System Sensor P2R (SpectAlert Advance) Fire Alarm Test

LOUD ALARM!!! While it's good to have a loud alarm to get people's attention, particularly those hard of hearing or those in a loud space (such as a dance club, factory, etc), this seems a bit unnecessarily loud. You don't have to have an alarm THIS loud to get people's attention there is a fire. HOWEVER, on the contrary, it's loud and obnoxious enough to motivate people to leave the building.
Despite all that, this alarm has a mounting plate feature. All you need to do is wire the plate and put it on an electrical box, THEN put the alarm itself on the plate. Quite simple indeed; no wonder many installers are choosing to install this alarm in many new installations.
DISCLAIMER:
1: LOUD NOISE. TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN IF YOU CAN
2: This is being activated in a controlled and legal environment. No fire departments were called when activating the alarm.
3: The video contains flashing lights. Those who are sensitive to flashing lights should not watch the video.
I AM NOT responsible for any legal or medical damages done.

[@Oof-zl6lt]

These alarms are at my old school. And, remembering the fire drills there just traumatize me.

[@Oof-zl6lt]

And here’s the worst part. While it is true, the louder the alarm, the faster people want the leave the building. But guess what? It would take FOREVER (over exaggeration) for everyone to leave the building because the hallway would get PACKED. So, not only do I have to deal with that obnoxious sound for so long, but I also have to hold my ears until we get out of the building, because I’m sensitive to loud noises. My arms would hurt from holding my ears for so long. Also, those things were EVERYWHERE. It was just bad. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@stephensalloum7763]

That's the Alarm we had at my School

[@javachip9612]

Now here's the concept of the volume. Lo volume: a volume used for example a classroom or a hallway. Med volume: used in wider spaces like skyscrapers nor offices or gyms(including school gyms). Hi volume: this volume can be a life saver if you work in a large office room or in a factory mostly gyms and school gyms. Depending on how big the facility is. For example in a factory, Hi volume would be nessesary. To get many peoples attention. The reason why medium or Hi volume is not used in a classroom is because. If it were to go off in a classroom on high volume. Many students will experience loss of hearing for days or even months. If you read this and agree on my chart leave a like.

[@kenziebacklin11]

Im TACO well high volume setting is at my school same at the previous schools jus telling u

[@s.i.f.a.videos1337]

in classrooms they use strobe only units

[@Exit911YT]

My school has Simplex Mechanical Horn Strobes, SpectrAlert Classics, and SpectrAlert Advances all on High Volume setting

[@meikl100]

we have hi volume in our classrooms

[@littlewishy6432]

@@s.i.f.a.videos1337 That's not true in the slightest.

[@ZakWolf]

I find the Wheelock AS and the Simplex TrueAlert to be just as loud as the SpectrAlert Advance here. And the new L-series from System Sensor sounds a lot like the Advance but is a tad softer. Not to mention how the Advance is SO COMMON compared to other alarm signals. I've seen them replace older rarer alarms so many times, like at my college or at my first elementary school.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

I haven't heard a L-Series yet, but am curious about it based on what I've been hearing about it...one of these days... It is surprising at how common this thing is, and can be a bit bland. Surprisingly, I do enjoy the design of this series, especially the mounting design. I guess it's easy to see why it has been installed in a lot of places, easy design.

[@QuentinRichardsthe2012brony]

Honeywell is like the General Motors of fire alarms. They have a ton of divisions...

[@nicodo123]

This brings nostalgia to me. My old school used to have these.

[@martinwhitehurst9893]

How did you wire the pull station and alarm / strobe light together?

[@SilverBlaze189sb189]

I think these need to be taken out of production because of how loud they are! My little brothers elementary school has these! (My high school has the System Sensor SPSR ones, the versions of these that talk instead of an extremely loud sound) I always feel bad for my little brother when he has a fire drill!

[@starmantheblaziken1453]

Those where in mu public school before I left for home school, nice to see what one really looks like closer.

[@cmtorres67]

The horn on the simens U-MMT-MCS died and was replaced.My middle use to have simplex 4040 died was replaced with 2nd generation gentex SHG sounds like a commander 3.

[@apetersenALT]

You could even use an Edwards/EST 270-SPO with that alarm. I've seen that combo twice. One at a Wawa and one at a shirt store in Ocean City, NJ.

[@samanthashafer1742]

My apartment has a GX-90 in the living room and a Spectralert advance outside the door. A grease fire started in anothe runit and i got to hear that... Geez i remember when i thought commanders were bad that thing quite literally hurt my ears more than working with planes

[@ThreedognightfanTZfan]

Wow nice video! I am a big fan of Fire alarms! =)

[@NewEnglandElevators]

+Sydney Sims Thank you! Glad to see you enjoyed this video. It's awesome to hear from other fire alarm fans.

[@ThreedognightfanTZfan]

+NewEnglandElevators I am glad too I had ordered one years ago months after that I broke it! Silly me to do it! I started being in to fire alarms when I was 10!

[@firealarmperson4774]

+NewEnglandElevators I am a HUGE fan of fire alarms as well!!!!!!!!

[@ExitSign250]

It's a very LOUD alarm!

[@EmillioMelendez]

Probably because I live Jacksonville Florida it a big city in Florida but in the other part where stores are,you can't get away from them have you ever heard of Jacksonville fl

[@zacharybishop6595]

Emillio Melendez Hey I use to live in Jacksonville :D

[@oscarmmartinez5631]

Have you heard about the system sensor l series?

[@StephenHartline]

Video in my favorites

[@granadahighlands1849]

how are we going to The police pull station that I want to go put the fire alarm

[@captainchris2016]

Ah yes, the origin video of the specturalert advance sound effect video which many people use in their videos sometimes

[@deafmonk24]

Now my work in meijer store has these all over the store. they also included these with speakers inside all coolers and freezers! i havent heard them go off yet but they are still working on a white box that has a keyport thats connected to the duct detectors and replacing the old simplex alarm panel.

[@deafmonk24]

+John Sumner it takes me about 3 minutes to get from one side of the building to other side. during the time, every 30 steps, they have one above my head.

[@deafmonk24]

+John Sumner the old fire alarm system they have is the system sensor mass. its really loud with just few of them.

[@filmer765]

I’ve seen one of those at Chili’s not just inside the restaurant nor outside, but in a bathroom. If Chili’s just used a strobe only, it would’ve been fine.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

That's probably the most bizzare setup I've heard of; these units only in a restroom. Usually if there are horn/strobes in the common area, either theres a strobe in the restroom, or there is none present in the restroom. Thanks for your comment, insight, and view!

[@jonathanryersonhotel3593]

I do have a spectralert advance horn strobe but mine is a ceiling mount which is in white so it's a PC2W. if you want you can check out my video and fire alarm test 3 by me testing it and yes I do have it on low volume code 3 but it was still pretty loud don't you think that's interesting my white ceiling mount?

[@brandongomez7836]

i like the code 3

[@SuperWorldRailFanProductions]

It's like I see that many buildings that undergo remodeling always tend to replace their old fire alarm horns with these crappy dull SpectrAlert Advances, or in recently built places, installing these. Well at least my high school I went to didn't have these.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

That's because they're easy to install, and have a nice design. Even though they are a bit dull and obnoxious, admittedly, I like them as well overall.

[@Kproductions14]

So... This Means There just a Sprecalert Advanced p2r And a Bg 12. Why Man Why why WHY!?

[@boydalexander4652]

This will make fire drills more scary in schools for us special education students it already has in a lot of schools because this already wiped out older alarm systems in schools

[@canticuentos7035]

Something I haven't asked all this time was that I always wanted one of those but I only got one that I didn't use for a long time but then I did.

[@deafmonk24]

they have many of the same type but in a circle type in bathrooms and most of them in the whole store building.

[@boydalexander4652]

I am just fortunate that this alarm is not in my school or else the drills will give me an anxiety attack even more

[@ajshafer1786]

Is the Wheelock Exceeder even louder than the Specteralert Advance?

[@NewEnglandElevators]

I'll be honest, I'd say this is louder by a longshot (even on low volume). The Exceeder seems to not be as loud, a more "reasonable" loud.

[@gabenelms2995]

they look fancy

[@gabenelms2995]

I had these at my old school, found a way to resist

[@NewEnglandElevators]

+Gabe Nelms They have a nice design, I will admit. I really like the mounting plate design.

[@apronchaperon]

Sustem Sensor P2R aka. The fire alarm that is loud that possibly scared the living soul inside of me.

[@EmillioMelendez]

I can't stand seeing them in stores there's just too many like why can't they use wheelock exceders what do you think

[@NewEnglandElevators]

I believe this particular unit has been out longer than the Exceeder. I don't exactly know when the Advance line was introduced, but I'm going to guess around 2006, as that's when the original SpectrAlert (and oddly enough the MASS line) was discontinued, according to Wikipedia (could be false, but is a good start). The Exceeder came out in mid-2008, I vaguely remember when that happened. Both have the "mounting plate" system, but somehow, I guess the SpectrAlert is more well known/installed amongst third party installers, who usually install systems in smaller stores.

[@zacharybishop6595]

Emillio Melendez I have seen the Advances are found in the types of buildings where the ceiling is high, and if it does off it could echo to get our attention.

[@Bennyshorts248]

I have the same fire alarm at school

[@ExitSign250]

I have the same one you have but in white

[@JimLiElevators]

I am just curious if you have a ceiling mounted version of the System Sensor SpectrAlert Advance fire alarm device. Not forcefully asking you to do a video of that or anything, but the only reason why I asked for request is to be curious as I was telling you about what happened at my local Kroger. Anyways, I just uploaded the video if you want to check it out. Same exact horn sound as in this video! kzbin.info/www/bejne/opvcfmtnmc91eNU

[@NewEnglandElevators]

Nah, I totally understand, and I just saw your video! Unfortinately, I don't have any of the Advance devices in ceiling mount. However, I do have something close, which is one from the classic series. I have a ceiling mount remote strobe, and it's the SC241575.

[@JimLiElevators]

@@NewEnglandElevators If you haven't done that device, do you think you could share a video just to show me how it works? If your viewers beg you to upload more elevator/fire alarm videos, you could put a pined comment what exactly the reason you uploaded for (although you don't upload anymore). Like for example, if I request you to upload the video of the fire alarm that you just told me about. Also... is it called the System Sensor SepctrAlert Classic ceiling mount remote strobe that looks similar to the Advance one? I"d love to see that! Unless you have already done it years ago, that's understandable.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

@@JimLiElevators The SC241575 I made a video of a long time ago...back in 2011. It's an older video, so it's not as great as this one. It may have been featured in a few of my other alarm videos in the past, I don't remember off the top of my head.

[@vishc645]

If they replaced vintage fire alarms in buildings with these, i would be extremely mad!

[@kenziebacklin11]

Vish C same

[@davidperry4013]

Old school 24v DC horns in continuous are so much better than spectralert advances in code 3. Can't go wrong with that distinctive vuvuzela like sound that varies from 180hz to 400hz from horn strobe to horn strobe on those mech horns.

[@exitalarms1207]

Thay did tho... i think

[@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign]

You would be pissed about my dad’s school system. They had white mechanical 4903s then they replaced them with spectalert advances in red.

[@reidgibbs]

We have this in my school

[@firealarmtechnologies2878]

Does anyone know why it chirps before it goes off? I want that to happen with mine.

[@khonekeodaoheuang5501]

Fire Alarm Technologies

[@boydalexander4652]

Thankfully when I was in the building with this alarm it never went off if it did then I would be so scared.

[@alyssaleary2534]

My cousins old elementary school has that alarm

[@FireAlarmTech7.]

Why are there three terminals on the mounting plate?

[@NewEnglandElevators]

Supervisory purposes. Let's say someone pulls one of these devices off the wall, the panel would report a trouble.

[@Flyingwithdale]

My granddad who is almost deaf had to cover his ears because it was too loud. A medium setting is the highest you should ever use for this thing unless if you want to give someone an instant heartattack.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

This was on low volume, too!

[@Flyingwithdale]

Dang. I should find my P2R and test it again.

[@ooka7705]

But why the fuck did Honeywell have to make the Advances so fucking loud

[@CH_343]

My school has about 2 of these and one is right in my class room, and the one in my room sounds terrible and needs replaced it sounds LOUD and similar to this one but worse.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

+Christian Hickman The sound on these things is definitely obnoxious, I will agree. I can at least see why they're so popular, the mounting system on these things is really nice.

[@CH_343]

***** agreed!!!

[@CharmanderFanCharFan]

NewEnglandElevators hey i have these alarms ALMOST ALL AROUND THE DAMN SCHOOL!!!! THEY ARE LOUD AS F*CK

[@michaelcarlsonjr9143]

It appears everywhere in the Atlanta area

[@lalaLBP-tm9cg]

I have that alarm at my school

[@spcraleigheas]

I have that at school

[@jacobisworld9516]

That looks like a speaker, but it’s not a speaker that talks

[@alyssaleary2534]

Wow that’s Loud

[@davidperry4013]

The L series are easier on the ear than the advance. It's sounds like a spectralert advance with the really high frequencies muddled out.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

I thought I read something about that in a video about the L-Series (probably SER's). Interesting...they listened to our complaints! I am curious about how it sounds, probably as loud as the regular classic, just a guess. I definitely want to get one at some point experience this for myself (or be lucky enough for one to blast when I'm around, lol). No promises for the immediate future, but on my bucket list.

[@firealarmtechnologies2878]

How did you get it to click before it went off?

[@NewEnglandElevators]

I'm not too sure, probably pure luck would be my best guess.

[@trainerred2063]

NewEnglandElevators it always does that on low volume.

[@cmtorres67]

With BG 12 and 10 pull stations

[@firealarmfan]

I want that alarm

[@lkjhb1]

Fire alarm hell!

[@NewEnglandElevators]

It is good to have a loud alarm to get people's attention, especially in a space where there may be other loud ambient noises. There is also a benefit to those who are hearing impaired, a loud alarm can get their attention. However, an alarm THIS loud seems a little unnecessary. On the contrary, it's loud and obnoxious enough to motivate people to get away from the danger; which would most likely be a fire.

[@kenziebacklin11]

lkjhb1 yea

[@kenziebacklin11]

NewEnglandElevators I understand that

[@StephenHartline]

My school has white simplex trualert horn strobe

[@separatistroger]

I have this alarm!

[@khonekeodaoheuang5501]

Alex

[@erwinelias728]

Where do you buy fire alarms?

[@NewEnglandElevators]

eBay is the best place to purchase alarms, lower than retail prices usually (anything below $20 is good). There's a few other dealers out there, but I think their prices would be too ridiculous for a typical enthusiast wanting to collect a few devices. Usually those dealers intend to sell the stuff they are selling to contracting companies, building owners with fire alarm systems, etc.

[@erwinelias728]

Ok

[@ExitSign250]

Wow

[@bmil38]

so we have the most obnoxious echo in our gym with 4 of these in there without sync, it is loud as hell with the unsynced noise and the echo

[@NewEnglandElevators]

+EnderDj Minecraft It seems like the devices out of sync make things a lot worse. For example, one device is in the middle of doing its horn blasts, while the next device over starts up. Add the loud volume and the echo, and it doesn't seem like a good situation.

[@bmil38]

***** ikr we had a drill yesterday and we were in P.E. in the gym (Of course) when it went off, i thought i was gonna be deaf

[@boydalexander4652]

That thing is so loud!

[@NewEnglandElevators]

Haha yes, that is loud.

[@boydalexander4652]

@@NewEnglandElevators thankfully my school doesn’t have this alarm.

[@electronicfungames1407]

my school has one too it its loud like screaming

[@akmsr26]

Yeah I’m going in at my work and then pick it tomorrow I’ll let him pick up the money

[@electronicfungames1407]

yeah it startles me at school when it goes of and I don't no its going to go off

[@killmepls2201]

+electronic fun games My school lets the student know when it happpends like my Advosory techer told me ones that it will go off at 4th preiod

[@dylbeentheplotagonistandra2811]

Kill me pls you’re lucky, I’m never notified if there’s going to be a lockdown drill at my school, all the teachers get emails and the parents get texts, but we get nothing, we just get scared as all f@ck when it goes off(our alarms are Wheelock AS/AH and MT’s and they’re loud and annoying as all hell), but luckily for my summer school health class, I had a teacher that was nice enough to let us know(yes we have safety drills in summer school, but only 1, and it’s on the first day) that it was going to happen sometime before break, and that was accurate, it happened at @ 10:15 AM, and there was a youth basketball program happening in the gym and the fire alarms kept going off even after the drill was over because the second grade kids that were in the gym thought that pulling it would make it stop so they pulled a bunch of stations, and when they’d try to reset the panel, it wouldn’t because a bunch of stations were pulled and they had to find them, and the alarms were successfully silenced @ an hour after the start of the drill

[@joshuao.8465]

Let me guess this is probably 2 times louder than the Specture alert classic

[@NewEnglandElevators]

+Joshua oken I wouldn't say 2 times, but definitely louder!

[@gabenelms2995]

no, I've heard these both, the same volume, but they sound diffrent

[@hellosoiii23]

This is from my school alarm (elementary)

[@charlesupchurch5214]

What CD is it

[@NewEnglandElevators]

For this demo, it's set to 15/75cd, standard candela (I would say). You can see the "15/75" in the little window below the strobe, which is the candela selection window.

[@QuikCall4623]

Charles Upchurch it was 15/75

[@Kproductions14]

Well....... Don't Know About Sprectal .

[@masteraustin5015]

The Most loudest Alarm Yet So If you have these At your School The your Rekt Yes I am very serious

[@AndysRetailExploration]

I saw this type of that alarm from Toyota, but it's white

[@Kproductions14]

Hmmm..... Just Sprecalert Alright

[@canticuentos7035]

One day I bought a similar one but everyone knows it

[@AndysRetailExploration]

I want a fire alarm so bad :(

[@firealarmperson4774]

+Andy Fonseca Buy one off of eBay or Amazon. They are not that expensive. At least most of them are not. :)

[@AndysRetailExploration]

Well my parents won't allow me to get it

[@firealarmperson4774]

Andy Fonseca Wow, how stupid is that?Fire alarms are not dangerous or a threat to anything. P.S. tell your parents that I as a fire alarm expert and enthusiast that it is not a big deal to get at least ONE fire alarm. Also, how old are you?

[@AndysRetailExploration]

Teen age

[@CharmanderFanCharFan]

1999 subscriber

[@CharmanderFanCharFan]

and these are the alarms in almost all the parts of my school

[@CharmanderFanCharFan]

what is this comment

[@OckGypsy]

They just released the L-Series.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

i know, they look cool.

[@OckGypsy]

I can't wait to find out the horn.

[@phillies4100_mainsite]

It's just another advanced

[@NewEnglandElevators]

Saw SER's video. Surprised they kept the Advance tone as obnoxious as it is. On the plus side, they brought back the 3000hz tone.

[@barretmcl817]

hi

[@granadahighlands1849]

I have a sensor to peel a yo

[@NJMoo3652]

The world would be a much better place without spevtralert advances

[@NewEnglandElevators]

NJMoo3652 This series is very easy to install, just mount the plate onto the box, wire the plate up, and mount the device itself. I CAN do without the noise though. It's good to get the attention of people in a potentially dangerous situation (fire, leak, etc). However, an alarm of this volume is definitely unnecessary...even to motivate people to leave the building.

[@sharisiaarnold1105]

Jaylon

[@NJMoo3652]

What?! Please stay relevant to the topic!!

[@zacharybishop6595]

***** I agree with NJMoo, but I'm not happy with the person who put these on High volume at my school.

[@NewEnglandElevators]

Zachary Bishop The volume on these things is completely unnecessary to get the point across that there's a fire in the building, possibly to the point of hearing damage. However, it can be a motivator to encourage people to leave the building. The extremely loud noise will prompt people to leave the building, they don't want to hear it.

[@elevatorelectricalenthusiasm]

My Parent's workplace has a louder alarm like that than yours

[@firealarmtechnologies2878]

My school has these. But their White. DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!

[@boydalexander4652]

This is the worst sound for a fire alarm

[@videogameplayer0552]

This alarm is evil

[@bscbwrsgsfned3646]

I can make cardboard fire alarms better then yall

[@MarkJohnson-iy2qd]

P2r sell it to me

[@buildplayhelpallday3553]

There is no way that FCI made a B-5 or 2 logos!!!😯😶😬😬😬😬😬😬😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯