Simplex 4050-80s on a 2001!!!!! | Fire Alarm Test #45 

absolutely beautiful!! It's amazing to see systems this old still in service. It's a shame newer ones arent this cool lol

2:15 What's the ￡@@k...... The sound of HELL

You should salvage this system if it's due for replacement anytime soon. Be sure to salvage the backboxes for the 4050-80s. I guess you could become the Old School Fire Alarms of the Spokane Valley.

Cool finding 4050-80s still in service, even though most of the lights are blown out. That horn at 2:15 sounds sick, though. Hopefully, they'll slap new bulbs in those 4050-80s, but cool find though on a late 70s system.

I bet that all those alarms got replaced with Advances

Woah, the horn at 2:14 sounds messed up!

That's an awesome system to see still in service! Seems like a lot of the 4050-80's bulbs are burnt out though.

Why not just put new bulbs in the burnt ones.

Those are 4050-84's! Too bad most of the bulbs are burnt out, but awesome that the capacitor is still good on the 2001.

1:43 - One strobe still survived!

Hi! 👋 Came here immediately after the Techmoan video, following your link. This video is proof that vintage Simplex systems really do stand the test of time!

Those alarms sound cool

What a lovely mid-late 70’s system.

Great video and absolute classic system!

Early gang 👇

Do you know what year was the panel installed?

This system is a gem!

Save the 4050-80’s!!!

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Interesting seeing an early Simplex 2001 system with the NACs set up like a Simplex 4208 or 4207 system, i.e. the horns on Continuous and the light plates flashing (via the March Time card, compared to the coding wheel on a 4208 or 4207 panel). It seems 4251-30 break-glass pulls were pretty popular on school fire alarm systems in the 1970s and 1980s. The elementary (now K-8) school I went to for kindergarten is such an example. The 4051s here even sound a lot like the ones that were at my school, but they did Slow March Time (apparently the system coding was changed in the 1980s or very early 1990s, because when a friend of mine went to the school when it was brand new in the 1970s, it was configured so, again, the horns were on Continuous while the 4050-80s flashed).

0:56 what's that other 4051 doing there?

I'm curious if light bulbs for those are still obtainable?

If it’s all gonna be replaced soon, which judging by the state of most field devices it prob will, get chasing on those parts. Everything can all easily be refurbished and then you have all the 4050-80s you desire.

Are these so old that there are no replacement light bulbs for them?

Guess the alarm company didn’t remove the old horn only and looks like then system didn’t pass inspection all the lights were dead but just one worked. Hopefully they get a new simplex system that would be a good video

Were some of those 4051s in classrooms because I swear some of them sound like there is only 1 alarm in the area.

0:40 sounds like a a/c compressor

Legendary system! ( why are the lamps not blinking )

Whoa! Simplex 4051's!!!!!

We got a broken horn and light don't work

the 4050-80s were my fav!

It's the best day ever I got a new car and you upload a video

the bulbs need to be replaced

This is the same setup as my elementary school. All the 4051 horns were in continuous and the strobes were in march time flash. The only difference was the tone in all the horns were in the same pitch instead of different pitches like the video. It used to terrify me as a kid and the fire drills were painfully loud.

This is amazing!!!

Hey 4050-80 what happened to the break glass hammer on 0:36 + 0:49 where’s the glass

first

AMAZING SYSTEM!!!!

i saw a older horn next to the 4050

Did you conpose the intro music from scratch, or did you use loops?

Weird how they only wired the lights to the march time card not the horns

I thought u found a 2001 with a march time card once. idk if a different system or something 2001 systems are uncommon today