https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5Hr2orgTk
A weird thing is that the strobes are not hooked up directly to notification appliance circuits. Separate “visual notification control units”(kinda similar to NAC boosters) are used to power them up instead.
Really? About time the rest of the world started realizing just why strobes are mandated in North America I’d say (& for that matter mandate them for their own systems).
It took them this long?
光警報装置 (kaho.or.jp)
It seems like Japanese fire safety authorities published guidelines about using strobes in fire alarm systems in 2016… Still far much later than North America and Europe.
Mhm: visual signals in North America have been required since the 1960s (though strobes have only been mandated since the 1970s, & only since the 1990s have they been required to be 15 candela at minimum: prior to this most were only 1.5 candela).
Even though the exit signs in Japan do have strobes in them that activate when the alarm system is triggered. It’s nice to see their NA’s have strobes in them as well since most of the systems in Japan are mostly just speakers placed around the building.
Although here in the USA (Probably Canada too) Exit Signs can never be turned off. At least the ones in Japan automatically switch on when there is a fire.
Not only do their exit signs sometimes have strobes, but they also sometimes have speakers that play voice messages (often in both English & Japanese), both to help guide occupants to exits (System Sensor tried something similar with their “ExitPoint” sounder, but apparently it wasn’t that successful since some years back they discontinued it).
It actually seems like only just recently have they started mandating strobes according to the first post of this very topic.
Ive seen led strobes everywhere even old ones in japan. but one thning that I m confused about is this
ive seen this type and similar everywhere
That’s a nicely-designed one I’d say, is it a speaker/strobe going by the design?
Looks like a remote strobe given the lack of any sort of holes or openings for sound.
I think its a horn strobe but theres a possability that it can be a speaker strobe because japan has the hi lo tone right?
Ive seen it at the tokyo international airport but i also see the white boxes with call point that have NOHMI bells in them
All I’ve ever heard on Japanese voice systems is a hi-lo chime tone & a whoop tone, which are supposedly the national standard for all systems for the sake of consistency. Still, you’re right, it could be a horn/strobe just the same (especially since some horn/strobes look identical to speaker/strobes).
Not sure I’ll ever know why Japanese call points are on those large white wall-mounted boxes to be honest: what purpose do they serve? (since normally call points/pull stations are mounted by themselves on a plain/standard wall)
I think its to protect the bell but they also mount the call points on the wall at other places
search this up to find more 光警報装置で and if you go to japan you will see strobes everywhere
My school prefers NOHMI fire alarms but they also use system sensor and notifier and gamewell alot
What bell?
In terms of what: without said box?
That’s good, since fire alarm strobes seem to be a rarity outside North America (especially in the way of being standard as this very topic talks about (Japan-wise at least).
Not what this topic is about but okay.
they have bells in a box
this is nohmi thailand but same models used in japans except this is missing the red light
Three hi-lo tones indicate the start of a fire-related announcement (pre-alarm, full alarm/evacuation, all-clear). Whooped Code-3 is the full alarm signal.