Re: 110 VAC Fire Alarms

["Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Matthew Stanley" wrote:
>
> I was called to a potintial customer today. They needed their fire
> alarm system tested. When I arrived, I found that it was 4 pull
> stations wired to 4 4" edwards 110VAC adaptabells.
>
> The owner told me that they never needed it inspected before but
> now the fire marshal was needing something showing it works. What
> do you guys do if you run into this situation?

Remove the 110V audibles and wire the pulls to a conventional FACP
with 24VDC horn strobes and backup batteries.

Interestingly, we recently sold a commercial fire alarm system to the
father of a 9-year old boy.  He explained that his son doesn't enjoy
typical children's toys.  For several years the child has been wiring
up alarm systems -- not installing them, just experimenting with
them.  His dad explained that he enjoys figuring out the manuals and
making the things work.  I thought the good folks here who install
"professionally" would like knowing that a 9-year old boy understands
the manuals well enough to connect and program a commercial fire
alarm system.  Maybe next year I'll offer the kid a summer job doing
tech support.  :^)

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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