Post any photos of vintage/rare/unusual fire alarms from eBay here.
Honeywell W625A FACP
ELLMAN Engineering Co. (ELLENCO) sprinkler FACP
this one may also be ELLENCO?
unknown ADEMCO panel
Simplex 4244 drill switch
Plus these ones I found on Reddit
Vintage Notifier FACPS
Bell System, KS-6931 pull stations
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why do i never catch this stuff?
here are some more
Pyrotector duct smoke detector
NATSCO fan control cabinet
Gamewell 6&10 inch bells
Rebranded early Edwards Adaptabel
ACME FA CO. explosion-proof coded pull box and AC vibrating bell
ADT bells and panel
ADT AERO FA boxes/annunciators
S. H. Couch coded pull stations
STRAND break glass stations
“WATERWATCH” panel
McFell FA box
Faraday bells
1920s-40s Edwards coded pull station
non-coded variant
1970s Edwards annunciators
SET FAX panel
Simplex 4247–2 with code mechanism
Faraday D-1245-FC panel
Protectowire 8SS bell and linear heat detector terminal cabinet with bell
Autocall Type R bell (I think they could be the original manufacturer of these bells)
Mohawk Electric Co. break glass station
Fire-Lite Alarms Inc. 101 heat sensor
unknown break glass station (possibly Couch?)
Faraday flush mount coded pull station
Various flush mount coded pulls with their original backboxes
Unusual Gamewell pull stations
10 inch early Edwards Adaptabel
Edwards drop-flag annunciator
Chemetronics/Fenwall agent release toggle switches
ADT flow switch
Reeve Electric A/DPV-4
ACME break glass coded pull station
Holtzer-Cabot non-coded break glass station
Cannon Electric break glass station
1930s Autocall coded pull station
I found some more just today!
Unknown manufacturer’s fire alarm box
Edwards 311(black)
Schwarze No. 6 bell
Potter FA-50
A third KS-6931
1930s-40s Edwards surface mount coded pull station
1930s Autocall coded pull with glass window
Faraday UNI-PACT horns
Ellman break glass station
Auth Electric bell
ADT branded Schwarze cowbell
Notifier 12V DC C6 bell
Northern Electric Co FA box (rebranded Gamewell Vitaguard)
Custom Holtzer-Cabot coded pull station
Rare IBM FACPs
4201-2
4206
Plus this Couch one
NATSCO 511 & Simplex 4048
IBM trouble bell
1930s-50s Faraday coded pull
Cardox pull station
Notifier AC bell
Faraday 123 horn
Samson coded pull station
Faraday NYC bell
Gamewell Vitalarm detector and Flexalarm non-coded pull box
Rope Escape Co. break-glass station
Early IBM 4030
Gamewell M46 & M69
NATSCO 620M
Kidde B5
Edwards 562
Gamewell chevron from mid-1950s
Holtzer Cabot fire horn
Grinnell sprinkler pressure switch
Edwards FA signal device transformer
Early Farady Uni-Pact bell
Faraday 769/KS-1203 Bell System
Holtzer Cabot PS bell
ADEMCO UFP-6-24
ADT B5009
Vintage heat sensors
Fire-Lite 4 inch bell
1930s Edwards bell
Chemetron heat sensor (OEM)
Edwards 4 inch FIRE Adaptabel
Holtzer-Cabot institutional coded pull
Unknown ADT device, Detect-A-Fire thermal sensor, Generation 2 smoke detector, and unknown pull station.
Simplex bell from early 60s
Pyrotronics F3/5A smoke detectors
Pyrotronics BAC-4S
Simplex trouble annunciator
Various water flow switches
HORNI non-coded FA box
ACME break glass station
Simplex 4208-style annunciators
IBM panel bell
IBM RV-4016-6A
IBM surface-mount NY
Autocall FA
Honeywell flush-mount AC horn & Edwards Adaptabel (found in a Michigan Boys Catholic HS on Google Maps)
Edwards heat sensors
Chemetron Explosion proof heat sensor
Kidde heat sensor
Pyrotector smoke detector terminal box
Simplex duct smoke detector test switch
Unknown 1950s-80s smoke detector
Couch branded Federal 350A
Holtzer-Cabot break glass station
Fenwal Detect-A-Fire flame sensors
Gamewell M46
Faraday 128 horn
Aames Security pull stations
NC-S1
SP-1
Gamewell 47078
Faraday 10070
Faraday 5024-HB
Gamewell Auxiliary FA box (non-coded)
Simplex 4250 (from 1960)
Couch outdoor coded FA box
More I found today
ADEMCO 529
Simplex RV4016-6A
Wheelock 4 inch bell from 1930s-40s
another Faraday flush-mount coded pull
Holtzer-Cabot 2 stage coded pull
General Electric FA break glass station
Edwards 310 from the 1930s or 40s
ADT branded Federal 30A
Rare Pyrotronics duct smoke detector and flame detector
The Ademco 529 is only for panels with a fire starter circuit
What’s a fire starter circute
It was a joke bc the pull station said pull for fire
LOL. IK some enthusiasts hate the design of the 529, but they’re probably much better quality than the BG-12, which is made of cheap plastic.
The bg12 is decent, better than the bg10. I think what collectors hate is that it’s effectively a one time use pull station as you need to find a new glass disc when you pull it which I’d imagine is pretty hard considering the station itself is rare
The disc is actually vulcanized rubber.
Probably still hard to find tho
those are better off as museum pieces. I think some enthusiasts could contact a local machine shop, and the machinist could manufacture the disks.
Faraday trouble bell
Standard EAX panel
Autocall NC w/ different hammer
Holtzer-Cabot smash glass with mounting skirt
Early Faraday 5024-HB
Simplex 6 V 4050 w/ black label (same as my former HS, but red) and a rare Faraday 7400 buzzer.
Faraday FACP from 1979
FS&S “Fedrabel”
Gamewell reset bell panel
Rare Edwards 314
Couch-branded Wheelock 31 horn
Faraday 760 bell
Ellman break glass station
NOS Simplex 4017-63 (same as STVM)
Gamewell 48308 (rebranded Edwards Adaptabel) from the early 1960s
Wheelock branded Edwards coded pull
These two fire alarm signs (one from the late 60s or early-mid 70s)
Rare Acme break glass stations
Acme fire signal button
Howe Electric Co. bell with mounting base
rare IBM 4251-1 from 1955
vintage 70s Notifier annunciators
70s Spectronics annunciator
Aero Automatic dual gong FA bell
Simplex RV4016-4
Honeywell SC808 (Faraday rebrand)
Canadian Gamewell Vitaguard
Autocall break glass coded pull with National signal badge
Gamewell sign
Notifier CP6 bell with mounting base
IBM 4030-2 (Faraday 121-U)
Edwards 227 w/ rare surface mount backbox
IBM surface NY
pair of Couch model 77’s (circa 1930s-early 50s)
Faraday 121 (UNI-PACT design)
Holtzer-Cabot/Faraday institutional coded pull station
ADT FA sign and Wheelock (Signal Eng. & Mfg Co.) smash glass coded pull
Assorted vintage pulls (I found another rare FIRE-LOCK T-handle and a rare Ellman break glass station from the 1940s)
Autocall semi-fush break glass coded FA station
I’m thinking about buying that first lot
I hope you do end up getting all those vintage pull stations in the first photo. I think all the coded ones have their back boxes so you can donate those to a fire museum if you want along with some of the rare non-code boxes (there’s one fire museum in Pennsylvania that has a whole room dedicated to building fire alarm systems); YouTube user Old School Fire Alarms always gets the back boxes with the actual peripherals if they do not mount to any standard box. The ones without the back boxes are mostly used for demonstration purposes and are found in the hands of collectors.