Re: ESL 1500 transformer

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Frank Olson" wrote:
>
>> They put 4AH batteries in a fire panel?  Good grief!
>
> You'd be amazed.  We recently took over a building with an Edwards (GE)
> verified fire alarm system.  The main lobby panel drew 1.3 Amps in
> supervisory.  The batteries Edwards supplied were 7 AH.  It's an EST-3 with
> full EVAC.  The building's 21 stories.  The amplifier cabinets had 48 AH
> batteries, but a fat lot of good they were going to do when the common
> control would die after about 5 hours.

Great planning.  :^)

> On another building we were called in to consult on, one of the biggest
> names in the fire prevention industry (in our area) replaced all the smoke
> detectors with System Sensor 1400A's.  They're not even cross-listed to the
> the Edwards 6500 (the common control in this particular building).
> "Certified Technicians" too.  Right!!

How long ago was that?

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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