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

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 3, 9:29=A0am, "doug" <vssd...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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). =A0=
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> >>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. =A0The o=
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> > like that I've worked on have a toggle switch behind the unit that is
> > 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 one
> > 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 actuator
> > 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, the l=
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> ones I bought from ADI were plastic with a groove in the middle to allow
> them to break easily.
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> For the most part though the toggle switch is broken when we get the call=
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> reset the system, caused by someone trying to forcibly close the "flap"
> 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 pla=
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> or occasionally without anything at all
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> Doug

I have seen some with a fiberglass break rods  and Kidde unit which
used a fire board key