Re: pull down the heat detector wheres the wire

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>(he wired the 110 to the bell circuit of his Mircom 790).

Look at the bright side, at least he got rid of a nasty Mircom panel. Those
things don't last that long even when no one tries to destroy them.

"FIRETEK"
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> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Many, many years ago, there was a company who would go door to door
> residential, to install just fire alarm systems for a very low price.
> If the person said yes, they'd start right then and install a local
> heat detection fire alarm with a few of the old bi-metal 135 degree
> heat sensors, a single zone panel and a bell. Installed in the easiest
> places they could get a wire to. But, in those cases where a detector
> was needed or the customer asked for it, and they couldn't get a wire
> there,  they'd just screw a detector to the ceiling, collect their
> cash and leave. They were around for a number of years, but back then
> there were no regulations of any sort. It wasn't until they were
> gone,  that it began to be discovered, what they'd done. Actually, the
> guy died, because I remember that there wasn't any way anyone could
> take any action against them.
>
>
>
> Shit man.  That ain't nuthin'.  Howz about a company that performs a
> Verification Test (to a National Standard) on a new fire alarm system when
> the system is showing a "ground fault".  It get's dumber.  They issue an
> Appendix "C" (equivalent to a Certificate of Compliance).
>
> Or even "better"...  An Edwards 8500 fire alarm system with two 12 volt
> 4.5AH batteries as the primary backup?  The sucker draws 1.4 Amps in
> standby
> and the batteries supposed to provide supervisory power for 24 hours.  The
> panels been tagged "OK" for the last three years by "qualified" ASTTBC
> certified technicians.
>
> I see dumb things every day but what this one resident manager did topped
> it
> all.  The green "AC on" light on his panel wasn't illuminated.  Rather
> than
> call for service (on a Saturday), this nin-com-poop decides to run an
> extension cord to the nearest AC outlet, opens the panel and figures on
> tying the AC to (what he thinks) is the main power connection.  He plugs
> in
> the cord and there's suddenly a lot of smoke and FIRE.  Cooked off the
> common control and about 40 bells (he wired the 110 to the bell circuit of
> his Mircom 790).
>
> Regards,
> Frank
>
>