Re: 110 VAC Fire Alarms

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A hundred bucks for that kind of potential liability? If there isn't a lot
more business to be had I say RUN AWAY!

"Matthew Stanley" <mstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:TVk6j.23333$4V6.11685@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Well, I think the building was installed in the early 80's. Its a motel
> building. The Office is out front and then there are two  2 story
buildings
> with rooms on each side on the rear of the lot. they are not attached by
any
> means. each building has 2 stairs on the ends. So the pull stations are
> located at the ends of the buildings by the steps while the bells are
> located in the middle of the buildings along the walkways. So each
building
> has 4 bells and 4 pulls..
>
> When i got there to see what they had, the owner told me that they had
done
> some work and last year when they pulled one of the stations it worked
fine.
> Then he said they installed some sofit around the eves. Well, on the top
> floor, they covered the bells. so those will have to be lowered.
>
> I have the NFPA forms for test and I was going to just put exactly what
they
> had. Show that its not supervised and it runs on 110VAC with no back up
> power.
>
> But i have to wait to see if he wants me to test it. I told him I would
> charge $100.00 to do it but from the way he looked, he probably thought I
> was high on the price.
>
> M
>
>
>
>
> "Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:47598350$0$9587$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > What fire code standards have been adopted in that area? Was the system
> > permitted originally and under what standard? That would speak more to
the
> > grandfather issue.  My understanding is the AHJ can increase but not
> > decrease coverage standards. If you can't find where it was originally
> > code
> > compliant and under what standard I don't know how you could tag it as
> > being
> > compliant currently (grandfathered). I say red tag it and let the owner
> > and
> > the AHJ figure it out. Once it's all down in writing from them on what
to
> > do
> > you can make you move. That way someone else's butt is on the line and
not
> > yours.
> >
> > "Matthew Stanley" <mstanley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:Tg16j.3093$Vq.2614@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> I have only seen this setup once and the fire marshal forced them to
> > replace
> >> the system since it was not supervised and it had no back up power.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for all replies......
> >>
> >>
> >> M
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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