REPLACING THE 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.
3. Replace the batteries. Make sure to use
Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries and
install them in the right order. If you install
them out of order, you may not be able to
close the battery compartment.
4. Reattach the battery door by sliding it into
the tabs located on the opposite side from
the batteries, replacing the screws and then
reattaching Nest Protect to the backplate.
5. Press the Nest button to run a test.
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
RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL
Visit
www.nest.com/recycle
EXPIRATION
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CO alarm. Nest Protect lifetime is 7 years.
You will need to replace Nest Protect after
7 years with a brand new Nest Protect. Check
the date of replacement written on the back
of Nest Protect.
WARNING
You’ll no longer be protected from smoke or
CO if you don’t replace your Nest Protect.
About two weeks before it expires, Nest
Protect will light up with a yellow light. Wave at
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expired. Replace it now.” Buy a new alarm and
recycle the expired one. Make sure you test your
new Nest Protect once it’s installed.
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.
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Make sure you create an escape plan and you
practice fire drills with all members of the family.
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If they are powered by batteries, the smoke
alarms cannot work if the batteries are missing,
dead or disconnected. If they are wired, the
smoke alarms cannot work during a long power
outage and once the back up battery is dead.
Nest Protect will warn you in advance when
batteries are running low so that you can
replace them.
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while the dust cover is in place. The dust cover
must be removed.
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does not reach the alarms. For example, if a
door is closed, smoke may not reach the smoke
alarm. This is why you should have a smoke
alarm in each bedroom and in the hallways as
bedroom doors may be closed at night.
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the smoke alarm comes with a loud horn of
85 decibels, it may not be heard if : 1) people
have consumed alcohol or drugs, 2) the alarm
is drowned by noise from stereo, TV, traffic, air
conditioner or other appliances, 3) residents
are hearing impaired or have high frequency
hearing loss associated with aging. Special
smoke alarms should be installed for those
who are hearing impaired.
SAFETY
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