Re: One For Nick

["Roland More" <NoSpamroland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think that as usual it depends on the AHJ. If you're a licensed fire alarm
contractor around here, expect something other than a pass.

"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Roland More said:
>
>>I could only imagine how many fines would rack up for pulling that stunt.
>>Sounding a fire alarm device when the is no fire, or better yet, no fire
>>alarm system. What company does this?
>
> There's no code violation, because the sound a fire horn makes is not used
> exclusively for fire alarms (except, of course, for temporal code 3, which
> is a pattern, rather than a specific sound).
>
> If you want proof, consider that there are such things as fire alarm
> bells.
> They sound remarkably similar to burglar alarm bells.  There have been
> sounders intended for burglar alarm use that sound like fire horns, the
> main difference being that they weren't red.  And System Sensor makes a
> fire alarm piezo horn that isn't even red.  You just can't tell, either by
> sound or by color.
>
> - badenov
>