Re: No glass break tube install a piece of wire in Pull Station ? WTF

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Aug 22, 12:16=A0am, "Matthew Stanley" <mstan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Frank Kurz" <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On 03/07/2011 11:55 AM, nick markowitz wrote:
> >> On Jul 3, 9:29 am, "doug"<vssd...@xxxxxxxxx> =A0wrote:
> >>> "G. Morgan"<G_Mor...@xxxxxxxx> =A0wrote in message
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> >>>> jewellfish Wrote:
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> >>>>> I have encountered the same fix, although in my case the repair had
> >>>>> been made with an old wooden fireplace match (head still attached).=
 =A0I
> >>>>> thought, well, at least if there was a fire the head would catch,
> >>>>> pretty quick, and burn through allowing the handle to drop...
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> >>>> I don't know what old pull-stations you two are talking about. =A0Th=
e
> >>>> ones
> >>>> like that I've worked on have a toggle switch behind the unit that i=
s
> >>>> not "easily" actuated by the force of gravity. =A0In fact, the glass
> >>>> doesn't hold up the actuator; it's there to visually inspect which o=
ne
> >>>> was pulled on-purpose. =A0It also acts as a psychological barrier to
> >>>> prevent some kid pulling it.
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> >>>> I've seen a ton of them without the glass and the little flip actuat=
or
> >>>> stays up by design. not held up by the glass/match/dowel.
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> >>> They sound like Edward's stations and the rods are still available, t=
he
> >>> last
> >>> ones I bought from ADI were plastic with a groove in the middle to al=
low
> >>> them to break easily.
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> >>> For the most part though the toggle switch is broken when we get the
> >>> call to
> >>> reset the system, caused by someone trying to forcibly close the "fla=
p"
> >>> without opening the pull station and resetting the toggle switch.
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> >>> I've never seen one with anything other than the glass/plastic rod in
> >>> place
> >>> or occasionally without anything at all
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> >>> Doug
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> >> I have seen some with a fiberglass break rods =A0and Kidde unit which
> >> used a fire board key
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> > Pacific Protective Systems used to manufacture break glass stations wit=
h a
> > fiber washer (a number of them are still in active service even though
> > they don't have a ULC Listing). =A0I've seen one instance where a resid=
ent
> > manager replaced the fiber one with a regular steel washer. =A0Like any=
one
> > carries a screwdriver in their back pocket... =A0Oh wait... =A0I just h=
appen
> > to have one! =A0:-)
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> > --
> > Frank Kurz
> >www.firetechs.net
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> Was that the same pull station ADEMCO used with the 508 fire system?
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> Matthew-

The model 529 pull station had round fiber disk #530. The 532 had a
glass rod and I think it's the same unit but Ademco had their own part
number for it.  The 527 photo smoke detector, 512 four zone expander
panel and 518 fire horn..... were the rest of that line.