Re: Scantronic 9751 internal sounder/fire detector

["Paul Ekins" <pmekins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes it would but you can program the part set option to be silent for that
reason.


Paul Ekins

Linc Secure


"londonnman" <james.o.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> thanks, the only thing is that when we set the alarm at night, would a
> speaker not also make the 30 seconds of exit-time buzzing louder as
> well... and wake everybody up!
>
>
> Paul Ekins wrote:
>> It sounds like your internal sounder is as you said a siren which
>> actually
>> connects to a different pair of terminals on the main panel.
>> You could easily connect a speaker to the internal sounder terminals and
>> still use the existing sirens as well.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul Ekins
>>
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>>
>> "londonnman" <james.o.barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1157708799.168964.125200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > About two years ago, we had a Scantronic 9751 alarm fitted to our
>> > house. There are 8 zones - zone 8 is a CO fire detector.
>> >
>> > When the fire detector is activated, the manual says that the keypad
>> > and internal sounder sound a "warbling" tone.
>> >
>> > However, only the keypad makes a noise, and the internal sounder
>> > doesn't go off when the fire detector is activated.
>> >
>> > This is a problem because the keypad only sounds a very quiet alarm,
>> > which wouldn't wake anybody up, and more likely - because the alarm is
>> > linked to a monitoring station, if the fire alarm goes off, we might
>> > not hear it in time to cancel the false alarm and stop the fire brigade
>> > coming (as has already happened).
>> >
>> > I think it is because there is no "speaker" - the internal sounder is
>> > just a siren which probably is only able to make one noise. But surely
>> > the alarm doesn't comply to the relevant safety standards if the alarm
>> > doesn't go off properly when the fire detector is activated.
>> >
>> > Does anybody know why this is - or how we can get around it?
>> >
>