Field Work: Emergency Light Replacement!

[@sethbower11]

I think that buzzing is a relay that switches over to battery back up. I believe it’s buzzing because the cap that filters out the ac voltage has failed which causes the relay to chatter. I’ve seen this many of times with these generic units.

[@coondogtheman]

I don't know why but I've always wanted one of these floodlights. And hello to Zack's Dad.

[@meghanpouliot8457]

You should go to my old apartment! only 3 of the 23 emergency lights operate! (and there all old ones!)

[@BousaiGuy]

That looked way too easy! Heh, glad you got it replaced. (Also, hi Zachary Fleck’s Dad!)

[@jensenstephensCamelClutch1]

I love your emergency lights

[@dale4231]

You should do a fire alarm test at this building to

[@dale4231]

Zachary Fleck oh is this the plaza building?

[@boredreindeer5602]

I saw a few emergency lights lit up at a gas station even though the power was on and their charging light was on.

[@nitro3543]

Hey my name is Zach as well and I’m also into emergency lights and fire alarms

[@bigkitty1779]

Nice emergency light

[@YourFellowRNRSisterFan98]

I thought about installing some in my room in my house? But I A don’t know how and B don’t know if it’s legal and C right now moneys tight even the set I looked at the $25 set from Home Depot is considered unnecessary right now.

[@josephcarson8382]

To answer B, running an emergency lighting system in your own home is a hobby more than anything. since it's your house and your life, fire codes aren't applicable. additionally, a faulty unit in your house would not be putting the public at risk so again, the fire inspector won't go through your house and ding you for anything. so it's perfectly within the law to run an emergency lighting setup in your house so long as you aren't breaking any other laws. however, this is my personal advice, but DO try to keep your setup compliant with general codes (90 minute minimum runtime in power outages, don't wire them in a way that it becomes a hazard/don't do a horrible job at the wiring, check monthly for 30 sec and annually for 90 min, the basics of EL requirements.) If you need further help, I can assist with advice, such as your first unit.

[@noelv1976]

So if it's buzzing and lights are on it's the transformer? Buzzing sound goes away when I disconnect it. So better to replace the whole thing? Batteries? I learned nothing

[@ItsthatRedhead798]

Can you make more videos about emergency lighting?

[@TheFirePanel]

It's not really what I usually work on but I do have some projects with it coming up so I'll make a few!

[@ItsthatRedhead798]

@@TheFirePanel oh ok

[@TheExitSignDudeOfficial]

I thought incandescents were discontinued-

[@TheFirePanel]

They're certainly harder to find now. In today's day, LED is more efficient, brighter, and generally cheaper to produce than the old ones.

[@evanbart4109]

Great video 😀👍👍

[@Indianarailproductions]

Just got this light. Not sure it’s the same brand but it won’t stop flashing red and green. Mine is an exitronix light. Can’t figure out why.

[@Meepcity534]

High charge (self Dianostic)

[@HiSmartAlarms]

That happened at my school one time.

[@jonathanstarling1082]

how do you take some down?

[@mrlowrider4885]

What happen to the old emergency light

[@DerpyFireAlarms]

I have two exit signs but I don’t know how to install them without killing myself

[@DerpyFireAlarms]

Zachary Fleck Lol, I’m not that dumb but anyway I dunno where to find power cords atm

[@I_love_electricity]

Sounds like the relay.

[@aaronbrandenburg2441]

Yes I would agree it sounds like it's not getting enough voltage to pull it all the way and just keeps buzzing or for some reason the relays key AC instead of DC or bad capacitors or diode Bridge and it's not getting enough voltage or other issues that would cause that not sure if the battery would UMD charging properly at all. Be interesting to dismantle the unit and see exactly what's happening or send it to Big Clive or something like that.

[@barricade-wb3wu6ws2u]

I have an emergency light like that

[@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign]

If I were you. I should’ve gotten a Dual Lite EV to replace that unit.

[@TheFirePanel]

Honestly, it went out again, same problem. I'll be replacing it again soon, going with LEDs next time.

[@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign]

@@TheFirePanel are you going to make a video about that

[@TheFirePanel]

@@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign Of course!

[@relevanteaglealarms109]

Why did you get a generic?

[@TheFirePanel]

It's all I had on hand..

[@relevanteaglealarms109]

@@TheFirePanel a lot of generics breaks down from the lowest quality. I seen a generic combo with a bad transformer in Las Vegas.

[@TheFirePanel]

@@relevanteaglealarms109 Yeah, I'd love to replace them all soon. The price is a limitation though of course.

[@Dominantbro]

Cool

[@fasteddy4077]

I didn’t learn anything in this video

[@oliversfirealarms8407]

wow. well that is janarick. lo. also hello Zachary's dad.

[@wvs-productions2937]

Zachary fleck ill take the broken one off your hands