Just because they look kind of similar doesn’t mean they are a ripoff…it’s a practical design that multiple other companies besides Gentex and EST have used, such as Wheelock and Federal Signal, to name a few. Additionally, I don’t think it’s possible to be able to ascertain who originally came up with an alarm that looks like these. For all we know, Gentex could have copied the idea from EST. Now, if one company were copying the technologies that were used for the horn or the strobe from a different company, then I think that there would be a problem, but not because they have a slightly similar appearance.
Lol. He is technically right. It’s not a ripoff of something when it looks somewhat like another model alarm made by another company, like for example an ADT pull station may look a lot like a dual action Simplex T-bar ( but the key is an exception to this because the Cat 30 Key that the ADT pull comes with is exactly like a Simplex B style key ), but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a complete ripoff. A knockoff is more of a better word. It basically means a close make to another object. Plus, like he said, it’s just a popular design, so it may not even be intentional in the first place.
This is a much better designed duct detector below a Classic Spectra. ( Air Products and Controls LTD. duct detector tester )
I am kinda curious as to what is going on here.
Federal Signal 6 inch Vibratone bell.
This may look like an average RSS, but if you look closely, it has different styled reflector glass, plus it was in a Siemens system, so im guessing its a Siemens RSS ripoff.
This was a photo that had popped up on my Facebook news feed, and this alarm ( which appears to be a flush mount 4050 ) was the first thing i noticed in this photo.
System Senor 2400. A picture i just took a few hours ago.
Anyway these are my latest finds. Its not all that rare but still there is some interesting alarms. Hope you enjoy, and all apologies for the lack of uploads lately. Thank you.
NEW DISCOVERY: I remember taking a picture of the that Simplex annunciator a while back and saying it was a mini-panel, well I figured out its a Simplex 4602 annunciator. It’s meant for a Simplex 4005 or 4002. Basically what I just figured out is the system with the 7002Ts and the Simplex 9838s with the Simplex light plates had a Silent Knight panel tied to a 4005, which was controlling the Simplex devices. I know this because the building was added on to around the time the Simplex alarms were made.
Can you guys take care of this over PM? I have this set so I get notified for reply, and I’m getting annoyed with “false alarms”. Thanks for you consideration.
“…you said lock it…”
We were skyping in a loud room and I actually thought he was telling me another member bumped a different topic, did not know it was this one. As the post was by the OP and relevant, I reversed it.
Please don’t bump old topics unless you have something relevant or interesting. The post was a quote of lots of pictures posted by Vibratone Horn but nothing else.
hello there everybody i am pretty new to fire alarms i would like to talk to somebody that loves addressable facp’s and is willing to help me with wiring for my play board