I have these 9838s at my school, which was built in the 1900s. Fortunately, the alarms are in the hallway. Unlike some schools, which have one fire alarm in every classroom
I like how the lower you go, the lower the pitch of the horn is. These works so well, considering the fact they are hooked into a Fire Lite MS10UD panel. Usually the horns wouldn’t really sound good because of the FWR current theses panels give off, but these 9838 horns still sound strong. Love the sound of healthy mechanical horns:) Btw, it seems like the 10UD replaced a Simplex 2001-8001 possibly.
It's like Music Notes. It goes by A B C D E F G and depending on the pitch, it can be either Sharp or Flat. The original comment up there is trying to say that the Alarms had different pitches.
Worked with that same system for over 35 years in a Skilled Nursing Facility. Was very dependable, few problems and there was no way to miss those horns.
These were at Liberty Elementary School in Boise, Idaho, but the incandescent lights were replaced by the traditional strobes. Personally I feel the incandescent light looks better
It's actually a light plate, & the two-sided piece you're referring to is the lens: some alarms' "FIRE" lettering is designed to be visible from all angles, including the Simplex 2903-series & the SpectrAlert Advance-series by System Sensor.
Definitely rare to see alarms that old not only still in service 30+ years after manufacture (& installation) but with the panel set on temporal/code 3 no less! (most older systems that receive panel upgrades keep the original code, which is usually continuous, even though NFPA 72 mandates temporal 3 & thus should forbid any other code from being used)
It might depend. Not only the codes are just not right is like code 3 for example. It would not just be a walk test and it's cool which is being like a fire drill for example. It's basically not a walk test the smoke detectors went off I think that's how when activated. Not only they are just order alarms but they are just kind of rare to find. So there are really easy to find in Roblox. It's just to 2903 with the 2901 horn behind it. It's just kind of rare to find the strobe plate. Not only it's not the 4051 on the 40 50 80
You’re so right. It was a continuous code. The ones I heard back in elementary school (which used to scare the shit out of me) had a continuous code but every time the strobe flashes the horn would go up in pitch with every flash
@@troymontgomery4541 Well isn't _that_ odd behavior, unless maybe the tone screw was loose (provided they were mechanical horns that had tone screws at least).
Only thing that sucks is with incandescent bulbs now banned when the light plates quit working they will not be able to replace the bulbs that either they will have to switch to the strobe plate version or the signal itself will have to be replaced with a new one
im not sure why, but US based fire alarm systems just seem so ew to me. (I am Australian) i much prefer our panels, our alarm tones, and our call points.
The important thing with any fire alarm system in a building is to test it so often that if there ever is a REAL fire, everyone will be conditioned to ignore it and slowly burn to death.
@@joeycaridi3030 There's a metal tab that you can move up and down to adjust the pitch. The same thing can be done with the early models of the Simplex 4903s. Only you have to use an allen wrench to adjust the pitch.
@@joeycaridi3030 There's metal tabs that you can adjust to change the pitch of the sounds. This can also be done with the 4903 series as well. Only difference is you loosen or tighten the screws on the horn.
I found that the Gaylord Opryland hotel is Nashville has these exact simplex 2903 light plate fire alarms. A couple of them have been replaced with True alerts and 4903 horn strobes but many of these original light plates are still in this hotel
You mean figure out what the pitch is? Or an interval, or a chord? I hope you don’t fall yourself a professional musician, unless you know your music theory
I honestly dont know why they put a horn sound in these like you would be able to hear it if there was a bell or a whistle or anything else but they had to put a horn in because thats all people can hear nowadays
@@FireRescue80 no. I was not wearing any. This was a real alarm so that was why the video was fairly short. Luckily it was just smoke from a units kitchen
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Those are really heathy sounding considering their age.
Simplex honkers age well.
Heathy
Don't all them sound like that?
my favorite horn 0:13
Same
I have these 9838s at my school, which was built in the 1900s. Fortunately, the alarms are in the hallway. Unlike some schools, which have one fire alarm in every classroom
same with my school because its too loud so they put it in the halls
I like how the lower you go, the lower the pitch of the horn is. These works so well, considering the fact they are hooked into a Fire Lite MS10UD panel. Usually the horns wouldn’t really sound good because of the FWR current theses panels give off, but these 9838 horns still sound strong. Love the sound of healthy mechanical horns:)
Btw, it seems like the 10UD replaced a Simplex 2001-8001 possibly.
The MS -10 UD puts j r filtered DC
The ms5 only puts out fwr
@@alexandersalarms5380 don’t forget the ms2,ms4,and the ms9200 series.
yeah why does the pitch go down?
@@alexandersalarms5380MS-5UD-7 puts out filtered
1st alarm key: C
2nd alarm key: C#
3rd alarm key: C (off pitch)
4th alarm key: B (off pitch close to C)
Sorry im bored
Fu,u
ikr?
It's like Music Notes.
It goes by A B C D E F G and depending on the pitch, it can be either Sharp or Flat.
The original comment up there is trying to say that the Alarms had different pitches.
Its c
C+
C-
@@Exit911YT Exit 911 hi?
Worked with that same system for over 35 years in a Skilled Nursing Facility. Was very dependable, few problems and there was no way to miss those horns.
These were at Liberty Elementary School in Boise, Idaho, but the incandescent lights were replaced by the traditional strobes. Personally I feel the incandescent light looks better
I’ve seen them around Idaho as well. Priest River high school has a bunch of strobe versions
It's neat how the flashing beacon is two-sided to be extra visible while traversing a corridor.
my school has these crappy and dirty beacons like the one in this video but look more like an elevator arrow. and make a very weird noise.
It's actually a light plate, & the two-sided piece you're referring to is the lens: some alarms' "FIRE" lettering is designed to be visible from all angles, including the Simplex 2903-series & the SpectrAlert Advance-series by System Sensor.
Personally, i think ElectroMechanical horns are HORRIBLE on Temporal Coding. But they're charming on March Time or Continuous
I personally think they sound the best on Code 3.
@@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign Yeah but that's just my opinion on it
@@foco5657 I know that.
0:46 that is one of my favorite fire alarm
I literally watch this over and over just because I like the sound of Simplex mechanical horns...
lol :)
Me too people should make more of these
yeah i agree because they sound a little quiet :)
Same.
The horns sound neat even the true alerte and M3
Love how the sound of the alarm gets lower in octave every floor
I always found that interesting back then. Could never figure out what caused it
Low higher lower lower
0:00
0:10
0:39
Music to my ears! Thanks for the video!
I always want to watch this video every day, because I obviously like the sound of Simplex mechanical horn/strobes
My dog absolutely loves this!
R.I.P this fire alarm they have been replaced with other fire alarms they should bring this one back
Really? You know where this is?
Those have to be the cleanest mech horns I've ever seen.
Nick Carpenter yes! My apartment is in nearly new new condition despite of being 40 years old
They are the best cleaners ever XD
Agree with you
@@susansorrentino6130yeah,me too (April 14,2023 and July 3rd,2023/🏝).
Definitely rare to see alarms that old not only still in service 30+ years after manufacture (& installation) but with the panel set on temporal/code 3 no less! (most older systems that receive panel upgrades keep the original code, which is usually continuous, even though NFPA 72 mandates temporal 3 & thus should forbid any other code from being used)
It also depends on what requirements the AHJ has in places like.
It might depend. Not only the codes are just not right is like code 3 for example. It would not just be a walk test and it's cool which is being like a fire drill for example. It's basically not a walk test the smoke detectors went off I think that's how when activated. Not only they are just order alarms but they are just kind of rare to find. So there are really easy to find in Roblox. It's just to 2903 with the 2901 horn behind it. It's just kind of rare to find the strobe plate. Not only it's not the 4051 on the 40 50 80
You’re so right. It was a continuous code. The ones I heard back in elementary school (which used to scare the shit out of me) had a continuous code but every time the strobe flashes the horn would go up in pitch with every flash
@@troymontgomery4541 Well isn't _that_ odd behavior, unless maybe the tone screw was loose (provided they were mechanical horns that had tone screws at least).
REALLY?!?! MY SCHOOL HAS ABOUT 5 OF THESE, PLUS SOME MORE SIMILAR CEILING ONES
What a beautiful sound
There’s no letters is on the F in the siren 🚨
What?
Like seriously this part 0:51
0:51 I like how healthy it sounds
WDYM by healthy do you mean by they eat fruit and veg?
@@vinniepizzapartyhat6735do u know bout fire alarms?
Because I like fire alarms
@@vinniepizzapartyhat6735it sounds good for it ages 🤦🏿
Especially when they replace the panels but it seems notifier panels work great when the old alarms are still there
1st Floor: key of B
2nd Floor: Key of C
3rd Floor: Key of D
Can you make a video like this but this time in a music scale?
@@joeycaridi3030 he no longer lives in this apartment.
Lol not wrong though
At least it wasn’t coded to continuous
Matt Johnson it was coded to code three...
That is cool
That would give me a headache 🤣
Looks like it was originally a Simplex 2001 or 4002 system, but then the panel was replaced with the Fire-Lite MS-10UD.
wileyk209zback 4002
I don't think the 2001 was an option in 1989 (when this system was originally installed), since they were discontinued a year earlier.
@@JJRClassic88 Then it definitely had to be a Simplex 4002.
Only thing that sucks is with incandescent bulbs now banned when the light plates quit working they will not be able to replace the bulbs that either they will have to switch to the strobe plate version or the signal itself will have to be replaced with a new one
Why are they banned? Seems kinda stupid
@@sheagoff6009 Because the light intensity is not powerful. Strobe light intensity after 1990 is 15 candela
Why am I watching this
@EthanBlaisAlarms
Yes
Those alarms sound so cool
BEEP BEEP BEEP
@@ambercockrum3708 KAPO I just wanted you
It looks like the effect of the fire alarm is coming for you
Gagginggghkk
Sonic the Dude
There is no way a person can make A sound of a fire alarm
That one at 0:51 has faded fire lettering! 😮💨
Yeah, I noticed that too!😮
Cool system cool alarms and great video.
Fast CSX --
Jevgeni Pullerits Hu?
@@jevgenipullerits4486 ?
Code 3 my favorite
Same here
@@Davesand2003 sweet
If your appartment was built in the 80s does it have fire sprinklers? If so what kind?
Courtney Harstine no sprinklers I believe
Okay, thanks for getting back to me. Is that legal for an apartment building to not have fire sprinklers?
Not sure. Its a pretty calm apt and is a minute away from the fire station. (All side streets)
@@EDISONTECH That's good
I saw that in a United States postal service
Your lucky cuz I got those ones that are inside your room, the first time it happened it. Was pure hell it was 11pm btw
quantie we got simplex horns in the apts (which I think are disconnected) and there are like smoke detectors now
Music to my ears!!
No, fire alarm horn
Sounds like a 450D or a 9806 lol.
Nice! These really work well on code 3
Dang, those things sound new! You rarely hear mechanical horns that sound that good anymore.
Yep
They're all over my school-
Yep!
When you pause the video but you still hear the alarm...
The coments in this video are extremely radioactive....
1st fire alarm 🚨 c
2nd fire alarm 🚨 c# 3rd fire alarm 🚨 c8# 4th fire alarm 🚨 gc 15
the stairwells were a bit quiet. Notifier ftw, soo ez to use. simplex and fire-lite are ok. Edwards are the devil.
brian bowen there were not any horns in the stairwells. It’s echoing from the walls.
Everything you just said made no sense
I personally love those older light plates even when used with new alarms
im not sure why, but US based fire alarm systems just seem so ew to me. (I am Australian) i much prefer our panels, our alarm tones, and our call points.
It's set on Code 3 because it's so loud
The important thing with any fire alarm system in a building is to test it so often that if there ever is a REAL fire, everyone will be conditioned to ignore it and slowly burn to death.
When I lived in this building, they would test the heat sensors yearly.
This apartment is from Rhode Island
Alarm fire 201-207 zone 6 09:23A 05\19\2018
Interesting how all the same mechanical horn can all have their own pitch variances!
I know right!
Are there any settings on the back of the alarms to change the pitch in semitones. Or they pre adjusted by simplex.
@@joeycaridi3030 There's a metal tab that you can move up and down to adjust the pitch. The same thing can be done with the early models of the Simplex 4903s. Only you have to use an allen wrench to adjust the pitch.
@@joeycaridi3030 There's metal tabs that you can adjust to change the pitch of the sounds. This can also be done with the 4903 series as well. Only difference is you loosen or tighten the screws on the horn.
I found that the Gaylord Opryland hotel is Nashville has these exact simplex 2903 light plate fire alarms. A couple of them have been replaced with True alerts and 4903 horn strobes but many of these original light plates are still in this hotel
Is This A Test?
No. This was real.
you were right...
@@thekostebafamily8917 thanks for dropping the f word at me. I really do appreciate it. NOT.
@@FireRescue80
I think it's a test
@@Davesand2003 if u mean that. SpongeBob
I had these in my elementary school in the 90s
When was your apartment built
I kept trying to find a harmony note to every alarm on this video
You mean figure out what the pitch is? Or an interval, or a chord? I hope you don’t fall yourself a professional musician, unless you know your music theory
@@TheJakeman789 Do you know your music theory? Didn't think so.
perfect.
Sounds super clean
Eddie EDDE
@@Eddietalin647 no spamming.
I did notice the panel it is true if the alarms are kept in very good condition they can last longer If old panels are replaced with new ones
Yes.
The first one looks so clean
This is in a well maintained 1980s building
No spider webs no dust and the horn sounds beautiful
I’ve always wanted my own fire alarm like that
Sadly, I no longer live in this apartment complex
@@EDISONTECH hell id love to live in a building like that. How do they manage that?!
Those alarm sound so cool
I like how the alarm makes
That’s the nicest alarm I ever heard
Sorta sounds similar with the hall way alarms with the other ones reminds me of my old school but i think it was strobe lights
The MS-10UD threw me off at the end. 😂
OT OT OT
Simplex fire alarms in a FL- panel?
the panel was obviously replaced.
Wow i love fire alarms ❤️
Nice video
lori del valle thanks
I love simplex horns withe these light plates
My Elementary School has simplex 2901_9838 and 2901 horn outside faded
If it was not a test. Did a pull station got pulled or something?
Nice video mate. We have Simplex horns at our school.
I'm scared of fire alarms
hi
Hi. What is your question?
Nice video! Those are the same fire alarms in my apt. building, but they are in march time. My apt. building has 15 floors!
0:40 my favorite
Warning! The House is on fire!
I honestly dont know why they put a horn sound in these like you would be able to hear it if there was a bell or a whistle or anything else but they had to put a horn in because thats all people can hear nowadays
i hate when im near a bunch it makes it echo and i hate it SO much
Are they still in use as of today?
FriedFrudda yes.
I actually love it when the old mixes in with the new.
Do you know Old School Fire Alarms channel? The Simplex 4030 is my most favorite.
That’s my apartment fire Alarm
I LOVE THIS FIRE ALARM ITS A 4002 END I CANT STOP WATCHING THE VIDEO!!!
My school has these alrms
It is very simple!!!
very good
Sorry,I not goot at English...
THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY OLD!!!
What horn(s) and light plate(s) are the first 2 alarms?
Simplex 2903/2901-9838.
Wow looks like a nice place
What model is it do you know?
Simplex 2903/2901-9838.
Simplex 2903-9833 (Or 9838) Hornstrobe. Code 3.
I want one of those so badly for my collection but the problem is this so hard to find
Ebay is a great place.
I love how every location has a different pitch of tone 💙💙
mhmmm
0:51 I had that alarm at my school
They go lower and lower and lower
So does my crab
I love mechanical horns my school had the same horn and strobe plate so thats cool
Simplex 2903
What tone is that? I love it 0:09
The fact you go near more fire alarms and they just get louder..
I just gotta hope you were wearing ear protection.
This was a real fire alarm. He probably wasn't wearing them.
@@FireRescue80 no. I was not wearing any. This was a real alarm so that was why the video was fairly short. Luckily it was just smoke from a units kitchen
@@EthanRailfanProductions Creepy.
@@FireRescue80 what do you mean creepy
FireLite control panel
Is this system still up?
I’m sure it is. I no longer live there
@@EDISONTECH How long ago did you move out of there?
Put it at 2x and it almost sounds like a little musical note.
They do be getting lower tho-