Re: pull down the heat detector wheres the wire

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Mar 26, 1:15=EF=BF=BDam, "FIRETEK" <firetech-aka-"bug"(change-the-ch-to-=
k-
and-drop-aka-"bug")@telus.net> wrote:

> Shit man. =A0That ain't nuthin'. =A0Howz 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". =A0It get's dumber. =A0They issue=
 an
> Appendix "C" (equivalent to a Certificate of Compliance).
>
> Or even "better"... =A0An Edwards 8500 fire alarm system with two 12 volt
> 4.5AH batteries as the primary backup? =A0The sucker draws 1.4 Amps in st=
andby
> and the batteries supposed to provide supervisory power for 24 hours. =A0=
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. =A0The green "AC on" light on his panel wasn't illuminated. =A0Rathe=
r 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. =A0He plug=
s in
> the cord and there's suddenly a lot of smoke and FIRE. =A0Cooked off the
> common control and about 40 bells (he wired the 110 to the bell circuit of
> his Mircom 790).
>
> Regards,
> Frank

Amazing.

What was his response when you showed up?