BlitzBiker2001's Vintage Simplex Collection

It’s been a long while since I’ve posted an updated collection, so I figured I would show just the Simplex devices in my collection since that’s what I like most. I’ll eventually make a post about my non-Simplex devices. Now since part of my collection is in storage, I’ll have to group pictures of similar devices since they can’t be displayed together. I should also note that nothing from my collection is for sale, I’ve worked really hard to get where I am.

Notification Appliances

Simplex 2903 Family



16x Simplex 2901-9838 on Simplex 2903-9001’s
I have quite a few 9838’s on 9001’s. All but one of these came from a Simplex 4002/4005 system at an elementary school I attended from 2011-2013, and I often dreamed about removing these to have for my collection. Though I didn’t personally removed them I’m still happy to have a piece of my childhood.


1x Simplex 2901-9838 on Simplex 2903-9101


2x Simplex 2901-9833 on Simplex 2903-9102 w/ 1 back box. I got these from the electrical program I attended during high school. My old teacher said they were donated by a security company over 20 years ago. Interestingly one of the 9833’s has pigtails instead of terminals.


1x Simplex 2901-9833 on Simplex 2903-9001
This came from the same 4002/4005 system that all those 9838’s on 9001’s came from, which you’ll see more parts of the system later.


1x Simplex 2901-9806 B2 on Simplex 2903-9001 w/back box.


1x Simplex 2901-9806 B4 on Simplex 2903-9005


1x Simplex 2901-9806 B2 on Simplex 2903-9101 1st generation strobe board.


1x Simplex 2902-9735 w/ acoustic rated deep back box.


1x Simplex 2902-9735 white from University of Tennessee Knoxville.


1x Simplex 4090-91 on Simplex 2903-9002


2x Simplex 2903-9101 1st generation strobe board, w/o horns, never used.


1x Simplex 2903-9101 w/o horn.


1x Simplex 2903-9101 2nd generation strobe board, nonworking. Had a Spectralert classic mounted to it.

Simplex 4050-80 Family


1x Simplex 4051 on Simplex 4050-81 w/black “FIRE” lettering w/back box.


1x Simplex 4050-80 w/white “FIRE” lettering, w/o horn and light parts.

Newer Simplex Mechanical and Electronic


1x Simplex 4903-9217


2x Simplex 4903-9425, also came from the 4002/4005 system.


1x Simplex 4903-9426

Initiating Devices

Chevron Style Pulls


11x Simplex 4251-111 these were part of a Honeywell FC-72 that you’ll also see more parts of.


1x Simplex 4251-11

T-Bar Style Pulls



20x Simplex 4251-20. 18 of them came from the 4002/4005 system, the other 2 my personal collection. I also realized while posting this that there was a Simplex 2099-9754 that was part of the picture of 4251-20’s that was part of the same system.


1x Simplex 4251-20 w/back box from University of Iowa.


1x Simplex 4251-2K institutional pull station.


2x Simplex 4251-21


2x Simplex 4251-33, I do have the break glass for the one without it.


1x Simplex 4251-41 dual stage, rare 1st generation t-bar.


1x Simplex 2099-9289 rare bilingual t-bar.



4x Simplex 2099-9754, the 4th one is shown in the 4251-20 pictures.


2x Simplex 2099-9795 addressable converted to conventional, one is missing the button. Also the first pull stations I ever bought.

Smoke Detectors


3x Simplex 2098-9636 on Simplex 2098-9637 bases, one I forgot to show, 2 of them have relay modules in the base.


2x Simplex 2098-9201 on Simplex 2098-9211 bases, these came from an FCI FC-72 system at another elementary school that I attended from 2008-2011. Most of this system will be featured in my next collection post about my non Simplex devices.


1x Simplex 2098-9209


1x Simplex 2098-9577


1x Simplex 2098-9575


1x Simplex 2098-9603 on Simplex 2098-9525 base.

Heat Detectors



12x Simplex 4255-1 heats, 11 of them came from the Honeywell FC-72 system.



2x Simplex 2098-9439 heats, 1 of them came from the Honeywell FC-72 system.

Panels


1x Simplex 4001 working


1x Simplex 4002 working


1x Simplex 4005 in Simplex 4002 cabinet. This was the panel setup I pulled out of the school with all the 2903’s. The 4005 guts I put in it are not original, and it’s still a work in progress.

Annunciators


1x Simplex 4001 Annunciator


1x Simplex 2601-8005 indicator annunciator from the 4002/4005 system.

Miscellaneous


1x Simplex 4005 cabinet, I took the guts for the 4002/4005 panel.


1x Simplex 4017-62 bell


1x Simplex 2081-9018 EOL resistor plate

Not Pictured

1x Simplex 4001 w/o cabinet
1x Simplex 2099-9754 from the FCI FC-72 system
1x Simplex 2098-9201 on Simplex 2098-9737 base w/relay module from the 4002/4005 system.
3x Simplex 2903 trim plates from the 4002/4005 system.

That’s my collection as of 8/13/23. I’m still on the lookout for a Simplex 2001, and a Simplex 4208, as well as any more older bilingual pulls, and different varieties of pull stations.

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Very cool devices! ( I need to get some simplex stuff )

Man you’ve got a lot of stuff! (a lot of cool & rare stuff no less) You have got to have the most 2903 plates of any collector I know!