I was actually going to ask you to test the pre- alarm feature of the smoke detectors in a monthly system test. Nice to see the system working and protecting your house. Great video! Keep up the good work!
Perfect system! Not only are low frequency sounders good for the rooms, but code 3 especially because I once saw you put them in continious, and they hurt my ears pretty bad, and horns (especially for me) are bad because they will increase panic attacks no matter if it is a system sensor horn or a Wheelock horn. Also I thought for a while that the sounders were horns but you didn't call them horns once.
I was going to recommend swapping the heads from the bedroom and the stairs to see if one head is less sensitive, but the explanation you made on the sensitivity setting makes sense. If they were set the same then I would try that.
In your next monthly test, you could test the heat detector in the store room in the garige and the heat detector in the shed that is attached to the house.
Only at 1:53, so I'll edit if it changes, but I recall reading in a US Notifier (or maybe firelite, but I think it was notifier) brief that you can have detectors grouped and it will look at the chamber values of that group. Not a notifier tech, so I don't have access to manuals that would confirm how this is setup, but I assume if you haven't enabled that then it's not what is going on here. If this feature does exist, it might be something to play with in the future.
I wonder if there's a way you could have some light strip in the kitchen change to orange/yellow when the system goes into pre-alarm? I mean, it's not necessary at all. But it _would_ be cool.
@@The_FireAlarmGuy because I want smoke or heat to be able to set it off and not need both to be set of might be possible to separate but they are way to expensive anyway.
I agree that smoke alarms are unreliable more often than they should be, so I also installed a fire alarm system in my house monitored by an American monitoring company, ADT. I don't recommend getting it monitored because it already sends emails and notifications to your phone without monitoring, and the monitoring fees are at least 100 USD each month, which is extremely expensive. Overall, the system is exceptionally high quality and has a pre-alarm to prevent false alarms. I have had the system for nine years, and it has picked up a real fire in an oven caused by debris being left in the stove, which got me and my family safely evacuated and quickly notified the fire department before the fire spread further. The system also does CO as well. Just yesterday, my house had a dangerous outlet that sparked so horrifically it split in half and crumbled into pieces, but I was much less worried even knowing there was an active fire hazard because of the fire alarm system. I encourage everyone who reads this to stay as safe as possible by at least getting residential smoke and co-detectors in recommended areas of the house. Stay safe and even safer with fire protection.
HI Nic or Siren so are you saying if I am looking at alarms options I are you saying I should be able to get something like adt and not get it monitored and if I manage to get it installed but not monitored I would save on the monitoring fee?
Nic do you think than its possible that I could have something like adt installed than and then ask it is a requirment to have a monitoring fee I mean theoretically it should work and be able t dodge the monitoring fee ? I guess in theory it would work but it does not mean they allow it ?
great video! im writing a mod for Minecraft (fabric 1.19.2) that adds some fire alarm devices and exit signs. i currently have a BG-12 pull station, a white exit sign, and a key for the pull station.
What's the fifth monitor module above the panel (the one above the garage tie-in module) for? Also, what were you cooking when the smoke detectors went off?
HI Nic I may have watch this video but I also tried to look it up on line are you saying that the pre alarm is a condition in a professionally installed system that raises the sensitivity of certain alarms or am I missing something thoughts please thank you!
Like many commercial fire systems when a alarm goes off it automatically calls the fire department. Does your system call the fire department or do you have to call the fire department yourself?
In my personal opinion, pre-alarm shouldn’t be used because every second counts in a real fire and or smoke situation. I find it ridiculous that Disney World has pre-alarm set to 2 minutes on attractions but that’s just me lol
That's not how it works your set pre-alarm level is not a time delayed alarm. It's an entirely different set level below the alarm level it does not affect your alarm response time. You are talking about pre-signal which is entirely different.
