Re: Strange Fire Alarm Activity

["FIRETEK" <firetech(change-the-ch-to-k)@telus.net>]

It's obvious to me that there must be devices on the system (heats in the
attic?) that are hooked up with the manual stations.  The are several
troubleshooting steps you're going to need to perform.  Run a wire between
the two pull stations (on the gym floor) and bypass the existing
interconnection between the pulls (not between the pulls and the panel).
I'll bet your falses disappear.  Now all that's left is to determine where
the interconnection wire is going and what device is connected to it that's
causing the false alarm.  Tracing the wire should be fairely easy if you
have a tone generator, however it may be cheaper at this point to simply run
a new wire between the pulls and abandon the existing one.

"Matthew Stanley" <armorsecsys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bCXbh.6$DQ1.2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


>
> Now here is the problem with the fire alarm panel.
>
> When  I got to the school building, they had an old edwards panel from the
> 50's.. It was not in service. they just left the panel. It looking like
all
> it was were fuses and knife switches. Beside that, they had a silent
knight
> 5204. The system included 10 pull stations and 10 horns. The Control Panel
> (5204) was broke because some kinds came in and took a bat and smashed in
> the box. I replaced it with a silent knight 5207. Since the upgrade The
fire
> alarm keeps going off for no reason. I went back to check the wiring. It
was
> all replaced back in 2004 with 16/2 fire wire for the zones and 14/2 for
the
> horns. Nice services loops on the wire, no ground faults, checked the loop
> resistance and all comes out fine. The pull stations are old Faraday
"Strike
> to Break Glass" type.