Zak Wolf posted some photos of those back in the late 2000s of a junior high school in the Boston area, but they were 129s. AFAIK, those things are much rarer than the Simplex 4037s
You ougha try & save those if you can given how much rarer they are compared to even 4050-80-series signals in general!
Ditto for those too!
If you’re referring to that one school with the Gamewell system, those are actually Federal Signal horns that have a slightly different design (no idea of the exact model however).
I’d definitely like to. I know the guy who runs the 4050-80 YT channel has made some retrofit plates for 4050-80s, but as for the 812 horn plates, I’m not sure if there’s a retrofit plate for those…
I’ll have to talk to the nursing home staff about it. It’s been a while since I was last there, and I think they’d just tell me “they’re fine the way they are.” Or, worst-case scenario, they’ve already removed them. But, we’ll see.
Was it this post?
Unfortunately, it seems the pictures are lost…
These look to be the ones mentioned in Wiley209’s post.
A few Walmarts near me have this as their fire alarm system which is tied thru the PA system if I’m right
That is a Wheelock S8-series 8-inch-wide speaker/strobe: the panel is likely some kind of Bosch or Radionics, while the voice panel is likely a Wheelock SAFEPATH. Walmarts typically have SpectrAlerts, SpectrAlert Advances, L-serieses, or ASes if they don’t have a voice-capable system, & Wheelock S8s & ET70WPs if they do have a voice-capable system.
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Most Walmarts near me use SpectrAlert Classics
Yeah near me there’s two Walmart stores and a Sam’s Club from the 90’s that use SpectrAlert classic’s. There is also one Walmart from the early 2010’s that uses one of the above mentioned voice systems.
yes, the second one is it
This is at Mugshots in Collierville TN. The system is Fire Lite. Here is a scripty post.
Ok so sorry about me being a day late. Let me go through them. The outdoor alarm is a system sensor Advance Inside is the System Sensor P2RL (L-series), Pull stations are Firelite Bg-12LX, There are smokes, their in the bathrooms they are notifier. The announciator is a fire-lite ANN-80.
https://photos.onedrive.com/share/37FA6650BA76F42E!s76b25517bb754967a6a8ca2d5f0e83ca?cid=37FA6650BA76F42E&resId=37FA6650BA76F42E!s76b25517bb754967a6a8ca2d5f0e83ca&ithint=video&migratedtospo=true&redeem=aHR0cHM6Ly8xZHJ2Lm1zL3YvYy8zN2ZhNjY1MGJhNzZmNDJlL0VSZFZzbloxdTJkSnBxaktMVjhPZzhvQjlFRVRlOHFDdGUzSGI0THRHUE5UX1E this is my schools alarm. alarm starts at 2:35
Local Hotel
Panel
EST3 voice assisted panel located in a staff office
EST3 annunciator behind the front desk
Detectors
EST SIGA-PD detectors throughout most of the hotel
EST SIGA2-PD detectors for elevator recall in the main lobby
EST SIGA-OSD detector used as a replacement for a SIGA-PD on the main floor
Pulls
EST SIGA-278 pulls by the main entrance, stairwells, and in the pool room. None by the other exits.
N/A’s
White EST Genesis speaker strobes in hallways and general areas
Wheelock or Gentex? speakers in rooms
Other
Edwards GS FFT jacks in elevator lobbies and by stairwells
Room smoke detectors are on relay/isolater/sounder bases
Multiple trouble, supervisory, and monitor conditions present on the annunciator by the desk
The one closest to me has Wheelock MT’s
Yesterday, I cast my vote for the upcoming provincial election at an advance polling location. This polling station is located in a small office building that has an interesting mix of devices.
The building, which was completed in 1988, originally had an Edwards Custom 6500. The current panel is a Notifier NFS-320C, and its cabinet is mounted inside the 6500 cabinet (a surprisingly clean-looking retrofit job). The few pull stations I saw are a mix of Mircom MS-401s and Notifier MPS-950Bs, and the smoke detectors are Notifier FSP-851As.
The signals are the most interesting part of the system: they mainly consist of SpectrAlert Advance horns (HRAs) paired with white ceiling-mount Amseco Select-A-Strobes (SL24Cs) or red wall-mount Select-A-Strobes (SL24Ws). I also saw a SpectrAlert Advance horn mounted next to a SpectrAlert Advance strobe (pictured below), and the office suite in which I voted has an Integrity horn/strobe. I don’t often see such a mix of brands in a building, and systems with separate horns and strobes are even less common; my guess is that the Select-A-Strobes were added while the 6500 was still in service and that the original audible signals were replaced with the HRAs when the Notifier panel was installed.
Do you think the trim plate behind that sole SRA-B is from a previous device? (possibly an SL24W like you said: speaking of which do you suppose the original audible signals were Amseco too? (not sure why an Edwards system would have such though when Edwards has made their own signals for decades: also odd if you ask me that they’d leave that trim plate in place given the horn right next to it appears to have had its original hole patched up)
I took this photo in a small hallway at the foot of a stairwell; I wouldn’t be surprised if the hallway didn’t have a strobe prior to this unit being installed. Every other horn I saw in this building was mounted on a trim plate, while every Select-A-Strobe was mounted directly on the wall or ceiling; given the traces around the horn, it seems that the trim plate in this photo was perhaps originally in the horn’s spot and was moved when the strobe was added.
I was wondering the same thing about the original signals—I’m baffled as to what they may have been. For a 6500 from this era, I would expect 439D bells or 881D/885D Adaptahorns. However, the trim plates don’t look like an Edwards product; they’re not from an 881D (as they don’t have screws in the outer corners), and I’ve never seen 439Ds paired with trim plates (likely because these bells were already equipped with universal mounting plates and had fairly large bases that could cover imperfections).
Gill Elementary School (Farmington Hills, MI - built in 1955) - This post covers the existing cafeteria and gymnasium from a previous addition, a portion of one hallway, and portions of the exterior.
Annunciators/panel:
Previous systems - Unknown, presumably National Time and Signal Corporation (Natsco) 2000 and 7000-series units
Current system - Unknown, presumably a Natsco 901-series unit
Detectors: Unknown
Pull stations:
Previous systems - Unknown, presumably Natsco units
Current system - Natsco 541-series units (rebranded Sigcom t-bars)
Notification appliances:
Previous systems - At least one Natsco-branded Faraday 6120 horn/strobe with a non-ADA strobe and flush plate; other devices unknown
Current system - Natsco C3 and C4-series horn/strobes and strobes (rebranded Gentex units)
Other:
<One newer 6" Edwards Adaptabel in the cafeteria
<One Natsco P810FG class change bell outside near the receiving area
<One rebranded Faraday 10" bell replacing a Natsco bell of an unknown type behind a grille outside
Some devices at an undisclosed local hospital
The system contains mostly TrueAlerts and TrueAlarms, but some old addressable Simplex smokes and 4903 strobe plates remain. There are a few addressable T-Bars.
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I love that setup for some reason (mainly the older devices but the newer ones are nice too), maybe because of its 90s-ness.