Great video as usual, can't wait to see what's next! I just love the older style 2903 units. My school has a 4020 with 2903 strobe plates and 9838 horns in marchtime. During a fire drill it sounds amazing, and it's not ear piercingly loud like the electro horns used today, although I'm more used to those than the older electromechanical horns but I still like them a lot.
It seems all the Simplex 4005 was typically used for was to replace older hard-wired conventional fire alarm panels, like the 2001 for instance. (They also made a version of the 4005 that could be installed in a single-bay 4002 cabinet!) The 2901-9806 horns on 2903 light plates are cool; a very common type of fire alarm signal setup found on 2001 systems.
My school runs on a Simplex 4005 system with just TrueAlerts, 2 remote strobes. The other school building has a mixed system, I don't know what the panel is, it's not a Simplex, but the fire alarm system from what I know now has 2 Wheelock 7002t's, I don't know if one is a 7002t-24, and 2 System Sensor P2r (A.K.A. SpectrAlert Advance) remote strobes, and one outside with a weatherproof backbox, and one in the Kitchen. Also, I think there is a Wheelock AS remote horn, I don't know if its rare or not, Last fire alarm but not least, is a boring Wheelock MT in the gym. Way more cooler than the EST Genesis system in old school!
nice video! I just have some advice. I think you should always pull the pull stations. even if they have the break rod in them. and you can bring more break rods with you. just because key activating them does not fully test them. you should make sure that the handle makes contact with the switch/button. just in general
I understand the basic concept manual fire alarm stations. Been doing this a while & I often have this brought up. Bear in mind what you see in the videos isn't all of what I do. All of my pull stations get functionally tested at least annually if not more depending upon frequency of which I'm on site.
@@thegamingsfirstchoice8187 well he puts the panel into walk test because he doesn't have to walk all the way back to the panel silence it and reset it every single time he pulls a pull station plus it's too much glass besides who'd want to put who'd want to go around pulling a Pull Station going back to the panel and resetting it he does that because maybe there's a 10 floor building and he is on the 10th floor and the panel is on the 1st he doesn't want to do that besides it's faster you nut.
You want to know something stupid. My middle School has simplex 2903 but for a drill they use the time to switch class bell. I've been dieing to hear one of those in person. oh also the fire alarm system seems to be dieing.
SAFETECH (Old person voice) Back in my day, we didn’t have horn strobes in classrooms, and we used lights instead of strobes. Man do I miss the good old days👴🏻
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Not making anything of it, but I will admit that I miss the times when you would set the system off and just let it go while you walked around the building.
Reminds me of my elementary school. Their 2903's were strobes, and the horns were probably -9838's, but building style was pretty similar in some places, and the echo was amazing.
This is a 1920's school building; I can tell by the architecture. My town had one but it was closed for over 25 years and was recently razed to make way for a housing development. They're going to incorporate parts of the old school into the homes and signage though, which I think is pretty cool.
This kind of reminds me of the older fire alarm system in the main administration building at my friend's university. They originally had a Simplex 2001 system installed in 1979 or 1980, and the alarms were 4051+4050-85 horn/lights, but they had the same single-action 4251-20 pulls, along with old Simplex-branded ESL smoke detectors. In the early 2000s, a Simplex 4100 panel replaced the 2001. Then a couple years ago, everything got replaced with a modern Simplex 4100ES voice-evac system with TrueAlert speaker/strobes and the new Simplex 4099-9006 dual-action pulls with the LED indicator.
Quick question: The -9806 (Vibratone), the -9833 (Faraday 6020), and the -9838 (Faraday modular horn) were all around at the same time. What made installers choose one over the other?
@@safetech The -9838 came a little after the -9833, I believe. The -9806 was also their higher-powered horn option at the time. Today while Simplex doesn't have any electromechanical fire alarm horns anymore, they still rebrand the Federal Signal Vibratone 350 and the Wheelock 31T as general signaling alarms.
Colton Leake They are plastic or fiberglass rods that act as a tamper-proof means to prevent the pull station from being accidentally pulled. In essence, they help to secure the lever in position to prevent it from dropping say if something were to inadvertently come in contact with it.
My high school has the strobe version of those light plates, but it had the exact same horns, and the panel was a bigger 2120, that's still in operation, though, there could be change, but it's 2903-9806s on continuous
These 80's systems can really get people's attention instead of a cheap Notifier or Fire Lite If only your company would make throwback models of these 2901 and 2903 series
1:54, most satisfying sound of a 4251-20 being pulled EVER
Same.
You can tell the building is old when there are simplex 2903s
1979?
sean rollins had to have been 1982 and 1988 because of that size 2001. Probably 1983-84
Oh yes. I’ve seen a 9806 on a 2903 light plate only once in a building. I want to get one really bad
Well, the building was built in the 1920s or maybe the 1930s, and then had the Simplex system installed in the early-to-mid 1980s.
Great video as usual, can't wait to see what's next!
I just love the older style 2903 units. My school has a 4020 with 2903 strobe plates and 9838 horns in marchtime. During a fire drill it sounds amazing, and it's not ear piercingly loud like the electro horns used today, although I'm more used to those than the older electromechanical horns but I still like them a lot.
Mechanical horns are my favorite, but I also want a 2903, especially an incandesent light version
It seems all the Simplex 4005 was typically used for was to replace older hard-wired conventional fire alarm panels, like the 2001 for instance. (They also made a version of the 4005 that could be installed in a single-bay 4002 cabinet!)
The 2901-9806 horns on 2903 light plates are cool; a very common type of fire alarm signal setup found on 2001 systems.
I just love these old buildings
Awesome! Do you have any voice evacuations coming soon? I would love to see those! 😁
In this entire Fire Alarm Test series, I like this video the best!
My school runs on a Simplex 4005 system with just TrueAlerts, 2 remote strobes. The other school building has a mixed system, I don't know what the panel is, it's not a Simplex, but the fire alarm system from what I know now has 2 Wheelock 7002t's, I don't know if one is a 7002t-24, and 2 System Sensor P2r (A.K.A. SpectrAlert Advance) remote strobes, and one outside with a weatherproof backbox, and one in the Kitchen. Also, I think there is a Wheelock AS remote horn, I don't know if its rare or not, Last fire alarm but not least, is a boring Wheelock MT in the gym. Way more cooler than the EST Genesis system in old school!
nice video! I just have some advice. I think you should always pull the pull stations. even if they have the break rod in them. and you can bring more break rods with you. just because key activating them does not fully test them. you should make sure that the handle makes contact with the switch/button. just in general
also please stop putting in walk test.. little annoying
ok, but keep in mind I know simplex people very well and I'm on there team. so I was just giving him advice that all!
I understand the basic concept manual fire alarm stations. Been doing this a while & I often have this brought up. Bear in mind what you see in the videos isn't all of what I do. All of my pull stations get functionally tested at least annually if not more depending upon frequency of which I'm on site.
The Gaming's First Choice he can put it on whatever he wants."
@@thegamingsfirstchoice8187 well he puts the panel into walk test because he doesn't have to walk all the way back to the panel silence it and reset it every single time he pulls a pull station plus it's too much glass besides who'd want to put who'd want to go around pulling a Pull Station going back to the panel and resetting it he does that because maybe there's a 10 floor building and he is on the 10th floor and the panel is on the 1st he doesn't want to do that besides it's faster you nut.
6:10 The fire alarm horn pitches sound like my elementary school's fire alarms like that in the video.
I bet this building used to have an old autocall system before the Simplex 2001 system was put in
Nice alarms and pull Stations.
Have a feeling the system was retrofitted because of all the conduit.
Is there a reason why the panel is in the middle of the hallways
Safeman4202 thank u!
Technically not right in the middle however it's where the original panel was located thus more cost effective/easier to transition service.
SAFETECH gotcha
that building looks a lot like my high school. two completely different systems though.
You want to know something stupid. My middle School has simplex 2903 but for a drill they use the time to switch class bell. I've been dieing to hear one of those in person. oh also the fire alarm system seems to be dieing.
That’s straight up stupid
Nice rug
I’ve never heard of a (mechanical) horn/strobe go off in code 3
Ahh 2903 light plates
Aesthetically pleasing and easy to work with
Why do some of the Alarms beep twice and some make a longer beep?
RSS Alarms walktest
Great video 😀👍👍
Evan Bart 410 😀👍👍
😀👍👍
Why won't this school update to the new code with horn strobes in every classroom
Vinnie Versaci
They don't have to it is grandfathered.
SAFETECH (Old person voice)
Back in my day, we didn’t have horn strobes in classrooms, and we used lights instead of strobes. Man do I miss the good old days👴🏻
@@safetech I would say the alarms featured with old school fire alarms are my most favorite.
I don’t really favor Simplex systems because they’re too difficult to install and program.
I thick some the pull Station needs to be replace or repair them
That echo on March time would be nuts and i know how to change coding because of roblox and video
Who tried watching this at full volume?
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You can’t do that you get in trouble
He's testing the system. As it says in the title.
Not making anything of it, but I will admit that I miss the times when you would set the system off and just let it go while you walked around the building.
Goldenrod636
Well in that case I think you may like some of the future content yet to come! 😉
Same here
6:29 love the echo when it shut off
Continuous oh no!
Reminds me of my elementary school. Their 2903's were strobes, and the horns were probably -9838's, but building style was pretty similar in some places, and the echo was amazing.
This is a 1920's school building; I can tell by the architecture. My town had one but it was closed for over 25 years and was recently razed to make way for a housing development. They're going to incorporate parts of the old school into the homes and signage though, which I think is pretty cool.
firefreak57 Do the lights work on the alarms at the RHS, as shown in the video?
Fire Alarm Sounds Like A Train Coming
Any clip?
That little trouble bell seems to be pretty audible, regardless of what part of the building you’re in!
Love those horns
This kind of reminds me of the older fire alarm system in the main administration building at my friend's university. They originally had a Simplex 2001 system installed in 1979 or 1980, and the alarms were 4051+4050-85 horn/lights, but they had the same single-action 4251-20 pulls, along with old Simplex-branded ESL smoke detectors. In the early 2000s, a Simplex 4100 panel replaced the 2001. Then a couple years ago, everything got replaced with a modern Simplex 4100ES voice-evac system with TrueAlert speaker/strobes and the new Simplex 4099-9006 dual-action pulls with the LED indicator.
They sound creepy enough
And the horns sound like 9806s
I love the old simplex alarms. Even when they’re on continuous ❤
Are those 2903s with 2901-9806s?
Really cool!
Surface mounted 2903s. I like it.
Quick question: The -9806 (Vibratone), the -9833 (Faraday 6020), and the -9838 (Faraday modular horn) were all around at the same time. What made installers choose one over the other?
Fahrenheit4051
Likely price and availability at the time if I had to guess.
@@safetech The -9838 came a little after the -9833, I believe. The -9806 was also their higher-powered horn option at the time.
Today while Simplex doesn't have any electromechanical fire alarm horns anymore, they still rebrand the Federal Signal Vibratone 350 and the Wheelock 31T as general signaling alarms.
SAFETECH, what are those little white bars that you kept pulling out of the inside of the pull stations?
Colton Leake
Break-rods that have been broken.
SAFETECH, and what exactly are break-rods???
Colton Leake
They are plastic or fiberglass rods that act as a tamper-proof means to prevent the pull station from being accidentally pulled. In essence, they help to secure the lever in position to prevent it from dropping say if something were to inadvertently come in contact with it.
What r those white stick things u grab out of the pull stations?
Break rods.
@@FireRescue80oh
AWESOME VID MAN keep up the good work! I really would like to see more old simplex alarms from the 90s :]
RAM MAN
Thanks and stay tuned 👍
I will and no problem :]
And 80s too
What an amazing system :O
I like the simplex pull stations
Great video!
I do have 2903s light plates in my school
I Love fire drill
I remember these systems. I had them at my old elementary school.
same
My high school has the strobe version of those light plates, but it had the exact same horns, and the panel was a bigger 2120, that's still in operation, though, there could be change, but it's 2903-9806s on continuous
0:12
Very loud..... I like code 3 or match time better
Holy 1000/10
Cool system and building but I'd imagine it has a lot of asbestos in it..
4:04 Break rod fail!
My high school’s system is exactly like this but in march time
These were the best horns Simplex ever made.
I'm really curious as to what's inside that 2001 cabinet
NJMoo3652
Nothing it's gutted.
@@safetech could you ask if i could have it?
I had simplex horns with strobes when I was in pre school
Really nice sounds old
Is there going to be a system with single stroke bells?
Broke almost every break rod.
Awesome system!!
Looks like Auradon Prep!
Cool alrm but vare loud
very weird how trash and debris get inside the pull stations
They don’t
It sounds so scary
Cool video
Safetech is it true that Johnson Controls is buying out tycosimplexgrinnel?
Simplex Freak
Yes. They merged with Tyco last year. Simplex however will still be around as a brand. Just the company name is changing.
Very cool!!
The horns are awesome
3:13 why was there 2 circle bars?
Break rod
SAFETECH oh I didn't know you can put a glass rod in a simplex tbar
cool
Have you ever worked on a Siemens system? My High School has Siemens and it really sucks, its always in trouble.
Evan Bartholomew
Yes unfortunately...
LOL
And it's also watched by Tyco
This building looks way older than the fire alarm system itself, so what were the previous fire alarms?
Most likely a old pull rod system
@@WilmingtonOHProductions Do you think that was an Autocall system that was there previously? Do you know the channel OLD SCHOOL FIRE ALARMS?
@@sigglass2183 Yes I do
What is this version of testing called ?
Walk test
What kind of horn strobes are those?
JGHS-Ghost Hunts
2903 series
How old is the system?
RSS Alarms
Original components 30+ yrs
RSS Alarms well the panel must be around 4-24 years old because the 4005 was made from 1994 to around 2014
In this video, I like the sound of opening pull stations, like the key noises!
What was the bell at 6:50 used for?
Curt Adriel
Read description.
SAFETECH Oh ok. Thanks
At the first alarm sounding, it sounded so cool!
These 80's systems can really get people's attention instead of a cheap Notifier or Fire Lite
If only your company would make throwback models of these 2901 and 2903 series
SimplexTech Guy9838 they wouldn’t be up to NFPA code
In the beginning, why did you pull the T bar a little bit down, then used the key?
I love this Fire alarm