I’m sorry… WHAT??? A “ten-year rule” on replacing systems??? And replacing each component of the system every time??? That seems like the biggest waste of money and resources of all time. Most modern systems should be able to last at least around 15 years before becoming obsolete, and even then they don’t necessarily need to be immediately replaced. I can see in the Expo Center, where it is an old and outdated system, but that system was a modern voice evac system, and the EST3 won’t be fully abandoned by Edwards until next year. I know the community colleges near me are running on Simplex and Siemens systems. Those buildings’ panels have been upgraded recently, but almost all of them are running devices from at least 15-20 years ago at the newest, and it’s not like they are dumpy colleges with no money or something. The buildings are actually pretty nice.
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