I’ve already discussed my town’s old high school plenty, and I’m not going to do that again here. Click this link if you want to see the background information.
In this post, I want to imagine what would have happened if my town hadn’t decided to build a new high school building and had decided to keep the old one.
Here’s what I think would have happened to the system:
Panel- Simplex 4100U gets ES upgrade and a voice bay
Notification Appliances- all of the old and outdated devices and wiring is scrapped and new TrueAlert ES speaker/strobes are installed
Other devices- all other devices remain the same, but broken devices are replaced and devices are moved and added to meet modern code
Annunciator- A Simplex remote microphone is added next to the existing annunciator at the front door
If they didn’t go with Simplex (or maybe Autocall which would have been pretty much the same upgrade), Siemens would be pretty much the only viable option left in my area. Here’s what I think would have happened if they had gone that route:
Panel- Cerberus PRO Modular with voice
Notification Appliances- all of the old and outdated devices and wiring is scrapped and new Siemens SL series speaker/strobes are installed
Pull stations- All Simplex pull stations are replaced with Siemens XMS-S pull stations. Pull stations that need to be moved to meet modern code are moved.
Detectors- The existing Simplex detectors are replaced by modern addressable Siemens equivalents. Detectors are moved and added to meet modern code.
Annunciator- The existing Simplex annunciator at the front door is replaced by a new Siemens annunciator cabinet with a remote microphone