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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There is a duct detector protecting that exhaust vent along with the spot smoke detector
I didn’t realize there was a fire damper there
nah that’s 80’s fire lite
My local walmart got this treatment aswell, whats cool with this is that my local sams club got a panel swap with a Silent Knight 6820 with a SKE-450! They kept the A/V’s tho, the reason for the replacment was because the safepath decided to not work anymore.
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Forgot to mention, this system was installed in 2008–2009ish.
Santikos Casa Blanca movie theater in San Antonio, TX with Edwards/EST voice evac system.
Panel: unknown (amplifier unknown)
Annunciator: RLCD-C
Pulls: EST 278 with Stopper 2 covers
NAs: Genesis speaker strobes wall and ceiling mount (red wall mount speaker strobes in auditoriums, no picture), Genesis remote speakers ceiling mount
Smokes: unknown (did not see any)
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This quoting is getting a little out of hand lol. Hopefully I don’t have too many more errors that I have to correct.
Many more photos of the building were posted online today, as it has officially opened to the public. I saw these in the backgrounds of some of the photos:
Apparently, it is yet another Siemens system in my community after all. I don’t think that’s inherently a bad thing, but it’s crazy that they have over 34% of the market share in my area, and they are only becoming more and more common as they replace older (mostly Simplex and EST) systems.
My local Autocall dealer does still have this college listed on their website, which is what originally led me to believe that this was going to be an Autocall system. Either they are installing a system in a different building on campus that I’m not aware of, or they installed one of the other things that they do (security alarm/access control/cameras) in this building, and they had it listed on their fire alarm page for some reason. Although, I know that my local Autocall dealer installed the security systems at my school (even though they didn’t get the fire alarm bid), but they didn’t list it anywhere on their website.
@Tesla_railfaning Apparently, my local Siemens dealer must’ve had a lot of old stock. This seems to be a common theme with them, as I saw them use Z- series devices just a couple of years ago, I’ve seen them use SL- series devices last year, and they are still installing some SL2- series devices. Oddly, they don’t seem to be consistent with always using old stock, as I’ve also seen the same dealer install ACEND devices as early as over a year ago at this point (in the auditorium area at my school).