Fire Alarm Walk Test Instructions - Silent Knight 5208

Quick demo of walk test on a Silent Knight 5208.

[@elevatorsofamerica]

I love the 5208 panel, I like how you can test the same zone over and over again without resetting the panel.

[@rodgodx345]

I love how silent knight one of these panels doesn’t go into trouble when it’s in wall test which idk if that’s true or not.

[@Goldenrod636]

I'm going through withdrawals. I need more of your videos.

[@GaryBeltz]

Me too!

[@brettman273]

You got your wish, I posted some new content. :)

[@Goldenrod636]

You gonna start uploading videos again? I missed you.

[@HJCF0520]

Interesting code-3 on the alarms. I always like walk test videos.

[@RJARRRPCGP]

Just like some home smoke alarms, lol.

[@HJCF0520]

+RJARRRPCGP yeah! Maybe a sync module was going crazy or something.

[@pvh_facp4001yt]

That’s usually how they sync. Btw sorry to be tardy to the party.

[@alexandersalarms5380]

@@HJCF0520 they are supposed to sound like that

[@Fahrenheit4051]

It's a little late for this, but... Silent Knight, Fire-Lite Horns so loud, strobes so bright Wire in conduit, neatly compiled Sound the signals and check if it dials What a deafening screech

[@GaryBeltz]

At least this house has Gentex Commander 3 horn strobes not to say that they are pleasant but I'll take them over SpectrAlert Advances anyway and the commanders can be set to different tones as well.

[@alexandersalarms5380]

👏👏👏

[@msj191961]

I agree. Passwords on fire alarm systems, in my opinion, are completely unnecessary. I have a Simplex 4005 which I just replaced the CPU on, and the password was custom. A Simplex tech told me how I might be able to figure it out, and I did get it, thank goodness. Now is this system actually monitored, or is it local? And what are state homes, and what kinds of people live in them?

[@brettman273]

msj191961 Don't even get me going on Simplex. They should stick with hundred story buldings and sell parts to third party dealers who service them after customers get tired of paying gigantic service contract fees. 3000, 3333, and 333 will get you in to most of their panels. This rant does not apply to Simplex techs who, by and large, have been nothing but cool with me.

[@brettman273]

msj191961 Don't even get me going on Simplex. They should stick with hundred story buldings and sell parts to third party dealers who service them after customers get tired of paying gigantic service contract fees. 3000, 3333, and 333 will get you in to most of their panels. This rant does not apply to Simplex techs who, by and large, have been nothing but cool with me.

[@GaryBeltz]

msj191961 it's probably something like section 8 or group homes for such divisions as MHMR and so on as for how they get them could be foreclosed properties, abandoned, etc.

[@GaryBeltz]

I can see a password for protecting high level areas of the system like disabling horns when doing certain inspections, zone isolations, and other system changes you wouldn't want someone with bad intentions being able to sabotage the building's fire alarm system say a group of thieves may do it so that help couldn't be summoned same would be true for the security system. My one complaint with SK is that panels that HAVE a password require the password to do basic things. My friend worked at a nursing home that had an SK system and they make you put in the password to silence and reset the thing. The sequence is time consuming for example say your SK system is set to 1234 for the password to silence it you have to press silence followed by 1234 then press silence again. To do a complete reset is press reset 1234 then press reset again.

[@aspenqwerty3]

Password are for ppl who are unauthorized to touch the panel and avoid tampering with settings and such...

[@DieselBroddi]

I like how the silent knight panel codes code 3 it goes faster than some panels

[@FireTech7]

Nope that's just gentex sync

[@alexandersalarms5380]

brUh

[@DieselBroddi]

Nice house man

[@GaryBeltz]

I didn't think a residential house would have a full fire alarm system.

[@brettman273]

Gary Beltz These are not private residences, they are state homes. Pre-built some cases; in other cases they were private residences obtained by the state. This one was originally a private residence but had an addition put on that made it more than twice its original size. It now has nine bedrooms.

[@GaryBeltz]

brettman273 wow!

[@brettman273]

FYI The Android KZbin app is a piece of shit, I can't tell when I've actually posted something and I may have posted a partial reply.

[@GaryBeltz]

brettman273 I do all my replying through the google + app my accounts are tied together. I only reply using KZbin if I'm replying to a comment that someone else posted on a video or my own comment. That's why my real name shows up on all my posts.

[@MotivatedSoccer18]

Quick question, if I silence the fire panel? How do I reset it if I have a trouble signal? Is the silenced fire panel going to be an issue ?

[@brettman273]

If you silence it and don't reset it, that zone will just stay in alarm and won't be able to trip again. If anything in another zone trips it will go back into alarm. If you reset when a panel is in trouble it will most likely just go back into trouble.

[@itzbryceodell]

Can u do a system test with single stroke bells if u have them still?

[@elevatorsofamerica]

Bryce O'Dell This panel does have single stroke coding.

[@Dredpath1]

Not a fan of using painters tape to label the wires

[@Goldenrod636]

No more videos then?

[@Dredpath1]

Is this building residential?

[@alexandersalarms5380]

I think so

[@Corvette1658]

I guesting this must be at a group home?

[@brettman273]

Steven Lebbing It is. Specifically it's a state home for developmentally disabled individuals. I do the inspections for these as well as three privately owned companies that provide similar services. 267 homes and dayhabs spread out over a three month rotations. Plus around 12 schools, dozens of restaurants, daycare centers, and private businesses. Two full time jobs doing nothing but.

[@vinnieversaci452]

was this done at your house

[@brettman273]

No, these are state owned houses for developmentally disabled people. Some are purpose built, others are obtained and were once private residences. This is the latter.

[@vinnieversaci452]

why do state ran developmental disability residential group homes have to have commercial fire alarms i live in one and every time we do our monthly required fire drills the neighbors get super angry and upset please explain why they are required brett again please explain thanks vinnie

[@williampleasant4164]

brettman273 I thought the code to all silent knight panels was 1111?

[@sirensofsoutheastmichigan]

William Pleasant-Sloan 1111 is level 1 code. There are more than level 1 codes

[@FireTech7]

@@sirensofsoutheastmichigan not on a silent knight

[@alexlowery3192]

Wait so this was your house?

[@Wmofnmproductions]

No

[@GaryBeltz]

It's a state house probably for low income people or a group home or something.

[@alexlowery3192]

This does look like somebody house!

[@Wmofnmproductions]

Are u dumb fire alarm man it's a house

[@alexandersalarms5380]

no

[@JaguarLi9]

The ifp-1000 is better

[@vinnieversaci452]

brettman273 i got into an argument with this guy on youtube he told me that wheand selock as's are louder than spectralert advances i volunteer at my old middle school and my old middle school had gotten a whole fire alarm system upgrade from faraday horn strobes and wheelock 32t to a mixture of wheelock as and spectralert advance in the whole school and the spectralert advances are ten times louder than the wheelock as's all classrooms has wheelock as's horn strobes and court yards and hallways has spectralert advances horn strobes there's one courtyard that has a wheelock as but not as loud as the spectralert advance horn strobe can you please tell me whos right me or the other guy who swears wheelock as's are louder than spectralert advances thanks brett

[@brettman273]

Vinnie Versaci This is a subjective arguement; volume setting, tone type, room type and size, wall and ceiling material, floor type... all affect perceived volume. The only valid technical comparison would be to test them with a dB meter in identical settings, and even then the perceived volume is subjective. If it were me I'd tell him his girfriend says hi and likes me better... but I'm not really a good role model.

[@vinnieversaci452]

and why do states require commercial fire alarms in a developmental disabilty group home in a residential neighborhood everytime my home does our monthly fire drills the neighbors comes out complaining and getting mad that its to loud and we got a 110 volt outdoor spectralert advance horn strobe mounted outside which makes the neighbors angry every single month we have our require fire drills please explain why it is required in a residential state ran house brett thanks vinnie

[@GaryBeltz]

My guess is that since the people living in those homes may not be able to call for help if a fire broke out that the states want monitored systems you notice that in the case of this video the system could only be set off with smoke detectors I didn't see a single pull station. Developmental disability or behavior health people would be prone to pulling false alarms.