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

["doug" <vssdoug@xxxxxxxxx>]

"G. Morgan" <G_Morgan@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> jewellfish Wrote:
>
>>I have encountered the same fix, although in my case the repair had
>>been made with an old wooden fireplace match (head still attached).  I
>>thought, well, at least if there was a fire the head would catch,
>>pretty quick, and burn through allowing the handle to drop...
>
> I don't know what old pull-stations you two are talking about.  The ones
> like that I've worked on have a toggle switch behind the unit that is
> not "easily" actuated by the force of gravity.  In fact, the glass
> doesn't hold up the actuator; it's there to visually inspect which one
> was pulled on-purpose.  It also acts as a psychological barrier to
> prevent some kid pulling it.
>
> 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.
>

They sound like Edward's stations and the rods are still available, the last
ones I bought from ADI were plastic with a groove in the middle to allow
them to break easily.

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 "flap"
without opening the pull station and resetting the toggle switch.

I've never seen one with anything other than the glass/plastic rod in place
or occasionally without anything at all

Doug