Just out of curiosity... since you're a fire alarm tester, what type of earplugs do you use? I have sensory issues with noise, and just want to know a brand that could help me. Love the video btw
@@CosmeReese-f2l earplugs? What earplugs are you talking about? I don’t wear no earplugs. I like the noise and I wanna hear it at full blast! Also I’m not a fire alarm tester, I’m just a senior in high school who is simply lucky to do this type of thing.
Question a local high school by my house has a simplex system true alerts inside and outside spectralert advance i thought only wheelock was compatible can you explain thanks vinnie
Nah, Siemens U-MHU-MCS horn strobes are louder. Don’t believe me, go watch my most recent video called “Summer fire alarm test at a school” those Siemens alarms are ear shatteringly loud.
Cool Siemens system! Sounds like Siemens U-MHU-MCS Horn Strobes and U-MHT-MCS Smoke Alarm sounder Horn Strobes. The candela on these horn strobes is not very noticeable so it's hard to tell whether it's on 15 (15/75), 30 (30/75), 75 or 110CD. I am wondering why the schools in your area look almost the same
Gentex is one of my all time favorite brands in terms of functionality and ease of installation. I think they have the best mounting bracket system compared to other brands, even if other brands have better appliances overall.
@@Gentex_Commander_2 Yeah I can see the strobe isn't ADA and no reflector Xenon Strobe or LED strobe and 4.75CD which is lower than the 15CD or higher requirement. Also the strobe lens is not fully clear.
That’s the benefit of EST fire alarms. They automatically sync without the need for a synchronization module. Just about every other make and model of fire alarm device requires some sort of sync protocol in order to sync up fire alarms.
i'm not a fan of the pull station cover, cause if someone threw a ball, the cover will open and a loud siren will activate. That's why i like the stopper better because 1. it's at the bottom and 2. it prevents false alarms from opening the stopper, plus it will have a siren inside the stopper.
If you replay the video you will briefly see me struggle to open the cover. Don’t worry, they are plenty secure. But yes I also prefer STI 2 stoppers with horn over the Sigcom stoppers.
@@Gentex_Commander_2the stoppers with the siren is much way better because of better protection against false alarms and again it’s easy to open the cover from the bottom
@@Gentex_Commander_2, it seems for a while in the early-to-mid 2000s Simplex had a preference for the Sigcom Sentry covers. There was a middle school near my old house that had a Simplex 4100U voice-evac system installed in 2003 with those covers, and I remember the piercing sound they made. Even after the 4100U got replaced with a Notifier NFS2-640 system, they kept the Sigcom covers. But since the late 2000s Simplex seems to have gone back to mostly using STI's Stopper covers, even if it's just for protecting pull stations in a gymnasium.
