Re: Fire Alarms Certification

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 12, 4:57=A0am, Frank Kurz <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/05/2011 10:31 PM, G. Morgan wrote:
>
> > Frank Kurz Wrote:
>
> >> Patently ridiculous
> >> when you consider what the supposed "factory trained" technicians pass=
ed
> >> for properly installed fire alarm panels on four jobs that I know of.
>
> > I got a Fire-Lite factory certificate, it was a 2 day sales pitch.
>
> Same here. =A0It also seemed to focus on the MS-9050, didn't even go into
> the use of the downloading software, and didn't provide much in the way
> of actual programming instruction (it covered the basics but not the
> more complex correlations and on-board communicator set-up, which I was
> expecting). =A0It was disappointing. =A0I didn't really learn anything "n=
ew"
> or what I hadn't already discovered on my own. =A0Earl Muise is also no
> longer with Honeywell.
>
> Over the years I've learned to program Edwards, Simplex, Notifier,
> Potter, Mircom, and FireLite panels. =A0The new Mircom stuff (FX-350) is
> nice. =A0I've been involved in programming and commissioning three now.
> It goes head-to-head with Potter and FireLite and actually beats them
> out in a few key areas. =A0The main drawback with Potter's PFC-9000 is
> that they don't have a ULC Listed interface module for conventional
> smokes, the remote NAC module won't do Class "A", and there isn't an
> outdoor enclosure for the remote annunciator. =A0The main problem with
> FireLite (in Canada particularly) is that they don't have an annunciator
> you can mount remote from the panel. =A0For some reason you have to
> install it in the same room as the panel, and the maximum length of
> conduit allowed between the panel and the annunciator is 12 feet. =A0Thei=
r
> current annunciator looks really hokey when you have to stack it as well
> (which is pretty well a given for most installations).
>
> --
> Frank Kurzwww.firetechs.net

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