Replacing fire alarm backup batteries and battery sizing calculation for fire alarm system

[@masonallermann1275]

I followed the house install from day one great vids my guy

[@ElectricRob]

Great content - so nice to see this niche addressed - we have technology designers in our firm that get a lot of "in the field" information from your great videos - keep them up!

[@gamerboy12970]

Hey basically I just came from the other video what you replied to me and I wanna say I love you first and you are not a horrible person please just stick to KZbin or my heart will be broken god bless you

[@Sorin-b1h]

I'm kind of new kind

[@Max_And_His_Tech]

Yes a new video I love your Chanel

[@DJboogie-eh5vs]

nice job love your videos

[@BradyLippert]

Great video, as always!

[@IanGSully]

I believe that would be interesting to see your Garage Fire alarm system have a battery calculation done on it. Even know like you said that you wouldn't need to do that because your garage is on a generator. But either way that is still interesting to see!

[@keithpierce8458]

I love your videos

[@Cen655]

Hello I am a new Viewer loved this Vid

[@Firealarmperson902]

looks good you always do a great job

[@zoegamer6879]

Hi your channel is awesome

[@nics-systems-electric]

Thank you

[@SWAFanPilot]

You finally got a dress plate for that hole in your 320! Phew!

[@nics-systems-electric]

Not quite but kinda I just swapped it to the other side and put the ACM 24-AT in

[@SWAFanPilot]

@@nics-systems-electric Ohh I see. It looks great!

[@gamerboy12970]

I love you videos

[@Yarrrrsmodz]

The systems we design are mostly 24 or 60 standby and 5 or 15 mins alarm. The company I work for does projects in the Midwest USA

[@ElliotMacpherson-go5lz]

Why does it say hi Tom I love you on the wall😂

[@Actvbrogan]

Lol

[@nics-systems-electric]

It was written to my grandpa in the 80s he is dead now but it was his house

[@Harper_DobniYT]

@@nics-systems-electricI’m sorry for your loss!

[@SodiumInduction-hv]

@@nics-systems-electricR.I.P

[@fortniteinminecraftt3794]

Hey fire and safety question my school has a voice evacuation system is it safe for the alarms to be very, very quiet

[@jollygmusiclover2571]

Is it necessary to take off that positive lead to measure the V DC ?

[@Cen655]

You should do livestreams and answer questions from Viewers

[@nics-systems-electric]

Might get myself cancelled lol

[@Cen655]

Lol

[@fortniteinminecraftt3794]

How would you get yourself canceled?

[@fortniteinminecraftt3794]

I’ll make sure you do not get canceled

[@joeycaridi3030]

Expressed part of the battery load calculations Standby Amp Hours: 0.32 amps * 24 hours = 7.68 Amp hours Alarm Amp Hours: 1.08 amps * 0.5 hours = 0.54 Amp hours Combined Amp hours: 7.68 Amp hours + 0.54 Amp hours = 8.22 Amp hours Lasting times of the amounts Standby lasting time: 18 Amp hours / 0.32 Amps = 2 days and 8 hours Alarm lasting time: 18 Amp hours / 1.08 Amps = 16 hours and 40 minutes The correction of the real time of how long you can have the bells ringing on battery backup is 16 hours and 40 minutes

[@RossTheGenMan]

Hello Nic. Thanks for the video. I could be wrong but it seems to be you would need to measure the current for a specific time then do the math. Like if standby used 0.60 amps if it ran for a minute then you could multiply that by 60 to get an hour and then by 24 to get 24 hours.

[@nics-systems-electric]

You multiply the current times the 24 hours you need as the battery's are sold by an amp hour rating. So you will get the answer for what amp hour size you would need.

[@HydrAlarms_of_CJP_Productions]

How did you get so many alarms? And does your family like/approve of the fire alarms and emergency lights?

[@nics-systems-electric]

Bought the low frequency devices on eBay and nobody else cares they recognize that the house needs to have some sort of fire alarm and the residential devices weren't working for us so as long as you do a clean installed with low profile devices there's no issues with looks

[@HydrAlarms_of_CJP_Productions]

@nics-systems-electric I prefer installing alarms where the box is outside of the wall, like the opposite of flush mounting, it's easier for me, cutting phone-sized walls is not easy to so in a rented duplex💀💀💀

[@All_ConsumingBandu]

If you haven't done May testing yet, could you activate both fire alarm systems house and garage in the same time? If you have, can you do that on June testing?

[@nics-systems-electric]

I did that in a separate video that will be uploaded at some point and no I have not done may testing yet we are still in the month of April

[@DJboogie-eh5vs]

quick question if you tripped the fire alarm breaker would the lock let it trip

[@nics-systems-electric]

Yes I have a video on that a while back breakers trip internally regardless of the handle position

[@DJboogie-eh5vs]

@@nics-systems-electric oh

[@The_FireAlarmGuy]

Nice video Nic 😊❤

[@gamerboy12970]

I love your videos how long do your generator last for

[@nics-systems-electric]

12.5 to 16 hours they say at 25% and 50% load not sure what it would get under that amount of load

[@gamerboy12970]

Thank you

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@gamerboy12970 just looked at the information for it it is rated at 15.5 hours at 25% load however I'm usually under that so I'm not sure if I would get more runtime than that or not.

[@gamerboy12970]

@@nics-systems-electricalright thank for telling me

[@fortniteinminecraftt3794]

Hey Nick, at my school we have a voice evacuation system curious, is it safe for the alarms to be very quiet?

[@Harper_DobniYT]

Probably not. They should get that fixed

[@DavisJohnnyA]

Are you also going to install sprinklers?

[@nics-systems-electric]

Yes I have a video series of installing them in the garage

[@lutinogamesofficial4347]

Great Video as always, Nic! Btw where are u getting these batteries from? Got a garden pump that needs a new 9V Battery but like this type of a block battery, that you got and I can't find any legitimate sellers online. I'm living in Germany if that helps...

[@nics-systems-electric]

These came from a system we removed and they were still new. But we also have a few battery stores here you can get them from or order them online.

[@lutinogamesofficial4347]

@@nics-systems-electric ok thanks. Keep up the good work! Nit many Yters answer every comment below their vids. Amazing.

[@MrJohnnyDIY]

Does anyone else remember when he used to have a Notifier panel in his garage or when he built that gazebo?

[@FireSystem45]

Off topic question but is there a meaning to the color of the led on the bg-12lx? I see red and green but don’t know the difference.

[@nics-systems-electric]

On flashscan protocol and some others it will be green when it's normally communicating but will go solid red once in alarm or initializing it will be red flashing

[@FireSystem45]

@@nics-systems-electric So in normal operation it would flash green?

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@FireSystem45 yup

[@dutchwolf2675]

@@FireSystem45 sometimes on other protocols like litespeed and older protocols like CLIP, flashing red means its in standby

[@Harper_DobniYT]

What’s your favourite baseball team?

[@gamerboy12970]

Hey nice ignore the haters

[@Nicmrict879]

I have this already I use SFP-10ud and I already install but 1/12/2024 will use

[@michaelloving8004]

My dad told always be careful about battery polarity when disconnecting / connecting because spark could cause off gassing hydrogen to ignite blow back inside causing a massive hydrogen explosion sending plastic shrapnel worst case scenario

[@nics-systems-electric]

Sealed lead acid batteries don't vent anything out

[@robertbeyers1308]

Nic when you are putting words on the screen please use a different color than white or a black background with white lettering. Due to nobody cannot read it. White lettering on White background. Not readable. Here's the timestamp location. So you can see what I'm talking about.... 4:52 so please start using a different color in the future.

[@nics-systems-electric]

They are my videos so I get to choose what I want to do as I am the one editing. I did not have any issue reading what you had put I will sometimes change the colour depending on background however it often times will not render and save that colour and will go back to white.

[@Harper_DobniYT]

I can read it clearly

[@mircomamsecosirensnalarms]

4:13 I thoughqt you had a fluke meter and why are you not using it

[@nics-systems-electric]

Doesn't measure DC current

[@Dawezil]

Uhh nic at 4:33 you may want to review what you said well.... Mhhm

[@nics-systems-electric]

For what?

[@Dawezil]

​​@@nics-systems-electricit's more of the thing you said as I never thought you would say that not going to lie

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@Dawezil I have no idea what you're talking about

[@Dawezil]

@@nics-systems-electric sorry i was just a bit concerned because you just said you livein bc and i know someone who thought you lived in bc and thought they found your high school

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@Dawezil yes I live in BC

[@Harper_DobniYT]

First

[@gamerboy12970]

Cringe

[@Harper_DobniYT]

@@gamerboy12970what’s wrong with being the first to comment?

[@Nicmrict879]

AC Or DC?

[@nics-systems-electric]

Batteries are DC