What sort of devices do you have in your personal collection that you’ve never seen in use in a public building?
Off the top of my head, I can only think of two in my collection, the older (1970s-80s) version of the Honeywell S464 and my EST Genesis speaker/strobe with the blue strobe. I’m sure I have a few others too.
The Gentex GOS (the multi-tone version of the SHG – otherwise known as the predecessor of the Commander2/3/4), the Simplex 4903-9102 light plate, and, oddly enough, the Wheelock RSSP strobe plate.
Alarms I could have included on this list would have been the Wheelock 34T horn and the Simplex 4901-9822 horn. The former is from a rather small Chinese restaurant close to my house (and it’s mounted on the ceiling). (My parents are usually the ones – usually not together – that order food from there, but this was after I got a haircut one time.) The latter was found in one section of the mall near where I live, which I didn’t even know they were there until I actually heard them go off for a test (I recognized that it was the sound of a fire alarm, but I didn’t know what that really was, until I looked for any fire alarms in that area of the mall).
If anyone recognizes the buildings I just mentioned, please don’t mention them publicly.
Chubb I-Scan O-IV (I’ve seen other versions of the I-Scan series but not this one)
Legrand MCP varient (I’ve only seen a varient that has “ALARME INCENDIE – APPUYEZ ICI EN CAS DE NÉCESSITE” lettering on the membrane, while mine has a blank membrane)
Ademco 623-12 (including 622 same as the 623 minus the heat sensor): Never encountered these at all.
Edwards Heat Detector (only found in USA/Canada): Quite obvious
SAFT Optimo 60 (Exit sign minus the EXIT sticker) : Too old, this model is known to have its non replacable NiCD batteries leaking and the plastic shell cracking away, hence its rarity.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a GX-90S with the newer clear strobe anywhere. I’ve seen the older versions and the remote horns, but never the horn-strobe versions.
Also, the MA. Never seen one without an SS strobe.
System Sensor i3 2WTA-B
System Sensor 2300TB
System Sensor CH241575
System Sensor RRS-MOD
Wheelock HSPW-24-HFR
Wheelock RSSPA-24MCC
Notifier BNG-1RS
Potter SH-1224
I’m excluding security equipment.
I’ve seen most of the devices in my collection out in the field at some point, with the major outliers being the panels I own, since they are usually locked away in electrical closets somewhere:
Simplex 4007ES
Fenwal 3220
Siemens SXL-EX
Potter Electric Signal ZIP
Siemens / Cerberus Pyrotronics System 3
As for my Ansul AutoPulse 2000, DMP XR-500, and FCI FC-72 panels, the only time I’ve seen them in a building was moments before I removed them :lol:
As for initiation and notification devices, I don’t remember coming across any of these in public:
I have no collection however I have never seen a bluepoint police alarm or medical alarm installed in a building. I think most people here have never seen such.
These are all ones I’ve never seen in-person, I have seen some installed in pictures online:
Simplex local T-Bar 4251-21L, Edwards Adaptabel 435-6P1, Edwards Adaptabel 340 (just the version I own with the green and white label), Edwards Adaptabel W326, Edwards Adaptahorn 372, Federal Signal model 53, Faraday model 161 bell, Vulcan Autosonic Mk. 30-A
As for residential smoke detectors I own; Jameson Code One CD-1, Honeywell TC89B, Honeywell CD200A, Sears/Nalcor 246.57474, Vulcan Autosonic Mk.SRO-4, GE Home Sentry 8201-201, GE Home Sentry 8202-201, Gillette 941, Gillette 929, Fyrnetics Lifesaver 0908, Statitrol 907A2
Another few devices I’ve never spotted in public buildings:
Luminox STD 65-CES (IP 66 Waterproof version of the Luminox STD 65, for those who don’t know what the Luminox STD 65 is, it’s technically an exit sign with built-in emergency lights): I’ve never seen one.
Neutronic MCP (unknown model #): Quite common but in my area most MCPs I’ve found were eithier Nugelec, AVISS Security/DEF/Fare or Legrand.