model i12010S with manufacture dates between December 18, 2013 and May 13, 2014, combination smoke/CO alarm i12010SCO with manufacture dates between December 30, 2013 and May 13, 2014, and combination smoke/CO alarm model KN-COSM-IBA with manufacture date between October 22, 2013 and May 13, 2014. They are hard-wired into a home’s electric power. The i12010S and i12010SCO come with sealed 10 year batteries inside. The KN-COSM-IBA model has a compartment on the front for installation of replaceable AA backup batteries. The alarms are white, round and measure about 5 to 6 inches in diameter. Kidde is engraved on the front of the alarm. Kidde, the model number and manufacture dates are printed on a label on the back of the alarm. “Always On” is also engraved on the front of alarms with sealed 10-year batteries.

(CPSC)
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/Kidde-Recalls-Smoke-and-Combination-SmokeCO-Alarms/

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