Field Work: Rare Simplex/Federal Signal System in March Time! Apartment Fire Alarm!

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[@LoveMyZJ]

I love how no electro-mechanical horns sound exactly the same; it's like each one has it's own personality :D

[@lupine25]

My elementary school had those same horns on continuous -- and I remember thinking the same thing during fire drills as a kid. Each one sounded "different" .... some higher pitched than others. Haha!

[@DZAG_OFFICIAL]

Ken Nicholas lol

[@sirensofsoutheastmichigan]

It sounds more fun (if that makes sense) when each horn has its own personality

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

lol true and no alarm sounds the same

[@seanjuth]

They could sound all the same, just a matter of how tight the device is to the wall

[@fireandalarm1234]

Man, those must be the really rare RSG T-Bars! Wow Also sweet video! It probably isn't too often you see those Federal Signal vibratone horns. Cool

[@CraigBaker96837]

Well, then. First-generation RMS T-Bars, VALS horn/strobes, all on a 4002. Excellent catch.

[@angry_pineapple6006]

Super cool system! I don’t think the older stuff sounds right on temporal, just March time or continuous. And I think that 100% applies here.

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

Yes they do

[@apocalyptic1644]

1:21 my favorite pitch for the 450d

[@ryguy2006]

Yeah that Eb tone is awesome. (YES I KNOW THIS COMMENT IS DONKEYS OLD)

[@sirenfreak57]

Awesome video! March time always sounds amazing with older devices.

[@angry_pineapple6006]

firefreak57 Agreed!

[@bi0boy]

@@Gentex_Commander_2 u def have a point there. My middle school used to have a mix of Standard 4-350's behind Standard light plates and Standard 30A's. That system was on Continuous and sounded pretty ominous and VERY loud, especially the 30A's

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

Same and continuous and mechanical horns to me means fire

[@GaryBeltz]

The ones around the 1:38 mark sound like they're either farting or taking a dump lol

[@jamyemcneal531]

Awesome video 😁 I absolutely adore these older systems to me they are the best 😍

[@rieon-plumbingfan]

2:58 *[Happy Mechanical Horn Noises]*

[@evanbart4109]

Great video 😀👍👍 Hard to find system and pulls, nowadays. Love the old Simplex panel and old Federal Signal Soldiers still going!

[@lupine25]

I have kind of a soft spot for those Federal "soldiers" cuz those are the type I had in my elementary school (which at the time was a brand new building). Always thought those things on continuous sounded like a basketball horn. It's like "is the building on fire or is the period over???" :)

[@evanbart4109]

Ken Nicholas 🤣

[@RJARRRPCGP]

The Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center school cafeteria has (or had) the "stereotypical basketball horns" installed on Simplex 2903-9101 strobes (they're the 2901-9806, often known as '9806) with a Simplex 2001 FACP without a march time module and thus was in continuous. A '9806 outside my first classroom there!

[@MichanaAlerting]

Not only is the 4002 freaking red but its also got a rediculously low-pitched buzzer!

[@rieon-plumbingfan]

*_BEST. MECHANICAL. HORNS. EVER. PERIOD.

[@MNsportsnut]

Those were the same type of horns an apartment building I lived in as a kid had but they were in continuous and no strobe. Very loud and pretty much impossible to sleep through.

[@kcin556]

Wow - I bet that red 4002 looks great when it's all still put together!

[@DZAG_OFFICIAL]

3:05 OMFG THAT LITERALLY SOUNDS LIKE A FUCKING GUITAR CHORD/RIFT THAT SOUNDS SOO PERFECT!

[@sethbower11]

3:00 Damn! That one has a very high pitch! 😳

[@centraltexaslifesafety]

Love the sound

[@kadenr6]

Cool! The alarms sound beautiful!

[@thatelevatorpersonfilms]

Cool!!! Nice to see those old dinosaurs working!!

[@Hunter-hb2ne]

Some of those sounded like ducks in distress. XD

[@CraigBaker96837]

Hmm... I just noticed the VALS at 2:15 has ceiling-mount decals... And, at 4:12, noticed somebody didn't know how to spell "fourth"... Oh, the things you discover when re-watching a good video.

[@blatheringblathers347]

Rock on in this March Time Anthem with Zach and the Old Horns!

[@blatheringblathers347]

Oh yeah Zach!

[@Goldenrod636]

That is how the two 2DCDs at my high school sounded. Loud and excruciating.

[@odinconnor-randomvideos5267]

That's what a simplex system should sound like

[@piggyfan29]

THAT TAPE ON THE BUZZER IS NOT UP TO CODE IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AT ONCE!

[@playsgorillatag..]

Fundamental paper education school fire alarm be like: -3:17

[@rieon-plumbingfan]

This system must have been a good way to start off summer for you a year ago :D

[@firealarmveteran15]

Reminds me of an old KZbin video where there were similar horns going off in fast march time in the background. Sadly, I think the video got taken down recently (before this comment was made).

[@polsi7491]

are you talking about twoplyboy?

[@ZakWolf]

The 4002 panel appears to have replaced a previous fire alarm panel that the Federal Signal horns and RSG pulls were installed with.

[@armaniwilliams5752]

This system is outstanding. I do wish that this system was a notifier system set on continuous. Also. Can the EST gensis do continuous. I mostly see them on code 3. Love all ur videos

[@OckGypsy]

Remove the cover. You will see a circle labeled J1 (I think). Use a blade to cut it out and it should, with any luck, sound in continuous.

[@armaniwilliams5752]

Zachary Fleck: ok. And question... is it rare to see SpectrAlert advances in continuous. The Therapeutic campus i go to for Trainning For a potential job, they have a New contract with System Sensor and they finished this building in 2016. This Child protective services agency(name can't be given out due to Illinois child protective laws), originally had a contract with Simplex, and simplex offered them ADA compliant strobe plates and strobes, They gave us options, The panel they offered was a Simplex 4100ES, and they even let us choose the devices, they offered the Truealert series, and they Was going to go for the last offer, but they involved the 4903/4901 series. Originally, from what i was told, they were going to install the Simplex 4903-9217 horn devices, but the building managers Said they did not want Electromechincal horns again as they had problems with them in the old campus and they had older 2903/2901/9002 devices, which were coded on March time and the horns died out(yeah... the old campus was 110 years old). So, they gained a contract with System Sensor, and the new campus has All System Sensor P2R(2nd generation) horns with HID card readers equipped with active intruder protection. The panel was a Notifier NFS-320 panel. Signal code is Continuous with 15 cd strobes, is this rare. Cuz i felt like it was when i first heard them. I also forgot to mention... the pull stations are Notifier BG12(The Honeywell version-New pulls)

[@CJ9899]

Zachary Fleck There's a jumper on the inside of the unit that you have to break off for it to do continuous

[@sirensofsoutheastmichigan]

CJ9899 well now with the new kidde ones we dont have to cut of anymore jumpers or mod our alarms 😉

[@maas1208]

​@@armaniwilliams5752 Bro My old elementary school in Chicago had the Advances on Continuous.

[@firealarmchief101]

That sounds cool on March time

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

3:28 my fav

[@BousaiGuy]

Wow! That’s a very cool and old system!

[@armaniwilliams5752]

Question. Does Simplex still Make the 4903/4901 series devices. I had saw a new building with Simplex 4903-9217(of course.. i live in Chicago and we house SimplexGrinnell in Addison IL. So we are Known for Mostly All Simplex devices here:) answers will be greatly accepted

[@Dranfusion]

I also live in Illinois and most of the schools I’ve been are TrueAlerts Horn/Strobes. All I’ve know is they do fix any 4903 devices but I don’t think they make them anymore.

[@sirensofsoutheastmichigan]

That horn at 3:30 sounds just like how i imagine every healthy 9806 would sound like

[@relevanteaglealarms109]

Dylan1 FA productions They’re 450D NOT 2901-9806.

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

I love the buzzing noise of the 4002 bzzzzzzzz

[@SouthernRailfan]

Awesome sounds.

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

I never seen a red 4002 before is that a rare color for it

[@sirenfreak57]

Zachary Fleck It’s rare because it’s not a stock option. Customer has to request a red can, otherwise they come in standard white or beige. The 4002, 4004, and 4005 all had a red cabinet option but it is less commonly seen because it had to be requested by the customer specifically rather than the red can being offered as a stock option.

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

Ok now I get it:)

[@piggyfan29]

i want a 4002 in real life so bad

[@ThatOne_omarr]

Half of my school has those alarms

[@CraigBaker96837]

Second time watching this, and I just noticed that the RMS you pulled was branded for Hochiki. Do you remember if they were all branded Hochiki?

[@EverydayExitSign]

this is an awesome video

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

I think my elementary school has a 4002

[@angry_pineapple6006]

fire alarm freak97 That’s cool!

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

Or a 4001

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

Also my school has 9838s all on continues

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

I think my elementary school had a 4002 or 2001 because the March time is like 100 or 110 bpm

[@colemedico3575]

Cool System and I like the federal single horns i want one so bad

[@CS8sirenwastaken]

Try checking eBay!

[@TexasRailfan2008]

My dads work is full of these vibratione horns and BG-6s with a fire lite miniscan and an MS 4

[@alexlebruh8025]

Wish my school had electro mechanical horn strobes 😢

[@hunterneitzel3012]

My school has an an old simplex system from 1986 on continuous, with mostly simplex 2901-9838s/ 4903-9101 hornstrobes

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

Me to my middle school and high school need mechanical horns badly zns are not loud same with wheelock as a 9838 with 4903 9102s would be better than those and have them on march time. I wished up to date code was March time not code 3

[@rieon-plumbingfan]

Pair these Electro-Mechanical Horn-Strobes with Older Edwards 270 Pull stations then you’ve got my dream system that i wish is in my school and high school :3

[@seanjuth]

My tech schools main building has that exact setup minus the simplex system.

[@rieon-plumbingfan]

sean juth Nice

[@thechannelofrandomvideos789]

Are these alarms rare? I don't know much. I do know however, my school has several of these with the same strobe type and they sound LOUD.

[@joeycaridi3030]

03:55 To 04:31 The Simplex 4002 panel buzzer in March Time sounds like the Simplex 2901-9838 with 2903-9001 light plate in March Time from this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJymdZWQgst_rqc Also another thing too is that the panel in both videos (In this video and in the link are Simplex 4002 panels which is a coincidence)

[@camcoolbananas]

great alarms

[@odinconnor-randomvideos5267]

Wow nice

[@trainman7215]

0:44 sounds like a 9838

[@firealarmsfromsouthtexas125]

2:15 the most common pitch

[@brettrussell1]

do you know how to reset a over the tally limit on a Symplex 4005? Thx

[@TheFirePanel]

I'm not overly familiar with the 4005, but see if this helps you out: www.thealarmtech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1772 (disclaimer, I'm not affiliated with this site.)

[@ArisBuliteanu]

Why was the two horns have a loose screw? That was a raspy sounding one

[@TransGalGaming]

1:41 sounds sick....

[@8bits59]

This looks very similar to a place SAFETECH inspected

[@8bits59]

Zachary Fleck it's not the same place, I don't think, it just looks kinda similar.

[@8bits59]

Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4WlgnlqoM-nY8k Turns out I was just remembering the horns, the place looks completely different. My mistake

[@justmike0000]

these things sound mildly disturbing

[@toysRrobloxYT]

federal signal 450d's aren't as rare as you think

[@RaccoonAlarmsVosgra]

Is that a 4002 pannel?

[@wvs-arguingpsychology2357]

Zachery fleck you make me jealous how many fire alarms i only have only 5

[@Celeron_619]

I have 3. You're doing better than I am.

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

I have 2ca 4903 9101 and 9840 if that counts

[@Thunderbolt1000Tfan]

The horns between 1:30-1:45 sound like if fire alarms were able to smoke a pack a day for 20 years.

[@stormspotter]

that would scare me lol

[@odinconnor-randomvideos5267]

And federal signal

[@SuperPlushyBros]

Have you bought any fire alarm devices? Because I’m expecting a New Devices June/July 2018 video.

[@J19_vlogger74]

1:36 sounds like a fart

[@errormeh3657]

I love the fake tbars

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

that fwr sounds dope

[@poppylover2586]

Simplex 4002

[@50ksubswithnovids84]

Are these alarms rare?

[@prism_2903]

Yes

[@West_Kootenay_railfan]

Just jamin

[@thatelevatorpersonfilms]

Can you allow us to talk? ( I joined!!!!)

[@thatelevatorpersonfilms]

Zachary Fleck I found it out never mind. Sorry

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

those horns look like 9806s with strobes

[@liamcammer9943]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

i like thes horns better than most alarms now these days good old mechanical horns sound good and if i heard one near by i would say whoes playing with A DUCK because the sound of it

[@ooka7705]

C-C-C-C-Code Violation! Screw vintage horns! Get electric horns!

[@Smurdle450]

Dammit mechanical horns sound nicer tho

[@relevanteaglealarms109]

That is not A code violation!

[@hunterneitzel3012]

Actually one of the horns has a ceiling mount vals mounted on the wall at 2:15

[@J19_vlogger74]

If only electronic horns could sound like the mechanical horns

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

sounds like semi alarm

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

1:34 horn sounds broken

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

Sounds like a car alarm and one of the horns needs fixed