Im going to have to try this option as I don’t have an ebay account however I still try my best with thrift stores. You have lots of luck finding these old and rare detectors and as far as I am concerned some of the best if they had have stuck with squealer horns. If that sounded within that short of time from lighting a match (which is very dangerous) that is reliable as far as I am concerned. My landlord recently installed a newer Kidde detector in my apartment. I barely flinch when it goes off. I have heard the D2 look just like the D1 only it works on a 9 volt battery and the sonic siren was slightly ahead of its time with the pulsing tone (hence why it is called a sonic siren). Also for a long time I thought that circle in the middle of the alarm was the test button and it is the battery indicator flag…very clever!!!
My account was one of the “lucky” ones that got eaten up when the board crashed 
, but I’ve added on a few more smokes:
A Black and Decker SMK6D/M3 (does 4/6)
with my GE SMK6/M1
the GE and Black and Decker open
and an Amway Amway E-8375 (same insides as a Teledyne D-1 but with a test button), BRK 769AC, NiB FX 1218, and GE 8201-001 (older 12.6 volt)
The GE close up:
insides: it uses the older round hole sensor and has a Delt-Alarm horn instead of a Star buzzer. Also the battery flag automatically drops when the battery gets low.
Neat alarms. That Amway one must be rare and where is the test button on the unit? So that unit also has a higher pitched squeal? Nice older GE as well (Older square unit).
Did NOT expect the DeltaLarm horn in the GE! I guess that we now know GE used horns from Kobishi, Star, Edwards, AND DeltaLarm. The Black&Decker is cool, did you get that off of eBay ? I know the depiction of the alarm on the box looks like the GE 8201-401C with the off-centered test button and Black&Decker written on it, but the actual alarm does not. And that Amway looks about as big as the original Teledyne/Water-Pik it’s based off of.
Also, FINALLY bought the TC89B! Expect a video when it comes!
Just showing a couple new rare finds:
The first, a “second generation” Lifesaver Fyrnetics F900-D with the piezo. This was another open house find. FireAlarmFan had one in his original collection that the pitch of the piezo could be changed, however this one doesn’t have that.
And the second one, the super-rare Honeywell TC89B, which I’ve wanted for a LONG time and finally have one.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Norelco-Smokey-Smoke-Detector-with-Box-1977-/282001140380?hash=item41a893ea9c:g:dYsAAOSwGYVXDCbj Here’s a Norelco Smokey HB-0933 w/o test button, NIB
Hope someone here gets the Norelco Smokey. They somewhat resemble Firex detectors. What is that square thing in the middle of the cover?? I know it isn’t the test button as this is the one that has to be tested with smoke. I do believe there was a video on youtube a while back.
The square piece is just a label, however on the HB-0938 it was a test button. There was a HB-0938 on eBay a few months back. Not sure which is more rare, the 0938 or the 0933.
Btw, there still one more GE H.S. 8201-001 for sale, and this Vigilante Z-700: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-The-Vigilante-Fire-Smoke-Alarm-/262347302846?hash=item3d151e27be:g:mRcAAOSwh-1W6huA
Oh okay. It is strange how it became a test button on the latter detector. I don’t remember seeing those ones growing up but I was only 4 when the “Smokey” (Clever name by the way) was made. I don’t have an ebay account or I would definitely buy this. Some accounts also don’t allow the gift cards which I currently don’t have. By the way nice collection of smokes so far. I like your latest Honeywell unit also from 1977. My Mom’s cousin had the same unit in her house but it got pitched before I could get it when she replaced it with a much newer alarm. Same happened when my parents replaced their old detectors. (which was also way before the days of youtube in 1997). I also always found smokes from the 1970s much more interesting.
2 more came in the mail this week
a Honeywell TC49A1195
and a BRK 2769AC-I (photoelectric)
There’s only one test button (the black “crayon tip” ).
I haven’t powered up ether yet, but both were NiB old stock so I don’t see any reason why they won’t at least power up fine.
Now if only an SA76RS would show up, or even a Lifesaver 1245 (one day).
So when is this thread going to be renamed to “Rare Smoke Alarms?” :lol:
It could be renamed “Rare smoke detectors/alarms” because most older home smoke alarms were called detectors.
Love the TC49A as always, does it have the Edwards horn or the other one that looks like a DeltaLarm horn? Mine is also 1195 and has the Edwards horn. I have a theory that the line-cord ones had Edwards horns and the hardwired ones had the weird DeltaLarm lookalike horn. The BRK is also cool, considering its a photoelectric. Probably one of the first photoelectric hardwired alarms that BRK made.
Both smoke detectors and smoke alarms are the exact same thing but growing in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s I was also told the proper term was smoke detector as they detected smoke. However alarm was also proper I think because that is also what they did once they detected the smoke and back then the alarm sounds were annoying but got ones attention. Nice smokes by the way. I like that BRK and that must have been rare because of the black “crayon tip” like test button. That smoke alarm has to be from 1977 at the earliest. There was also a first alert like that and rare because it had a squealer horn. Im guessing that makes a buzzing sound rather than a high pitched squeal since it is AC powered. Again cool smokes. 
My teachers absolutley hate it when we refer to smoke alarms as smoke detectors. I don’t know how many times they’ve gone on a rant because someone said it wrong :roll:
NFPA 72 defines them as follows:
Smoke Alarm - A single or multiple station alarm responsive to smoke.
Smoke Detector - (see “Detector”) - A device suitable for connection to a circuit that has a sensor that responds to a physical stimulus such as heat or smoke.
“Smoke Alarms” are referenced in NFPA 72 concerning Single & Multiple Station Alarms and Household Fire Alarm System. “Smoke Detector” or “Detector” is referenced in NFPA 72 concerning Initiating Devices for fire alarm systems. So basically, smoke alarms are the typical devices installed in residential houses powered by 120VAC or 9V batteries that may be interconnected, but basically self-contained. Smoke detectors are devices that need to be connected back to a control panel and are unable to operate on their own. So really, it depends on what type of system or devices you are talking about whether you can call them an “alarm” verses a “detector”.
Wow interesting and all these years I thought smoke alarms and smoke detectors were actually the same thing. The ones my parents had in their house years ago were smoke alarms same goes for the ones I have in my apartment. They are all the single station battery powered units. The first time my Dad installed one he referred it as a smoke detector. This is going back to 1976 or 1977. This is what also started my fear of the high pitched nasty squealers. Probably actually a good thing though. I was only 3 or 4 at the time and I still remember it and the unit was a Sears Early One. I also remember he tested it with real smoke. He quit smoking for good in 1978. We are here to learn and and even today I learned something new. I will still probably have a habit of still referring to them as smoke detectors.
Another somewhat rare one, mainly do to the strobe:
an older (1988) Gentex 710CS
The strobe is a whopping 2.5 cd. Haven’t tested it yet do to not having the wiring harness.
interesting, i happen to have the red horn strobe version of this.
Anyone looking for a Smokey Stover? I bought one as one of my aunt’s house had one in the kitchen (yes it went off constantly, did 4/6) from the early 80’s until the late 90’s when it was replaced by a Family Gard FG777D (which was replaced 3 years ago by a First Alert SA303). There’s 8 more available.
These things must have been rare. They somewhat resemble older first alerts from around the same time as this one. Even though it looks like these have piezos rather than squealer horns they look neat and cute packaging. That would have been a neat thing to teach kids about smoke alarms by the use of comics. I think I may have asked this before but is 4/6 slower or faster than 5/6?