Weird Apollo pull station

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I have had this pull for a while, but never got around to making a thread on this bizarre pull station. First off, while the original company to have these is Apollo, mine was rebranded by VES, a Hochiki subsidiary.

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You may think this looks like the CWSI pull, this one is wired and runs Apollo Discovery, with compatibility for XP95A and CoreProtocol.
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The pull station is made completely out of plastic, with the obvious exception of the lock, spring, and electrical components.
More important is the fact that this pull station is objectively awful. You can remove the face of the pull station from the mounting plate without even using the key.

Now, you might expect this of a company whose primary customer base is not the US, but what is really surprising is the fact it is actually manufactured by SigCom of all companies, who are known for how solid the SG32 and SG42 pull stations are. The SigCom model number is apparently SCPS-DASK-AP.

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I cannot comprehend how a company such as SigCom would produce such an objectively terrible product. No wonder why they don’t have it on their website…

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I always thought that these pull stations featured an unusual choice of wording. I wonder why “push” was chosen instead of “pull” for the alarm handle. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any other pull stations that use a verb other than “pull”.

It’s interesting to learn about how these devices work; they’re rather uncommon, and I don’t think I had ever seen such a detailed overview. Given their design, it seems that they’re perhaps SigCom’s answer to the BG-12.

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Now I would think exactly that, if it weren’t for the fact I cannot find anything about this on SigCom’s website. I can only imagine they’re a bit embarrassed by it, which is why they only manufacture it for Apollo (and historically CWSI), and not have it publicly available for purchase…