Re: Fire Alarms Certification

[nick markowitz <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 14, 7:27=A0am, G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Frank Kurz Wrote:
>
> >Their
> >current annunciator looks really hokey when you have to stack it as well
> >(which is pretty well a given for most installations).
>
> I have not touched a FACP in years. =A0The Fire-Lite academy focused on
> their first addressable panel (the MS-9200), I think that was their
> first addressable one. =A0All they did was talk about how great it was,
> but I was in the middle of an installation (our first company-installed
> addressable) and really could have used some guidance. =A0It was more
> geared towards sales folks and/or architects, than the technician.
>
> I did most of that job myself, and no one else at our company knew how
> the damned thing worked. =A0I just studied the manual for 2 weeks before
> it was time to power-up. =A0Everything went without a hitch the first tim=
e
> around on auto-programming of devices. =A0One of my air handlers would no=
t
> shut down on alarm though. =A0Who knew I was supposed to wrap tape around
> the 110V terminals before putting the relay modules in a 4X4 box? =A0It
> certainly was not in the manual, and no one told me @ F.L. of course.
>
> Live and learn I guess. =A0My boss wasn't even mad at me, it was my first
> time running a big job and had non-conventional parts ( in 1994 they
> were still a little 'mysterious'). =A0I think he returned it for credit,
> even though I let the blue-smoke from the inner's come out.
>
> I wish they would stop packaging every electronic board with the blue
> smoke. =A0It seems like every time I let just a "little" smoke out, it
> don't want to work no more! =A0They should at least put more smoke in
> there so you don't lose it "all" when you have a 110v dead-short to the
> module and AHU conduit. =A0(we use metal boxes in the US, so they have a
> path to ground). =A0I would have been better off telling the electrician
> to install PVC 4 squares, and just ground it with a strap! =A0Lol....
> sorry, couldn't resist.
>
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>
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I had an ass hole HVAC guy wire 240 side of transformer into the
control side i was suppose to use lucky i was not
killed. He was specifically told to wire in on 24 vac side needless to
say contractor no longer uses him. and I do all my own wiring on HVAC
both sides.