I just saw my first ones in the wild at a new Aldi store on Akron’s west side
It makes more sense when you look at the ELMTS’s brother, the ELAMTS, which has 3 different audible inputs for 3 separate tones.
is this the problem that I saw on a video from nic’s system electric
It’s not exactly the same problem, but I think that might be related.
Outdoor L-Series speakers have been released. It seems that the ceiling-mount speaker strobes have the same asymmetric design that was seen in the prototypes (although the final design looks less like MS Paint). The datasheet does not mention any 8-watt variants of the speakers, although those were mentioned in the ESD slides.
Also, LED chime strobes have been available from distributors for a while, but the datasheet has now been posted. It seems that these chime strobes will come with FIRE or FIRE/FEU lettering, unlike the original L-Series and SpectrAlert Advance chime strobes (which had no lettering).
I think this proves that the rumored multicolored strobe is fake, as there are only two wires going to the strobe.
The yellow flash might be created by sending a lower voltage through those wires or some other variation in the current, so this doesn’t necessarily refute the possibility. Also, this is a prototype, so it might not have the yellow flash that is present in the final version.
You’re right. I’d be interested to see inside an actual non-prototype device. I’d like to see the actual LED chip itself. That would give us a definitive answer.
I saw my first LED L-Series devices today! I actually like how they look. I have yet to see the wall mount or speaker/strobe versions, though.
Here is the system I saw them in: Fire Alarms in Buildings (2.0) - #2768 by aerhardt