Rare devices you have seen

This includes fire alarm horns, strobes, horn strobes
Smoke detectors
Speakers
Panels
Pull stations
Etc

Vintage ESL 1025c smoke detector at my school (likely disconnected)

Here’s a list:
White/silver BG-8 pull stations
Old ESL smoke/heat detectors (i don’t know what the model is, help would be appreciated.)
10" AC faraday bell (either single stroke or disconnected)
Simplex 4903-9101+2902-9732
White flush mount atlas soundolier speakers (again, i would like help knowing the model number)
Wheelock ET-1010-W
Wheelock rsswpg
Federal Signal 450d+VALS

ADEMCO 529 at a non-denominational church in Akron.

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I have seen BG6 pull stations
Wheelock 7001 alarms
Generation 1 gentex shgs (MAYBE RARE?)

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I have seen a Wheelock 7001

Sorry for the late post…

But a few years ago I found that old Faraday incadescent fire light below a 5640. I don’t know if the original photo is still available, but it’s a device I don’t even know the Mod. No. of.

Is the Simplex 4020 considered rare? The middle school I went to had (has?) one.

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The 4020 isn’t really that rare. In other words it’s not uncommon for a larger 90s/00s building. It’d be uncommon in small buildings and in certain non-Simplex areas

It’s rare where I’m from. Edwards was very dominant in my area and anything else you would find other is pretty rare. I think I have serviced 1 4020 in my 7 years of being a fire technician.

I have seen lots!
Old demo mini horn in my friends house
Ademco 62224s ( in my friends house)
Old system sensor 2300s
Old ademco 5808 heat sensor (looks like 2300s)
Old ademco 529 pull stations (in my friends house)


Prototype/first generation Simplex 4251-20s at Canton’s (Ohio) art museum and civic center. this building is probably from 1970 or 71. I could not make out any signals. but I will update this post if I make a second visit here in the near future.

Welcome to the forums!



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