Re: Notifier

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Notifier is pretty decent stuff. - you have to be an authorized distributor

I think it is that way with all engineered systems fire stuff. It is hard to
get any of those product lines. Since a particular brand, like Notifier, may
get specified (into new construction jobs especially) it is kind of like the
manufacturer is writing a check to the dealer once they give them the
product.

>I'd suggest having a look at Mircom

We have used that brand before. I liked it for the price especially, but
unfortunately in this part of the country there are violent thunderstorms
and the Mircoms we installed didn't seem to survive them well. We only used
a handful, but never had a Mircom panel make it beyond two years. Talked to
other guys and they reported similar issues. One customer (end user) black
balled it and said they would not accept it on their jobs due to the high
failure rate.

Maybe it wasn't Mircoms fault. It said it used 24 VDC, so I thought hooking
up 240 VAC to it would make it ten times as good. To avoid working on a cold
panel I think you should try it too, since you're up north. I can tell you
it really warms that Mircom panel up. It feels funny because it even makes
the screw drivers buzz a little.

Yours Truly,
Trunk Slammer


"Frank Olson" <Use-the-email-links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Roland Moore wrote:
>> So we are sick of not having a decent dialer in the Hochiki panel and the
>> boys that went to the ISC show came back with Notifier. I haven't used
>> that brand in a while. I am hoping it isn't as complex as Edwards (GE);
>> we're not Edwards dealers. Is there anything that Edwards panels can't
>> do? I don't need another week or two of classes to enjoy. I don't like
>> fire that much anyway.
>> Who uses Notifier here? Like it? Hate it?
>> Since it is Honeywell I am surprised they don't try to sell it at ADI.
>
>
> Notifier is pretty decent stuff.  Unfortunately (in Vancouver) you have to
> be an authorized distributor to have access to programming on their
> distributed systems, but for the smaller stuff, it's OK.  If you're
> looking for a fire alarm communicator, I'd stick with SK.  If you're
> looking for a panel that incorporates a communicator (and is expandable)
> beyond eight zones, I'd suggest having a look at Mircom.