Somewhere on the forum, I thought I read a post about a system that had Simplex -9838 horns tied together with Wheelock 7002T horns but I can’t find the post anywhere so I’m wondering if I imagined it.
That being said, I’m asking if anybody out there has ever seen a system that had both Simplex electromechanical alarms and Wheelock electromechanical alarms in person?
It was one of Wiley’s posts! It was the Silver City Galleria in Taunton, MA (I’ve been there in person). It had the 9838s in the main mall and 7001Ts in Sears, I believe.
Relating to the OP, mixing the two brands seems reasonable because the anchor stores could have been built at a different time.
If both devices are listed for use with whatever NAC panel you’re using, you can mix horns on the same circuit with no problems. You just want to avoid mixing different brands of strobes on the same circuit because they won’t sync. However, you can have different brands in different areas of the same building with zero issues as long as they are on their own circuits with a sync module off of a NAC panel, or are using different NAC panels.
For example, in the scenario above the Sears store may have it’s own dedicated NAC panel so the A/V’s used could be different from the rest of the building with zero issues.
I’ve seen Edwards 892’s with a mix of Gamewell Century pull stations, a Fire-Lite BG-12, and a Silent Knight rebranded SigCom pull station. This was at a group home.
I was in a postal office by me and they had a simplex 4208 system. They had NO signals or pulls in the area but they had simplex 4251-20s in the back in the area with wheelock 34-24 horns with Simplex 4051s.