Just watched this on RU-vid for the first time in 2024. First off, I can't imagine being a kid and going to a school like that and going through every monthly fire drill, covering my ears, knowing that "holy crap, those metal red fire bells are loud" as opposed to the horn strobes here in the US, here in Washington state in my past life and in my childhood growing up and going to school. Some of them were set in Continuous except for the E building and the new high school where both my older brother, my sister-in-law and I attended separately and graduated (voice-activated and in Code 3), and the "Sno- Isle Skills Center" the other High School set to Code 3.
We have to do six fire drills per year here so it isn't quite every month but the kids can cover their ears if they would like but the system has to be under 108 dB to prevent any hearing damage but it also has to be a minimum of 65 dB or 10 over ambient in the classrooms so you have to be somewhere in the middle where you aren't too loud in the corridors and still loud enough in the classrooms
Would love to buy that first caged Durabel if you’re planning to sell it as it and I were born only 2 weeks apart in 1977. We can both celebrate our Birthdays together LOL. Loving this new system already, such a difference in size when you compare the old 6500 panel vs the new Notifier panel. Seems so much smaller and cleaner now.
Your addressable fire alarm systems must work differently to those we fit in the UK. I've been wiring notifier pearl panels recently and they have every single device on loops - the two conductors go around every device then back to the panel. Can have up to 150 devices (sounders, break glass, smoke detectors, strobes, relays) on each loop. Last one I wired had one loop with 52 devices on. As far as I know the panel won't allow wiring not in a loop - if you break the loop the panel throws a fault code. If we replace an old fire alarm we put all new wiring in.
North American systems can have loops (class A wiring) for better reliability or can go without loops (class B loops). Class A is generally used for new construction as it is much more reliable. Class B is generally used for retrofitting older buildings like the one in this video. This is done so that the old wiring can be reused.
they look good and new. we have our british ones. As in our fire alarm sounders and british i see some off your schools like our fire exit running arrow sighs but its like we say old out in with the NEW!!
That EST QuickStart at that your old middle school is finally getting sacked too eh? Durability test that panel if you can save it. Put 120VAC in the slc and watch the fireworks show. That quickstart definitely deserves to have a Notifier Panel put in its place. I think a nfs-320c will do the trick.
We did for the heat detectors but we put metal pull stations so they don't need it maybe got some for the alarms after the fact not sure but this is just an elementary school so they don't break things as much usually it's the after hours user groups
I prefer the Xenon L-Series over the LED models even though I have an LED L-Series. I think they should have kept the Xenon L-Series because the LED L-Series is not listed for FWR but their is still alot of New Old Stock for the Xenon L-Series and unsold Xenon L-Series on eBay and of course the Xenons are still being installed in buildings because they were ordered and assigned before the LED models came out.
@@nics-systems-electricthe datasheet lists only filtered DC as a proper input, but I have a feeling that will be ignored by some people when it comes to replacing failed devices. I have a theory that the fire panel controlled candela setting reserved for future use has something to do with it
@@HenBasketFireAlarms The fire panel controlled setting means they'll be addressable LED L-Series devices that can work on an addressable Honeywell panel with the capability possibly changing the tone and volume through an addressable NAC circuit with a conventional one too like it could happen on the Fire-Lite ES series panels and the Notifier Inspire series panels
Because this isn't a toy system this is real life in the real world you have to install devices that are legally listed and you are going to install what is compatible with the system and system sensor is the best option
@@NS-LifeSaftey it really comes down to your jurisdiction. My province (might be the same as yours) has electricians performing the field wiring, and a technician programs and verifies they system.
just wanted to let you know that i was able to figure out your house address fairly easily. i'm not going to expose it or anything like that but i suggest you be careful about things you show in your videos. (it was not this video where i found it, i'm intentionally being vague so other people can't replicate it from this comment.)
I am extremely careful spent many hours on every video editing out information however it is still possible for things to slip through and at the end of the day people can still recognize places it's unfortunate people are after my location but I do everything I can to hide it and that's just the downside of social media
@@nics-systems-electric yeah, it is frustrating that some people try to get their hands on information just so they can use it in a way that makes people angry. dont worry, i will not share your location with anyone.
@@StuffyRU-vid I have a set channel upload schedule if I uploaded every time I made a video there would be sometimes where you'd have 15 videos in one week and then a month with nothing
