You definitely don’t see ESL detectors on Edwards systems that often given Edwards has always had their own to use instead (sure, both are technically one & the same nowdays thanks to several mergers, but still).
Interesting: most (if not all) of the systems with ADT BG-12s that I’ve seen have had Wheelock signals instead.
That’s definitely interesting. The only Culver’s I’ve ever seen with a fire alarm system is my local one. That has a Potter system with rebranded Gentex devices.
Funny it has notifier labelling along with it
#whatafirealarmfail, the best way to mount a classic!
It has a 5207, i could see it through the door crack, but i didnt want to be weird and take a photo.
Quincy Market - Boston, MA
Panel: Notifier NFS2-3030 (or NFS2-640 with NCA-2), located in the central atrium.
This building had a Simplex system many years ago, and that was replaced with another Simplex system (still non-addressable), which was then replaced with a Mircom system (that kept the Simplex devices), before eventually the Notifier system was installed.
Funeral Home Near Me:
This building was opened in either late 2020 or early 2021.
Panel: Potter AFC-1000
Notification Appliances: Potter HS-24WR horn/strobes and S-24WR remote strobes
Pull Stations: Potter PAD100-PSSA single action addressable pull stations
Detectors: Many Potter PAD200-PD addressable smoke detectors, and a PAD100-CD addressable carbon monoxide detector above a gas fireplace.
I went back here this year, and this time I got to learn a little more about the system! I saw a glimpse of the panel setup when the Fire Command Center room was open (as part of repairing a broken-down elevator, as what often happens at these cons), and the main panel is actually a Simplex 4100U with InfoALARM display! It was likely installed in the late 2000s when they remodeled the guest rooms that were on the second floor into additional con space (with the 4906-9151 multi-candela TrueAlert speaker/strobes, 4099-9001 addressable pulls and 4098-9714 addressable TrueAlarm detectors).
And what’s more, they also still have the original Simplex 2120 system’s Status Command Center in use in some way! But they probably modded the internals to be more like a 4100-series auxiliary panel with newer electronics and such. Additionally, the 4100U itself is in what appears to be the original 2120 cabinet that also likely housed a Simplex 4100+ system in-between the 2120 and 4100U (since the restaurant/bar and swimming pool were renovated in the 1990s and had vertical 4903 speaker/strobes installed in place of the 2902 speaker/visuals there, along with the ADA rooms having remote 4904 strobes and an ADA suite on the top floor having a horizontal 4903 speaker/strobe). Note that the third panel there is beige like 2120s typically were but has a black cabinet door! That is most likely now used for terminal wiring.
Also, the fitness center room was renovated in the early-to-mid 2000s but the fire alarm devices there were clearly installed by a different service provider; there were Wheelock E70 speaker/strobes, conventional System Sensor detectors of some kind, and a hex-lock Fire-Lite BG-12 pull.
Hey, wiley209’s back! (Hahaha, puns)
Anyways, that’s pretty interesting! If any of this gets replaced, try and save some of this.
What a wild system. I want to see more alarms.
Academy Sports + Outdoors (Elizabethtown, KY)
Panel: Bosch Annunciator
Pulls: Bosch T-Bars
Alarms: White Celling Mount Advance Horn Strobes
Sam’s Club (Elizabethtown, KY)
Panel: Bosch Annunciator With Wheelock Safepach Phone
Pulls: Bosch T-Bars
Alarms: Wheelock E90s & ET70s
Rafferty’s (Elizabethtown, KY)
Pulls: Siemens HMS-S
Alarms: Wheelock ZNS
Golden Corral (Elizabethtown, KY)
Pulls: Mix Of Notifier/Fire Lite BG-12s And 1 Admeco T-Bar
Alarms: Wheelock MT-24-LSMs
Goodwill (Elizabethtown, KY)
Pulls: Potter Rebranded RSG (LIFT AND PULL) T-Bars
Alarms: Potter Rebranded Gentex Commander 3s
Walmart Supercenter (Radcliff, KY)
Pulls: Radionics T-Bars
Alarms: Celling Mounted Spectralert Classic
Colton’s Steakhouse (Radcliff, KY)
Pulls: Silent Khight Rebranded BG-12 (Says PULL DOWN)
Alarms: Red Wall Mount Spectralert Advance
Cracker Barrel (Valley Station, KY)
Panel/Annunciator: I Saw A EST Annunciator In The Entrance
Pulls: Kiddie Rebranded EST SIGA-278s
Alarms: Kiddie Rebranded Gentex Commander 3s
Kroger (Valley Station, KY)
Annunciator: I See 2 Bosch Fire Alarms Annunciator (1 At The Second Entrance And The Other In The Customer Service)
Pulls: Bosch Rebranded Sigcom T-Bars
Alarms: I’m Guessing………… Wheelock ZNS In Cellings I Think E70s In Walls
Price Less Foods (Valley Station, KY)
Annunciator: Fire Lite ANN-80
Pulls: Fire Lite BG-12s
Alarms: Spectralert Red Advance (Wall In The Entrance And Storage And The Celling Everywhere)
Sun Valley Community Center (Louisville, KY)
Panel: Some Fire Lite Panel
Pulls: Fire Lite BG-12s
Alarms: Mix Of Spectralert Advances And Wheelock ZNS
Dixie Bowl (Louisville, KY)
Annunciator: Fire Lite ANN-80 At The Entrance
Pulls: None….. sigh
Alarms: Only One Single Red Celling Mount Spectralert Horn Strobe Near The Emergency Exit (Advance I Guess)
Walmart (Valley Station, KY)
Panel: Bosch Annunciator At The Entrance
Pulls: One Single Radionics T-Bar At The Entrance
Alarms: Red Celling Mount Spectralert L-Series Horn Strobes And Spectralert Advance Strobes In The Restroom
Marshall’s (Valley Station, KY)
Panel: Radionics Annunciator
Pulls: Radionics T-Bars
Alarms: Wheelock HSR And STR Exceders
Ross Dress For Less (Valley Station, KY)
It’s Just The Same Thing As Academy Sports In Elizabethtown Kentucky
Five Below (Valley Station, KY)
Annunciator: Edwards Annunciator At The Check Out
Pulls: SIGA-278
Alarms: Edwards LED Genesis Celling Mount Speaker Strobes
Valley High School: (Louisville, KY)
Pulls: Simplex 4099s
Alarms: Simplex 4906-9127s
Mr Gatti’s Pizza (Valley Station, KY)
Only I See One SK Annunciator (Silent Knight) At The Entrance
Meijer (Valley Station, KY)
Annunciator: Fire Life ANN-80
Pulls: DMP 850D
Alarms: Wall Mount Gentex GX-90s And Spectralert Advance And Celling Mount Spectralert L-Series Horn Strobes
Speaker strobes at a 5-Below? Is it
possible they were horn strobes? The ceiling mount horn strobes and speaker strobes look the same.
Found a quite-old Edwards system huh? Neat (I actually have one of those bells myself: in fact, it was the very first commercial device I ever obtained).
Wow that’s an old system going by the devices. Great find! (& of course yet another one that should definitely be saved if possible)
You found that via real estate though? Does that seriously mean that that system is in a residential house!?
It was in an apartment building built in 1920.
maybe send those photos over to Glenn of Old School Fire Alarms and he might be able to identify them
Mike Linning’s (Louisville, KY)
I Saw Spectralert Advances Everywhere
Burlington (Louisville, KY) Note: It Moved In 2025
Annunciator: Edwards Annunciator At The End Of Check Out Line
Pulls: EST SIGA-278s
Alarms: White Celling Mount Genesis Horn Strobes
Value City Furniture (Louisville, KY)
Annunciator: Silent Knight Annunciator Unknown
Pulls: 4251-20
Alarms: Sinplex 2903-9101 With Grille Less 9833s
Shoe Carnival (Louisville, KY)
What I Did See Was An Unmarked Spectralert White Horn Strobe
Kroger (The One On Terry Road In Louisville, KY)
Annunciator: Bosch Annunciator
Pulls: Bosch T-Bar At The Customer Sevice
Alarms: Red Celling Mount Spectralert Advance Horn Strobes
Frisch’s Big Boy - Closed (Louisville, KY)
Annunciator: Either Silent Knight Or Fire Lite
Alarms: Celling Mount Classic Horn Strobes I Guess
Children Academy (Louisville, KY Next To El Rey Mexican Grocery)
Annunciator: Silent Knight Annunciator
Pulls: Fire Lite BG-12s
Alarms: Spectralert Advances
Walgreens (Greenwood Road And Dixie Highway, Louisville, KY)
Alarms: Wheelock AS
Pulls: RSG Lift And Pull T-Bars
My Old Middle School (Conway Middle School)
Panel/Annunciator Sinplex 4208 And Sinplex 4603
Pulls: Simplex 4251-20s, 2099-9795, 4099-9001s, And Fire Lite BG-12s
Alarms: Simplex 4040s, 9838s, Quickalerts, Truealerts,
