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IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ Dear Pool Owner: MANY CONSUMERS ARE UNSURE AS TO WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN BUYING A POOL ALARM. CONSUMERS HAVE QUESTIONS SUCH AS; ARE POOL ALARMS SAFE? DO THEY WORK? WHAT FEATURES SHOULD THEY HAVE SO THAT I KNOW THAT I AM BUYING A SAFE PRODUCT? HERE IS THE ANSWER!     The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) a government agency dedicated to keeping you, the consumer, safe from dangerous products, asked ASTM International to develop safety and performance requirements for pool alarms in the year 2000. ASTM International is an organization that sets performance and safety standards to help insure that the products you buy are safe and perform as intended.     The purpose of the request from the CPSC to ASTM was to establish an International Safety Standard for Pool Alarms. A committee of safety experts was formed by ASTM. The Safety and Performance Standard entitled - ASTM F 2208 was produced. The ASTM Standard for Pool Alarms has general performance and safety requirements as well as test procedures for each type of pool alarm. Some of the basic requirements of the ASTM Pool Alarm Standard are: alarms shall sound at the pool and in the house via a remote receiver, alarms must have an on/off indicator, alarms shall have a minimum sound pressure of 85 decibels at 10 feet, alarms must have a low battery indicator, and alarms must automatically reset.     There is a very thorough testing procedure for each type of alarm. The alarm must sound in 20 seconds or less when the test subject (a child intrusion simulator that is the average size of a one year old child weighing 18 lbs.) enters the pool. There are also tests for each type of alarm so that they will not false alarm during normal conditions according to the standard, such as (light wind and rain as well as small objects entering the pool).     As a consumer if you want to see that the pool alarm you are interested in purchasing meets the ASTM standard – look for Meets ASTM Safety Standard – you can feel confident that you are getting a high quality and safe alarm to use. If the alarm does not meet ASTM F 2208 it may not be a safe product to use.     The ASTM Standard for Pool Alarms is a voluntary standard and each manufacturer has the responsibility for conforming and testing their alarm to the standard. As a smart consumer you should now wonder that if a pool alarm claims it meets ASTM F 2208, how do you know their claim is true? HERE IS THE ANSWER!     To be sure a pool alarm meets the ASTM Safety Standard for Pool Alarms it must be verified by an independent testing lab. Intertek’s Electrical Testing Laboratories, (ETL) is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious testing facilities. ETL tests all kinds of products and materials to determine if they meet important safety and performance standards. If a pool alarm has been tested by ETL to the ASTM standard and ETL verifies that the alarm meets the ASTM standard then you can be absolutely sure that the alarm does meet ASTM F 2208. Pool Alarms that have been verified by ETL should have the following marks on their packaging and advertising materials. Be a SMART CONSUMER and look for the ETL-Verified mark indicating compliance to ASTM F 2208. The Poolguard In-Ground and Above-Ground Pool Alarms have been verified by ETL and do meet ASTM F 2208. For More Information CPSC - Consumer Product Safety Commission - www.cpsc.gov ASTM - ASTM International - www.astm.org Intertek - ETL SEMKO - www.intertek-etlsemko.com

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