We’ve seen plenty of electronic horns retrofitted onto Simplex 2903 light plates, but this one takes the cake for the most retrofits in a single device. The original horns I believe were Simplex 4050’s, and were changed to Space Age Electronic AV-32 light plates with Space Age Electronic 2DCD horns in the late 80’s. Then was changed to System Sensor MASS horn/strobes. Then at some point the MASS horn died and was replaced with a Spectralert Advance. But the Spectralert was too big to mount to the front of the AV-32 light plate, so they turned the plate around so that they could mount the new alarm. 50 years worth of lazy retrofits.
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Oh my God…just remove the whole older alarm & put a Wheelock RP-R trim plate over the hole, then mount the Advance on top of that! You weren’t kidding when you said “lazy”…
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We don’t know the full story. Budget could have been short, or time could have been important. Additionally, it is highly unlikely that a company that stocks System Sensor notification appliances would stock Wheelock retrofit plates. Not everything that isn’t pristine is lazy, sometimes it is a matter of circumstance.
I still say: do it right or don’t do it at all.
Well it sometimes depends on the vendors and whom they do business with. Sometimes they have to improvise and use what their supplier offers to them;otherwise, they have to spend extra to get the right retrofit kits, which could cost more and add extra labor.
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Im gonna half to agree with you on that, the way I see it, when it comes to life saftey there are no short cuts.
Oh definitely, especially since cutting corners in such an industry can get people killed.
The thing with time and money is well what dose life saftey require? Time and Money
Yep: spare neither expense nor time when it comes to life safety systems I say.
A little late and not a Field Work Retrofit, but Here is this very Obscure Retrofit I did to my 4903-9101. If someone finds something like this, then I have no words what to say.
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Don’t have a picture, but I’ve seen Siemens ZNS’s mounted directly on top of Simplex 2903’s (2903’s still there, they just put it on top of the grille, so none of the ZNS’s were perfectly flush). This was at my school district’s middle school.
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Lol! That is a very Goofy Combo. You could probably use that as a Desk Lamp. Just Pull the 4251-20 an you can study for stuff in style lol.
When I was visiting a nursing home near me, I saw my first “old” alarm… being a EST Genesis on a 2903 Light plate! No idea if the strobe on the plate still works.