Came across an unusual alarm that I had to buy. It sounds like a smoke alarm in marchtime. A google search comes up with no relevant information on it. Does anyone know of any possible documentation?
Wow, I have never seen a device like that! It appears to reuse the cover design from an ESL 300-series detector, which I used to have one of (forget the exact model number though). Is it a remote horn or what?
Yeah, itās a remote horn that can either mount to a single gang or octagonal box
I wonder what inspired ESL to make a remote horn that literally reuses the the design of one of their smoke detectors. I believe this is also the first ESL-made notification appliance that we know of. Got a couple more pictures of the back & inside? Iād like to see more of this device myself.
Hereās a few more photos, I might consider doing an in-depth video on it tomorrow
In addition, I find it humorous that the model is 404, and we canāt find info on it
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Iād love it if you did, especially if you let us hear what it sounds like.
Interesting how it seems like they reused the exact same circuit board & everything from one of their 300-series smoke detectors, but the only circuitry on it is the horn, the terminals that power it, & a couple of resistors & other small components, thatās it.
Oh yeah. The reason for the latter is because (as far as we know anyway) itās extremely rare (heck I didnāt know it even existed until now).
I already have a quick vid of what it sounds like, but Iāll be sure to get good video of its innards.
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Now that is neat!
Is there a reason why the video froze at the end & a bell rang?
Corrupted video, and that was a trouble bell ringing because resetting the panel caused the trouble relay to go back to normal
So upon further looking, it would appear that GE at one point bought or absorbed ESL (based on Walmart and Amazon listings), so that would mean the best bet for getting information on this alarm world be from Carrier.
Mhm, thatās what I said some time back in another topic, though I doubt any current employees would know anything about a device so old & so rare.
Yeah, itās very doubtful that weād have much luck. However, @kcin556 did have luck getting some literature on the Gamewell M69 as seen in this thread, so itās not impossible.
As for the video, here ya go
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Paying a bit more attention to it when going off, it sounds like it beeps 16 times before skipping a bit. Not sure if it was always like that or if itās age, but the fact that 16 in exponential form is 2ā“, I feel it has something to do with the the program of the IC chip in the alarm
I noticed that, very strange behavior if you ask me.
To be fair, it is an old device and 16 is a common multiple for programs because of binary. Maybe thatās as much as the program could hold?
Maybe, though I doubt a device so simple has a microcomputer or anything similar in it.
That is a good point. The IC is probably something similar to a 555 timer. If it wasnāt encased in resin, Iād have a better idea of what the heck it is
So I took some time to remove the resin as best I could, and it turns out to be a Texas Instruments IC
The markings are
[TI logo] 636 C B
SN77209N
44740001K
And yes, I am sure about the 0 being a 0 as there is no proof of existence of a SN77269N, but there is of the SN77209N
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Are you sure thatās the chip in charge of pulsing the horn?
