Nest Protect (Wired 120V ~ 60Hz) Detects smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) User’s Guide ATTENTION: Please read carefully and save this user’s guide in a safe place.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Meet your Nest Protect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Location in your home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MEET YOUR NEST PROTECT Inside the box you’ll find: 3 wire nuts Nest Protect Backplate 4 mounting screws 120V connector Nest Protect is designed to detect smoke and carbon monoxide in a residential environment. It has multiple sensors to help it understand what’s happening in your home and a photoelectric sensor to detect slow, smoldering fires. Nest Protect can be used as a single station or multiple station alarm. This guide covers the installation of Nest Protect (Wired) - Model number O5C.
Horn enables Nest Protect to alert you with a loud emergency sound. 5.28" (13.4cm) Speaker allows Nest Protect to speak with a human voice. Light ring changes color to alert you. Push the Nest button to hush alarms and run a test. 1.63" (4.1cm) Micro-USB connector (not for normal use). AC connector pins for the 120V connector. Backup battery compartment: 3 AA Energizer® Ultimate Lithium batteries (L91).
LOCATION IN YOUR HOME The National Fire Protection Association recommends installing a smoke alarm in the following areas: • On every floor, including finished attics and basements. • Inside and outside every sleeping area. • At the top of the first-to-second floor stairway and on the basement ceiling near the entry of the stairs. • In homes with more than 1,000 square feet on one level, additional alarms may be required.
PLACEMENT ON THE CEILING OR WALL Installing on the ceiling is recommended. Mark where the screws will go using the base as a guide. Make sure it’s at least 4 inches (10 cm) away from the wall. 4" (10cm) Minimum CEILING 4" (10cm) Minimum BEST HERE NOT IN THIS AREA 12" (30.
PLACEMENT ON A SLOPED CEILING If you have a sloped, peaked or cathedral ceiling, Nest Protect should be 4 inches to 3 feet (10 cm – 1 m) from the highest point. NOT IN THIS AREA 4" ANYWHERE IN THIS AREA ANYWHERE IN THIS AREA (10cm) NOT IN THIS AREA 4" (10cm) 3' 3' (0.9 m) (0.9 m) 3' (0.
SETUP AND INSTALLATION (Professional installation recommended) The installation of a smoke/CO alarm should be made by a qualified technician, and all wiring used to install this alarm should be made in accordance with articles 210, and 300.3B of the National Electrical Code ANSI/ NFPA 70, NFPA 72, and/or applicable codes in your local jurisdiction. 1. Get the Nest app Before you install your Nest Protect on the ceiling or wall, you’ll need to set it up with the Nest app.
4. Test before you install 5. Turn off power Once you’re done setting up all of your Nest Protects, test they’re added to your Nest Account by pushing the Nest button on one Nest Protect and follow the instructions to test. If they’re all added, every Nest Protect will speak up. Protect yourself and avoid blowing a fuse. Switch off the correct circuit breaker or remove the fuse from the fuse box. Now you can install them on the ceiling or wall.
8. Remove the old connector 9. Attach the Nest 120V connector Unscrew the wire nuts to detach the 120V connector from your old smoke alarm. Hold the white wire ends together, cap them with a wire nut and twist clockwise until secure. Do the same with the black wires. There’s no need for the red/orange/yellow wire. Simply cap it with a wire nut and twist until secure. Black: Power line Bare copper Red/orange/yellow: Interconnect White: Neutral line 3/8” The exposed wire should be straight. 10.
12. Mount your Nest Protect First, tuck any excess wiring into the electrical box and push Nest Protect onto the backplate. 13. Switch power back on or replace the fuse Give it a slight twist clockwise. It’ll CLICK into place. 1 2 1 2 Breaker box 14. Press to test Press the Nest button on one Nest Protect and follow the spoken instructions to test. They should all speak to you, confirming that they’re in range of each other.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS When the Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarm has something to say, it will speak to you in words and colors instead of just beeping. It has two kinds of alerts: Heads-Up and Emergency Alarms. • Nest Protect can see smoke or carbon monoxide levels rising. So before it turns on an Emergency Alarm, Nest Protect gives you a friendly spoken Heads-Up to warn you in advance. It pulses yellow and speaks to you, telling you what and where the danger is.
WHAT YOU HEAR WHAT IT MEANS WHAT TO DO GREEN light above the Nest logo. Nest Protect is working. The green light means AC power is connected. You turn off the room lights for the night, and the GREEN light pulses once. Nest Protect has tested its sensors and batteries to confirm they are working correctly. WHITE light. Pathlight lights your way at night as you pass under it. YELLOW or RED pulses. You’ve hushed an alert.
HEADS-UP AND EMERGENCY ALARMS ALERTS Nest Protect has two kinds of voice alerts: Heads-Up and Emergency Alarms. A Heads-Up is a friendly warning before conditions get dangerous. Nest Protect pulses yellow and tells you where smoke or carbon monoxide is. An Emergency Alarm occurs when smoke or carbon monoxide reach dangerous levels. Nest Protect pulses red, makes a loud alarm sound and tells you what room the emergency is in. The smoke alarm takes precedence when carbon monoxide is also present.
WIRELESS INTERCONNECT Nest Protects connect wirelessly to each other so that when one speaks, they all speak. That means when one Nest Protect raises any kind of alerts, every Nest Protect in the house will tell you in which room the smoke or CO is in. For example, if you’re in the bedroom and the alarm goes off in the basement, the Nest Protect in the bedroom will speak up and relay that alarm so that you know where the danger is.
TESTING NEST PROTECT SELF-MONITORING Nest Protect continuously tests itself, so you don’t have to wonder if it’s working. When you turn out the lights for the night, Nest Protect will glow green for a moment that means everything is working. If it glows yellow, this means Nest Protect has detected something wrong that needs your attention. Just push the Nest button to hear its warning: either the batteries are low, Wi-Fi has been down or there is an issue with its sensors.
GENERAL MAINTENANCE CLEANING YOUR NEST PROTECT Like any photoelectric smoke alarm, Nest Protect can get dusty. Do not clean it with detergents or solvents (like Windex®) and do not spray air fresheners, hair spray or other aerosols near it. To dust Nest Protect: • Remove it from the wall or the ceiling. • Unscrew the battery door. • Pass a can of compressed air back and forth across the entire backplate and alarm. • Blow compressed air around the black circle that says Nest. This is the smoke chamber.
REPLACING THE BACKUP BATTERIES 1. Remove your Nest Protect from its backplate. 2. Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the two screws from the battery door on the back of Nest Protect. SERVICING Step 1: Before sending Nest Protect for service, visit nest.com/support Step 2: If your Nest Protect needs servicing, first contact our support team to get a return number. Step 3: Send it to Nest Labs (YOUR RETURN NUMBER) 4 East Stow Road Marlton, NJ 08053 USA 3. Replace the batteries.
SAFETY ALARM LIMITATIONS LIMITATIONS OF SMOKE ALARMS Alarms reduce deaths resulting from home fires worldwide. However smoke alarms can only work if they are properly located, installed and maintained, and if smoke reaches the alarms. • Smoke alarms may not waken all individuals. Make sure you create an escape plan and you practice fire drills with all members of the family. • Smoke alarms cannot work without power.
• This smoke alarm is not intended to alert hearing impaired residents. Alarms specifically designed for the hearing impaired, which feature devices like flashing strobe lights or low frequency devices are available to alert the hearing impaired in case of fire.
INSTALLATION CODE THIS EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION’S STANDARD 72 (National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269). NOTE: Specific requirements for Smoke Alarm installation vary from state to state and from region to region. Check with your local Fire Department for current requirements in your area. WARNING This product is intended for use in ordinary indoor locations of family living units.
AC INSTALLATION WARNINGS ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD • Turn off power to the area where you will install this unit at the circuit breaker or fuse box before beginning installation. Failure to turn off the power before installation may result in serious electrical shock, injury or death. • Do not restore power until all alarms are completely installed. Restoring power before installation is complete may result in serious electrical shock, injury or death.
homes, for example – it is recommended a smoke alarm to be placed as far from these fuel-burning sources as possible. The placement recommendations are intended to keep a smoke detector at a reasonable distance from a fuel-burning source, reducing “unwanted” alarms. Unwanted alarms can occur if a smoke alarm is placed directly next to a fuel-burning source. Ventilate these areas as much as possible. • In air streams near kitchens.
CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) PRECAUTIONS WHAT IS CARBON MONOXIDE? Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an invisible, odorless, tasteless gas produced when fuels do not burn completely, or are exposed to heat (usually fire). These fuels include: wood, coal, charcoal, oil natural gas, gasoline, kerosene, and propane. Common appliances are often sources of CO. such as oil or gas burning furnaces, gas ovens, wood-burning fireplaces, and charcoal grills.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF A CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM WARNING Actuation of your CO alarm indicates the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) which can KILL YOU. If alarm signal sounds: 1) Operate reset/silence button (Press NEST button); 2) Call your emergency services [fire dept. or 911]; PHONE NUMBER: 3) Immediately move to fresh air – outdoors or by an open door/window. Do a head count to check that all persons are accounted for.
FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CREATE AN ESCAPE PLAN TO PRACTICE Be prepared when your smoke/CO alarm sounds its alarm. Develop a family escape plan, discuss it with all household members, and practice it regularly. • Make sure everyone is familiar with the sound of your smoke/CO alarm and explain what the sound means. • Determine TWO exits from each room and have an escape route to the outside from each exit.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) COMPLIANCE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Nest Labs, Inc. Limited Warranty Nest Protect Smoke + Carbon Monoxide Alarm IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, AS WELL AS LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU. YOUR RIGHTS AND THIS LIMITED WARRANTY This Limited Warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may also have other legal rights that vary by state, province or jurisdiction.
Period and providing a description of the alleged failure, and (b) comply with Nest Labs’ return shipping instructions. Nest Labs will have no warranty obligations with respect to a returned Product if it determines, in its reasonable discretion after examination of the returned Product, that the Product is an Ineligible Product (defined below).
