You can say that again!,
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Yeah and holy poop loop-de-loop, how epic is it that they had the guts to say “good luck” as well? Indiana might just have the most amazing people out of all the 50 States. This is quite the special moment, and many people could call it historic if they want to.
a good way to make them more likely to let you take it would be to offer to replace it with a modern alarm for free.
Although I guess I could probably install a fresh P4010 or something in the basement (of course I’ll do that for free).
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Yeah, especially since ionization detectors are often the least reliable in most home fires.
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Or maybe I could install one of these?
These are actually really good as they are photoelectrics as well as having a CO sensor
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And wireless interconnection
Probably a Captain Kelly version.
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Mhm, specifically an American Sensors COS-200.
The apparent color scheme of tan & brown supports it being an original ESL model (though it does also slightly look like it has an orange button, & I don’t believe anyone’s aware of a line-cord-powered ESL 200-series model, so who knows honestly).
I’m struggling to determine whether that’s a Gillette 941 or an ESL 206 due to the blurry image, but it’s very rare either way as that’s linecorded.
Exactly.
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I recently made a video on one of my stranger acquisitions. It’s a smoke alarm/alarm clock from Germany https://youtu.be/yQVQwfpC3_U?si=eG48CU27wJ-1OCuQ
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That is quite unusual, & I doubt the horn would be very audible either, heh (unless it was at one time & it simply diminished in volume with age).
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I have another update on that Masterlock smoke alarm again
I talked a little bit with my parents if they should contact the listing agent on Homes in order to ask the big question. I think I might tell them to say something like this:
“Hi! Hear me out, I didn’t want to tour [house name]. However, my teenage son who is a smoke alarm enthusiast went through the 3D tour and found a little thing. It’s a special linecorded version of a recalled Masterlock smoke alarm from circa ~1975. It’s at the lower stair landing in the basement of the house. He has a screenshot of what it looks like in the 3D tour. It looks a little bit like the thing from the intro of the original “Despicable Me” movie, a slightly flattened pyramid with holes in the middle except it’s white. Because it’s linecorded, there should be an electrical outlet somewhere beyond the wall that the alarm is located. If my son could help with uninstalling the alarm and/or other legacy alarm(s) and save it/them for his collection, he’d be more than glad. Would this be possible? Driving an hour for this honestly isn’t far at all considering how insanely rare it is to even have an opportunity like this.”
My parents said that they’ll think about it, however they also said that approval from the listing agent is quite small. I’m still keeping my fingers crossed in case I get cleared for takeoff if you know what I mean.
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I’d say you’d make a good member of the Anti-Fire Alarm Trashing Police (TAFATP) going to such heights to save something as rare as that. We Preservationists at TAFATP, soon to be renamed to Historic Life Safety Equipment Preservationist Society (HLSEPS), push to preserve alarms, modern, common, rare or vintage. See we don’t like replaced equipment getting thrown out, if you know what I mean.
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Absolutely. I’m also talking about it a little bit more about it with my parents tonight just so that I know from them if I can start my journey tomorrow, fingers still crossed. I sent them what I think they should send to the agent. I still might not get excited right now as I haven’t been approved… yet.
Well, I’ll probably trust my gut that since that one person from Realtor was really nice, the listing agent that listed the same house might also be interested since that smoke alarm is extraordinarily rare.
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So does that mean you’re in on becoming one of TAFATP/HLSEPS?
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