Re: Here's one for the books

["Dave" <google.3.trustme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A smoke detector above the panel wouldn't have helped on this one.  It
was the panel that caught fire.  By the time the smoke went off, there
wouldn't have been much left of that panel to send signals.  But yeah,
the code requires it, so we should do it.

J. Sloud wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:37:29 -0500, "R.H.Campbell"
> <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >But thinking about it afterwards, this panel could have burned the
whole
> >damn building down. Who says low voltage equipment poses no risks
!!!!!
> >
> >RHC
>
> How's Canadian fire code read regarding using non-Listed panels for
> smoke detection?  NFPA72 specifically forbids using non-Listed
> equipment for any type of fire alarm detecting or reporting.  Per
> NFPS72, you'd also need to have a smoke above the control panel that
> would have been quite effective in preventing the building from
> burning down.  Good thing this didn't happen in the middle of the
> night.