The One that Started It All | Simplex 4903-9220 Fire Alarm Horn/Strobe

[@chicagolandrailfanning]

Very cool, my school has some of these still installed in a part of the building built in the mid 90’s.

[@Fallen._.Cheshiraphim]

"To be loved is to be changed." That alarm was your BEST FRIEND!

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

My P2R Advance used to be lol.

[@parker02311]

My first was a 4903-9217, really cool that you were able to get a awesome condition one for yourself and finally be able to hear its sound!

[@ThaCowPuncher]

You should repair the broken one

[@YourLocalFireAlarmTech]

back after I left being an automotive mechanic behind, I was questioning what I was meant for lol. KZbin started suggesting me all the fire alarm videos I used to watch and I was like "Oh yeah! I used to love fire alarms!" So I browsed EBAY and bought my first one. Still got it, it's an Edwards 877-7B 001 speaker strobe. Looks just like an 892. I thought it was pretty neat because I cant find much on this speaker strobe lol. Soon after I got a job with a Fire Alarm company and 1 year and a half later im still goin strong, my collection has gotten HUGE and still growing, 3 working panels on the wall, 5 in total (Just got an MS 9200 UDLS from a demo job today with a bunch of old 2400 series smokes, wheelock devices, etc) and Im proud to finally say I found what I wanna do for the rest of my life lol! Got my FAL Recently and about to get Notifier Certified to program. That being said, I love this video and can relate. Makes me wanna get one of these haha! Love the video as always man

[@PyroTech4051]

I own a 4903-9239. It’s my prized possession alarm. I love these vertical 4903’s.

[@GraysonPuzzo]

Glad that you got another 4903 9220

[@GabetheSlacker]

I'm pretty sure that since my high school has Simplex T-Bar pull stations, if I bring one of my Simplex T-Bars to school, whether that be the one I currently have or the one I'm getting between Thursday and Monday, a staff member would probably think I took it out of the building.

[@SignalMan9292]

My old elementry school has these but they were side mounted instead of standing up. They were located in the Library which was added on. I remember the teachers telling us how loud they are. The rest of the school had the 4903-9101. The kindergarten section which was added on in the early 2000's had the true alert alarms. The rest of the classrooms had the silent modern simplex strobe. I believe a few classrooms had the speakerless true alert unit. The school is obliviously still there I just don't know if the old 9101's got replaced or not.

[@Four_thousand_four]

First alarm was an exceeder. My elementary school had them. I was scared so much of them that I grew to like them, so I got one. Then a bg12 came in. And just recently I got a panel and a MT.

[@aidanthetoiletelevatorfire7554]

This alarm is an awesome device! Basically the vertical mounted version of the 4903-9219

[@MatthewKelley1206]

The South Shore Plaza in Braintree, MA has the speaker strobe version of what you have

[@aidanthetoiletelevatorfire7554]

It's a Simplex 4903-9147

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

My first fire alarm was the Spectralert Advance P2R. Not bad for small enthusiasts because they're easy to wire up.

[@SignalMan9292]

I love these things so much. I was super disappointed when I learned my high school has modern wheel lock alarms that make the chirping sound.

[@HappyJigg]

Oh man, I can super sympathize with this. I noticed that we have some of our favorite devises in common, like the Halon BG-10 and 450. Something similar to this video also happened to us recently. I remember not long after I became a fire alarm enthusiast, but before we got our first alarm, our parents took us on a road trip, and one of the stops was a college that had several Gamewell Vitaguard boxes mounted outdoors on poles. I became extremely excited and fixated on them, because it was the first time I had seen a Gamewell box in person. In the years since I thought about them a lot, and hoped, but didn't expect, that if they were ever removed, I could save them. Fast forward more than 12 years, and by sheer coincidence, not only did my brother and I end up going to that college, but we lived in the exact spot with the Gamewell boxes. At the same time, even though I was away from my whole collection, I started learning a ton of more stuff about fire alarm and security systems that made my love for them grow stronger than ever before. Another amazing thing is that fire alarms show up in various E-Waste bins around campus, allowing us to get some really cool devices, that not only had I wanted a lot already, but they were part of our own school! At one of these bins, I met one of the fire alarm maintenance people. They were super kind and we talked for awhile. I told him about my collection, he told me about the systems on campus, and at the end of it we exchanged contact info. Unfortunately, over the summer, the part of campus that we had called home for the last 2 years was torn down almost entirely. I saw this coming, but they seemingly had torn down more buildings than what was originally planned or published. I and many people I spoke to were surprised and saddened to learn this, but something good for me would come out of it. Turns out, the guy I had spoken to had saved all of the Vitaguards, and gave one to us! I am so happy that I don't even know what to write about it. It's literally a dream come true, finally owning a specific device that has been so important to me for most of my life. On another note, do you happen to know the physical difference between the U-HN and U-HNH, and which simplex devices use which horn mechanism? I always liked how they sounded together, but all 6 we have either are or have the U-HN mech.

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

Nice, and I think one is a higher output version

[@The-creator-of-good-videos-15]

@@FireAlarmDude5967 2:41: Who or what the heck is “Halon”? Is that a name of a person or something??

[@braydenfaw1568]

2:28

[@theporricelliadventures8866]

My own fire alarm

[@TheSimplex4903]

I feel you. I’ve been through this with a est pull station. Same story as you :)

[@OfficialMichaelTheCollector]

Your channel is AMAZING and WONDERFUL

[@filmer765]

Wow. Congrats on getting a fire alarm that began the whole thing. I’ve always wanted a fire alarm ever since the college campus I attended had its fire alarms replaced prior to me graduating. However, since the words “government” and “funding” got in the way, that prohibited my hopes and dreams.

[@foxbun8915]

I thought I was the only one kid that I take my fire alarm everywhere 😅

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

I wouldn’t recommend that

[@foxbun8915]

welp, that's too late LOL @@FireAlarmDude5967

[@SirensVacuums]

I have to agree. Fire Alarms are designed to sit on walls or ceilings, not to be carried around.

[@achannelwithnopurpose1977]

My first alarm was a wheelock ns which I took the horn out of and is wired to my conventional demo board.

[@sethhorst6158]

Pretty cool you still have the one you had for a long time! Though I wonder what happened to the horn of the old one? Though it's nice you finally got to hear what one sounds like with the new one. Also interesting knowing there are people who liked alarms since childhood, since I remember for some reason I was obsessed with them 10-11 years ago. Though I only ever obtained 1 alarm and still have it.

[@FourtyFiftyEighty]

Reminds me of my gamewell century with dual action key reset cover that I got from my elementary school. I had the key plate originally but young me threw it away because I thought it was impossible to get a key. Took YEARS to find a new one

[@TheSimplex4903]

Who are you

[@josephfrye7342]

well you can also put a fire alarm in a curio grandfather clocks. for a new shelf though.

[@Anchor_A]

He should restore the broken one

[@acutemadness]

only $50 I’ve heard some rare alarms go for hundreds

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

I generally max devices out at 50

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

@@FireAlarmDude5967 I spent 50 dollars one 3 things yesterday: A Truealert remote strobe, A Truealert horn/strobe housing, and a mini piezo buzzer I stuffed inside the remote strobe (now horn strobe) housing. Now I have a Truealert that sounds like a standard smoke alarm but it was worth it.

[@AndrewIsAwesome882]

Great video!

[@ACAAllertor125]

My First Alarm was the Vanguard V5-40. My First True Alarm was the Spectralert Advance. 😀

[@TFEAS-09]

Yeah, you got one!!!

[@S1LLY_SPR1GATIT0_L0VER]

my first alarm was a notifier bg12-lx and yes it’s still fine

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

Neat

[@Thebigdipper23]

My very first fire alarm was the wheelock rss , got it back in 2018

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

Mine was a spectralert advance. They're nice to wire up with their bracket design.

[@SirensVacuums]

Mine was also an Advance.

[@Thebigdipper23]

@@SirensVacuums sweet.

[@FireExtinguisherEnthusiast]

Awesome!

[@maiyo8518]

Nice 👍

[@carsonpergar7689]

What was your first pull station?

[@ACAAllertor125]

Why did You Gut the Alarm?

[@user-Calebculwell]

My first alarm was an EST genesis 😔

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

u should restore that broken one

[@LF5xu]

and how did you destroy it

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

I was a youngster

[@itz_coaltonnn]

u took it to school? 😂 thats crazy

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

Back in the day

[@theporricelliadventures8866]

I have the EST genesis

[@Lilniggy]

Real

[@Thing95]

Most of my fire alarms cost 50-80 dollars lol

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

That’s a lot

[@Thing95]

ye i cant find anything cheaper on ebay@@FireAlarmDude5967

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

Your gutted one you could have taken the horn out of a 4903-9252 and then had a horn for it at least.

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

Missing a strobe and that’s unoriginal

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

@@FireAlarmDude5967 but still placeholder horn. Like what I'm doing to my broken truealert, putting a mini piezo buzzer in it lol.

[@SylvieonPiggyFan29YT]

woomp woomp heres. you m. 0. m.