Hey collectors, here’s a topic to list the top five rarest items in your collection, categorized by device type.
You can put multiple items for each brand as long as they are in the same series (ex: Commander 1, Commander 3)
Items that are very common do not qualify for a “rare” list unless you are able to use them as intended.
Panels:
Notifier ************ (coming soon!)
Notifier AFP-400
Silent Knight IntelliKnight 5808
Simplex 4005
Simplex 4010
Pull Stations:
Simplex 120V motor-driven coded pull station (I will be making a video of this)
Gamewell M69
Autocall 4051
Simplex BG-50
Notifier NBG-12LX
Horn/Strobes, Speaker/Strobes:
FCI HES-STW
Notifier 554
Wheelock LED Exceder
System Sensor MAEH
Wheelock Ceiling Exceder
Horns, Bells, Speakers:
Federal Signal FSS660
Edwards AdaptaBel 325
Federal Signal Vibratone 450 Series D
Simplex 4030
Wheelock 31T
Strobes and Strobe Plates:
Notifier Emhart NWS-24
Federal Signal V1971
Simplex 4903-9112
Simplex 4903-9105+4903-9501
Simplex 2903-9002
Light Plates:
Unknown Light Plate (the one similar to the 4050-80)
Space Age Electronics AV-34 (no flasher), AV-34 (flasher), AV-32 (flasher)
There are quite a few rare items in my collection. The following devices listed are devices that are rare or that I consider rare (be warned, there is a lot on this list):
Notification Devices:
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[*]Simplex 4903-9220
[*]Simplex 2901-9362 (10" single stroke bell)
[*]System Sensor SS241575ADA (remote strobe counterpart of the MASSADA series)
[*]Gentex GOS-24-15/75WR
[*]Gentex SHG24HC (older and ceiling mount version of the SHG)
I don’t own any alarms but the rarest alarm that I have ever seen in a vertical Wheelock AS. Of course looking on YouTube, it doesn’t seem rare anymore. But tis one of the few that can do Code-3 without being panel coded.
You have an odd definition of rarity… also, that’s probably one of the most common alarms you’ll ever see.
EDIT: I missed the word vertical; still quite common
My collection has just 4 things in it, but they all ended up being rare or old. I list them in order of rarity. I may not be entirely correct.
1.Vertical Ademco siren- 5 known to exist, mine is one of 3 known working 12-volt versions.
2. Standard Electric Time Co. Model 50- Just got it, made a thread about it in the Help section.
3. Blue security siren of no specific name- 20 known to exist, mine is the only one that doesn’t work.
4. 1930s Cadillac horns- The high note works, the low note doesn’t.
This will, of course, expand over time. I’ve only been collecting for 6 months.
System Detectors:
1: Kidde/Fenwal CPD-1201 (my first system detector!)
2: FS/Autocall 4261-707 (several with a “black dot” center.)
3: Simplex 2098-9575 (System Sensor made, looks like a cross between their 1800 series and the 2400.)
4: Edwards 6350B (got from a former member of the original forums.)
5: Ademco 527 (old photoelectric detector, 6VDC, uses an incandescent bulb)
Notification
1: System Sensor MAEH
2: Notifier Emhart NWS-24
3: Gentex Commander GECB24PWB (Blue housing and lens, like the door alarms at Lowe’s™)
4: Unknown double bell (almost looks like a Holtzer-Cabot model)
5: Standard Electric AV-4 bell
Smoke Alarms (I have vids on alot of these on my YT channel)
1: SmokeGard 810A9
2: SmokeGard 700A (Often considered the first residential Ion detector)
3: Teledyne Water-Pik Sonic Siren D2 (has a whoop tone to it.)
4: Pyrotronics FRU-1L (AC Line Cord powered, uses a DC powered horn)
5: Archer (Radio Shack) 275-453 (one of their first photo alarms, sold in their '79 catalog for $27.95)
Let’s see:
I got a rare Faraday model 161 6" bell (I’m not sure if that’s the real model # because that because is the number that is stamped on the back)
I also have a pretty rare Honeywell smoke detector model TC49A1195-2 and an Edwards adaptable no. 435-6P1 with REGULAR writing instead of cursive writing, but I don’t think that it’s as rare as the other two
What are some rare fire alarms you have seen or actually own. If you have any pictures of the alarms you have seen or own, feel free to post pictures. Some I have seen are…
Deep red Wheelock 34-24
White Simplex 4904-9101
ADT Simplex style T-BAR
Simplex 2904
Mass strobe on a Wheelock ET 1080 speaker
Wheelock ET 1010 with a Wheelock 7002T strobe on top
EST integrity strobe plate with the Energy Saver strobes with an adaptahorn on it