Re: Strange Fire Alarm Activity

["Matthew Stanley" <armorsecsys@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are only 2 pull stations on this zone... I have already ran a temp
wire along the floor and connected it  to the two pull stations that are
installed. Still False Alarm... This is what I did.... I was there Friday
night and it falsed alarm again. So Saturday I moved the pull stations from
inside to the gym. I placed one in the lobby by the main entrance doors, and
the other one is by the rear west exit of the gymn in the stair well for the
locker/shower room and stage. Now the pull stations are located by exit
doors and I have not had a false alarm yet. Keep in minde its only been one
nite but saturday it was a clear.

This is not a central station issue.. I think I mentioned that the HORNS are
sounding.... it reported to the fire department and they responded... They
mention about the horns sounding so That takes care of that questions....

I hope this corrects the problem.....

Matthew


"FIRETEK" <firetech(change-the-ch-to-k)@telus.net> wrote in message
news:r1Ech.24198$rv4.5901@xxxxxxxxxxx
> It's obvious to me that there must be devices on the system (heats in the
> attic?) that are hooked up with the manual stations.  The are several
> troubleshooting steps you're going to need to perform.  Run a wire between
> the two pull stations (on the gym floor) and bypass the existing
> interconnection between the pulls (not between the pulls and the panel).
> I'll bet your falses disappear.  Now all that's left is to determine where
> the interconnection wire is going and what device is connected to it
> that's
> causing the false alarm.  Tracing the wire should be fairely easy if you
> have a tone generator, however it may be cheaper at this point to simply
> run
> a new wire between the pulls and abandon the existing one.
>
> "Matthew Stanley" <armorsecsys@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:bCXbh.6$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.
>
>