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Kidde smoke and carbon monoxide detectors recalled

Heath Canada has issued a recall notice on 112,000 Kidde smoke and carbon monoxide detectors sold throughout the country between January and May of this year.

Alarms can fail following power outage

One of the Kidde alarms Health Canada has recalled manufacture date of in Jan. 2014. Model 900-0119 (KN-COSM-IBACA). (Health Canada)

Heath Canada has issued a recall notice for 112,000 Kidde smoke and carbon monoxide detectors sold throughout the country between January and May of this year.

The hazard lies in the case of a power outage. That's when the device may go into a latched mode, causing it to not go off when smoke or carbon monoxide is in the air.
Kidde Model i12010S-C0-CA with the recalled manufacture date of Mar. 31, 2014 (Health Canada)

The agency said this can happen if the power is shut off while the alarm is performing a once-per-minute sensor health check.

If the alarm is part of an interconnected system, it will still go off, even if it's affected by the alarm deficiency.

Once the power turns back on, a latched alarm will ring, even if smoke or carbon monoxide isn't present.

The alarms are white in colour, round and about 13 centimetres to 15 centimetres in diameter with an engraved Kidde logo on the front.

They are AC/DC powered and can be hardwired to a network.
Kidde Model i12010S-CA with the recalled manufacture date of Mar. 11, 2014. (Health Canada )

Labels showing the model number and date code are located on the back of the device, which has the year, month and day it was manufactured.

Neither Kidde nor Health Canada have received any reports of injuries or incidents related to this issue.

Another 670,000 of the alarms have been sold in the United States.

Description Model Number Kidde Part Number UPC Code Man. Date

AC/DC
Combination
Alarm 120v
with front load
battery backup

KN-COSM

-IBACA

900-0119

0-47871-00119-4

Nov.19,
2013-
May 13,
2014

AC/DC
combination
alarm 120v
with 10 year
sealed battery
backup

i12010S

-CO-CA

i12010S

-CO-CA

0-47871-10607-3 March 14,
2014-
May 13,
2014
AC/DC smoke
alarm 120v
with 10 year
sealed battery backup

i12010S

-CA

i12010S-CA 0-47871-10608-0 March 11,
2014
-May 13,
2014