Upon request, here are the devices in my collection with pictures, as you can see I particularly like Simplex devices from the 70’s and 80’s. I do welcome newer, non-Simplex devices to my collection, but I usually won’t go out of my way to buy them, because there will probably be an opportunity to get some on a job site. Of the non-Simplex devices I have, I got all of them for free except the Exide 969-R, Wheelock 7002t-12, FCI MS-2, and FCI MS-2L.
Notification Appliances
Simplex 2901-9838 Horn + Simplex 2903-9001 Light Plate
Simplex 2902-9735 Speaker Light Plate
Simplex 2903-9002 + Simplex 4090-91 Speaker. I found the horn that came with it in storage.
Simplex 2903-9101 2nd Generation (Didn’t come with a horn)
x2 Simplex 2901-9833 Horn + Simplex 2903-9102 Strobe Plates w/1 backbox. I got these for free from the electrical program I attended in HS, I was told they were donated to the program by a security company over 20 years ago.
Simplex 4050-80 Light Plate w/white “FIRE” lettering. Didn’t come with a horn, or the original light components.
Simplex 4051 + Simplex 4050-81 Light Plate w/black “FIRE” lettering.
Simplex 4904-9426 True Alert
Simplex 4903-9217 Also found in my storage unit
Wheelock 7002T-24
Wheelock 7002T-12 My first ever fire alarm that I got back in 2017. It worked when I got it but it sounded like crap, a very deep, raspy growl but I since haven’t gotten either the horn nor the strobe to work at all.
x2 Space Age 2DCD Horns + Space Age AV-32 Light Plates w/backboxes. For some reason I’ve never been able to get these to work.
Exide 969-R “4050-80 Remote” Light Plate w/black “FIRE” text. Didn’t come with the original light components.
Pull Stations
Simplex 4251-20
Simplex 4251-41 Dual Stage pull station. Rare 1st generation pull with the metal t-bar, only made from 1972- early 1974
Simplex 4251-2K Institutional pull station. I already have a post on this device so go check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.
Simplex 4251-1 Chevron pull station. I collaborated with the precision machine class at our local vocational school (which also has these same pull stations in it), to fix the hex key lock on this. It had been stripped out from years of resetting, so we drilled and threaded a new hole and installed a 6-32 set screw to be able to function as it once did.
x3 Simplex 2099-9754
FCI MS-2 Later Model
Notifier BG-10
Notifier BNG-1R
Smoke/Heat Detectors
Simplex 4255-1
Simplex 2098-9209
System Sensor 2400
ESL 429CT
System Sensor i3
Fire Panels/Annunciators
Simplex 4001 Complete unit
Simplex 4601-9102 “4001” Annunciator
Simplex 4002 Complete unit. It will need some work, all the toggle and most of the push button switches are broken off. I am also still on the lookout for some blank card slots, the battery harness, and an annunciator for the 4002.
Simplex 4001 Board and transformer. This is the 4001 that I bench tested with before I got my complete 4001.
Note: I used to have a Fire Lite MS-5024UD panel that had suffered water damage in its installation, so I got rid of it when it started going into alarm by itself, and would not silence until you disconnect power.
Bells
Simplex 4017-62. This came from our local vocational school and was placed above the suspended ceiling when the building was undergoing renovations, there is another one like it in the building thats still in place but has been disconnected.
I have added the following devices to my collection as of 7/24/22.
Simplex 2098-9636 Smoke on Simplex 2098-9637 base
Simplex 2098-9603 Smoke
Simplex 4251-20 Pull station, earlier version with the different lock.
Simplex 2098-9577 Smoke, a rebranded System Sensor 2400 series.
Simplex 2098-9575 Smoke, a rebranded FCI SBS-1100
New devices as of 8/31/22
2x Simplex 2903-9101 Strobe plates 1st generation
2x Simplex 4251-33 Break glass pull station
New devices as of 10/5/22
1x Simplex 4251-20 early generation w/backbox, from University of Iowa.
1x FCI MS-2L Institutional pull station, alongside my regular MS-2, and an MS-6
New devices as of 12/15/2022
1x Simplex 2099-9289 Bilingual Pull. Incredibly hard to find in the states.
New Devices as of 2/11/23
1x Simplex 4602-9102 Annunciator. I got this to go with my Simplex 4002, but someone broke a key off in the enable switch, and was unable to remove without destroying the lock. So either I find a new lock, or make this a parts doner to fix the buttons on my 4002z
1x Simplex 2902-9735 White Speaker Light. I’ve also made a post on this one so I won’t go into detail.
2x Simplex 4251-21 Pull Stations, the older generation with the older white label.
1x Simplex 2901-9806 B2 horn on Simplex 2903-9001 light plate w/backbox. I finally found a 2901-9806 horn, oddly I’ve had easier times finding 4050-80 light plates than I have 9806’s.
Horn manufactured March 5, 1981.
1x Simplex 2903-9005 dual lamp light plate. The “FIRE” lens is extremely UV damaged, and unfortunately one of the tabs broke off as soon as I messed with it. So now I’m on the lookout for a replacement lens.
I also have added devices from a full FCI FC-72 replacement I made on another post, so go check it out if you haven’t seen it yet. FCI FC-72 System Replacement Complete
I also have since added the devices from a near complete Simplex 4002/4005 upgrade. I also have a post about that already so go check it out if you haven’t already. Simplex 4002/4005 devices added to my collection
That is the state of my collection as of 3/13/23. I could’ve had a Simplex 2001 in here if I had acted faster, but I am still on the lookout for a few more things.
