07/30/2021 Bell Test (Simplex 4020)

Another Simplex test today, which is rare considering our company is primarily an EST dealer. This is at an adult independent living home. Although not seen the panel is a 4020. The alarms are primarily 4903-9219s, although you can see a TrueAlert at the beginning and a 4903-9236 in the basement at the end. The rooms have Gentex 9123 smoke alarms w/ sounders that are tied into the 4020 so that the panel activates when the smoke alarms do. The rooms also have remote strobes in them. Despite being an addressable system, the initiating devices in the common areas are actually conventional and set up in a zoned manner. This place had several issues that need to be corrected in the future, but luckily nothing signal-related.

[@siphonralarms9411]

Those horns sound really healthy, not too often you see that anymore

[@firealarmguy100]

Awesome video although I have to say I feel bad that the alarm is on continuous for the elders. I think they want to keep whatever hearing they have left 😂

[@TheJakeman789]

They might have it on continuous for the hard of hearing maybe.

[@Firealarmwatcher]

@@TheJakeman789 Makes more sense the elders at my grandpas place have Wheelock 7001-24s in a building

[@andrewsstation6436]

The description says that the rooms have remote strobes only. But the horns in the hallways could be on continuous to increase the likelihood of those in the rooms hearing them.

[@TheCarson116]

Odd how there's at least one electronic 4903 horn/strobe among the electromechanical ones, unless it replaced one of the latter that stopped working (probably the same deal with the Truealert). I definitely like the sound the electromechanical ones make (interesting how they all have a different pitch as well). Let's hope that none of the people who live at that home have epilepsy, because if that system ever goes off it's almost guaranteed to give them a seizure since none of the strobes are synced. I hope the rooms have remote strobes rather than horn/strobes (for the sake of each resident's hearing). Best of luck in correcting the issues this system has. 0:02 Ah, one of the older squealer horn Stopper IIs! 5:31 Nice "chorus" between both of the horn/strobes in that area. 6:08 I see what appears to be a Gentex S1209-series/CO1209-series/GN-503-series detector to the right of the 9236 & emergency light, is that what it is?

[@Dranfusion]

Yea here at my old high school only had one 4903-9425 TrueAlert in a big classroom added out of nowhere while the rest are just 4051 and 9252 horns in halls cafiteria gym and library. System is run on 4010.

[@lorenlorenzen4626]

My old Christian school was a small school the panel was a 4002 it got fried when lightning struck the building in 2005 but the old alarm was a 4903-9219 they kept it

[@Bothomas-vm5hz]

wow brings me back 20+ years ago in my high school with the continuous simplex horns I think they where 2000 series horns catches me by surprise every time, good thing these rooms have strobes or else you probably would give half the elders a heart attack in that facility with open vacancies available after every test, kidding aside of course

[@Twentythree33]

Sorry to hear you work for an EST dealer.

[@weatherdan882002]

It really isn't as bad of a brand as people think it is...

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

est xxxx

[@Leafy597]

Those are some really scary alarms! The one at 5:04 sounds like my school

[@davidredpath4781]

Good stuff

[@joshuawilson8244]

Are the 4903s smart sync?

[@weatherdan882002]

No, they were free-run

[@rudyiraheta80]

what's on panel 4045

[@shaneyop6486]

I feel like the horns are in the rooms

[@aidanthetoiletelevatorfire7554]

They're Gentex 9123 mini horns as stated in the description.

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

why do you not pull t bar that would see if it actually works properly and nice 4903 electromechanical horns

[@FireAlarmTech7.]

Some pull stations have break rods in them, so you don’t want to break those.

[@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440]

@@FireAlarmTech7. what's the break rod for

[@FireAlarmTech7.]

To make the pull station harder to pull to deter false alarms.

[@Firealarmwatcher]

NICE! I love it!

[@landonlefevre5167]

Careful where you film my man

[@weatherdan882002]

I'm careful enough not to film in any highly classified areas, and even when I do film I blur out faces, names, account information, addresses, etc. All is good!

[@geoffg8840]

@@weatherdan882002 can we see the alarms?

[@ocsrc]

Looks like a Catholic Charities assisted living facility

[@Jenncollins_]

It is. This Company typically buys out Simplex Stuff, And These horns, were part of this building's Opening(Seen by the horns are mounted by wall and not box)

[@joeycaridi3030]

The stopper cover alarm at the beginning sounded weird. It also kinda sounds like a System Sensor MASS on 800 Hz Continuous

[@weatherdan882002]

It's a first generation stopper cover with a mechanical horn