Nice! What A/Vs? And what year did the system get installed?
All bells (including Edwards, GS, and Simplex), some with EST Integrity strobe plates, and an Integrity horn outside used as a FDC beacon.
I love this system. It reminds me an awful lot of this system: Fire Alarms in Buildings (2.0) - #2840 by aerhardt
Why is there 1 TrueAlert
theres tons of truealerts in the hotel.
give that cover a little nudge on the last image, it does not look installed right lol.
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Rush-Ohio-Wabash Parking Garage Chicago
Seems like the parking garage has an old FCI system, with a quite interesting annunciator which is why I included it. Pulls were FCI MS-2s and the signals were Gentex GOS horn strobes.
Uniqlo Chicago
Autocall 4100ES system. This might be the first Autocall system I’ve seen. Signals were Wheelock Eluxa speaker strobes, and smokes are TrueAlarms.
Marshalls Chicago
I’m not sure what brand this system is. There were no smokes, even for recall, and no pulls. There were Wheelock Eluxa speaker strobes, and some of the older ET-series vandal resistant speaker strobes. There were also a ton of “STAIRS” exit signs.
Eataly Chicago
Simplex system, Wheelock E90 speaker strobes. No annunciator or panel visible.
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So I found two of this weird duct detectors (Only have a picture of one) in a mechanical room, it’s just out in the open. For this one there is exhaust fans on the other side of the room, I have more photos of the whole system in University of Hartford fire alarm systems Harry Jackson Gray Center
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It’s not that common these days but but you can sometimes find them from time to time. Often it’s one call point for each floor to cut the power on the affected floor, but rarely it shuts power to the while building (though that’s rare). However in buildings with a central HVAC system it’s actually required.
They also make exit signs, and if I recall has the first exit signs with built-in self-diagnostic functions. Though their fire division has an interest history in itself (not to mention URA which is one of Legrands subdivisions but more focused on emergency lighting and exit signs).
They are, their larger panels despite being high end are surprisingly not that proprietary (just ring the customer service up and they’ll gladly give you the programming software for their larger panels, that is if you’re a licensed electrician! And they use Apollo XP95 protocol on the adressable panels, conventional panels are all programmed through the front panel) electrical-equipement wise though, they’ve got they’re well regarded, horrendously expensive though but I hear mostly positive things, all things considered. Stateside though, I recall they bought off an existing company which I recall had “Seymour” (maybe Pass & Seymour?) in its name… (kind of reminds me how Schneider Electric bought Square-D)
Now, I know they’re looking to reconsolidate their fire alarm branch, so things might change around.
Yup and yup, they were founded in the late 1800s in Limoges (I can’t really find a better English source, sorry), originally they made porcelain things, but gradually started transitioning into electrical equipment.
(as I write this, I just remembered I have a brand new in box, two-loop Type 4 Legrand panel… oh, how funny coincidences can be)
That can’t be up to code at all, right?
That’s definitely a pretty cool Autocall system. I’m seeing more and more Autocall systems, and more and more of them using Eluxa devices. JCI is really falling behind with their notification appliances. This building is opening up in my area in a few days, and I’ve all but confirmed that it’s an Autocall 4100ES system with Eluxa devices. I’ve been able to fully confirm the Eluxa devices through more online photos, and I saw what looks a bit like a TrueAlarm smoke detector in one as well.
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It might be required by code due to possibly being an exhaust system. The only place to monitor it was on either side of the vent as there is basically no ducting. The flow rate might also exceed the use of a pendant mounted smoke detector. There is also an ionization detector head in the larger room. Idk why there’s a newer true alarm on that back box.
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thats a fire damper, when the smoke detector goes off it closes
The smaller lettering on that 4050 pull station is quite odd. I’ve seen a photo of a 4050 with this type of lettering, but it read “local fire alarm” (with the word “local” being alone on the upper portion); this one looks like a “local alarm” version that’s missing its “local” text and that’s had its “fire alarm” text rearranged. It’s a strange variant, and I see no obvious reason for it to exist.
That’s not a duct detector. That is a smoke detector on the wall
Backstreet Cafe (Muldragh, KY)
There Are Spectralert Advance Horn Strobes (Red, Wall Mount) On The Restaurant Area
1 Fire Lite ANN-80 Annunciator At The 2nd Entrance
The Pulls Are Fire Lite BG-12LX
Conway Middle School (My Old School in Louisville, KY)
The Alarms Are Simplex 4040s With Dual Projecters Throught The School
There Are 2 2901-9838 (Horns Only) 1 In The 7th Grade Hallway, And 1 In The Cafeteria
There Are Simplex 4906-9127 (Truealerts) At The Excel And Related Arts Hallways, Including Excel Classroom
1 4906-9101 Strobe In The Upstairs Office
They Also Had A 4040 Outside
But No Alarms In The Library Or Principal’s Office
Simplex 4208 In The Janitor Room
There’s A 4603-9101 Annunciator At The Principal’s Office
The Pulls Are 4251-20 (Under II Stoppers), Except For The Related Arts, Excel Didn’t Had A Pull Station, Cafeteria, And 7th Grade Hallway, The Related Arts Had A Fire Lite BG-12, The Cafeteria Had A 2099-9795 (Under II Stopper), And The 7th Grade Hallway Had A 4099-9001 (Under II Stopper)
Some recent photos I’ve taken:
At an Ace Hardware near me:
Siemens ZH-MC-CR horn/strobe:
Siemens HMS-S or MS-51 (newer generation) pull station blocked by a box of pool noodles:
For some reason, many emergency lights in the store were on dimly, although they showed that they had AC power:
At my local Walmart:
Wheelock S8-24MCC-FW speaker/strobe:
This Walmart is located directly next door to my school, so some people go there for lunch. I was sitting at a table in the Subway today, when I decided to snap this quick photo. I’ve always loved how these devices look, especially on a drop ceiling or drywall ceiling. This Walmart location is pretty interesting with the fact that they are still actively using the SAFEPATH system. They have the new paging/music system with the new tones and Walmart Radio announcements, but they opted to not upgrade the speaker system. Instead, they are still using the SAFEPATH system as the speakers throughout the store, and the show no signs of changing that. The speakers in the Subway are fed from a Wheelock SP-SVC volume control knob, which controls the music and general paging volume, but is overridden when an alarm or all call is going though the SAFEPATH system. The old owner of the Subway always kept this knob turned all the way down, so the speakers in the restaurant never made any sound. The new owner turned it all the way up, so the speakers in the restaurant are at the same volume as in the rest of the store. This is a full voice system with mostly Wheelock S8-24MCC-FR speaker/strobes, but the restrooms have E90-24MCC-FR speaker/strobes, and the coolers have ET70WP-2475W-FR. The 75 candela is not necessary, but it’s the lowest strobe intensity that the ET70WP devices were sold in.
lol. I guess I’ll fix that.
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