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Fire-Lite MS-9200UD
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just wanted to see if anyone shares the same interest as me.
btw, i'm new here, so don't flame me.
also, yes i know about The Schumin Web forums, i'm already a member there(Hayabusa-1300).
i had a job with ADT for a while(very short, the guy there was anti-semetic; he fired me for being jewish.).
i'm trying to get a job with EST now(Edwards System Technologies), so i hope that goes good(if so, i want to change my username to EST3).
check my YouTube account, i have some fire alarm videos up there.
btw, i'm new here, so don't flame me.
also, yes i know about The Schumin Web forums, i'm already a member there(Hayabusa-1300).
i had a job with ADT for a while(very short, the guy there was anti-semetic; he fired me for being jewish.).
i'm trying to get a job with EST now(Edwards System Technologies), so i hope that goes good(if so, i want to change my username to EST3).
check my YouTube account, i have some fire alarm videos up there.
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There are some questions here that pop up for general security stuff but not much fire stuff. Given the licensing requirements, most people don't want to touch it.
My dad owns his own Fire alarm/Security System/Camera surveillance company, and has been in business for almost 9 years now.
Example:
His work:
ADTs work:
He installs systems all over our county, and has installed or redone the fire/security system in almost every school in our county, and has installled camera systems in most of the schools too.
I hae worked installing the fire systems at the schools and holy hell it is not fun. And we do the whole thing with only 2-3 people. You have to pull At least 20,000 ft of cable through the pipes, and most are a mess if it there was a preexisting job. At least twice he even encountered bats living in the attics of the schools
by the way, speaking of Gentex, i actually own a little bit of stock in Gentex.
another thing, here's links to pics of my alarms in my collection(not my pics, though) :
Wheelock RSSP
Wheelock WM3T(no link... couldn't find a pic)
Gentex Commander 4(mine is the white one)
Simplex TrueAlert... i don't have this one, mine is actually audible. this is a strobe-only unit.
Wheelock 34T... this one happens to be re-branded by Honeywell. mine isn't.
Simplex 4903-9252... i have the electromechanical version of this, the 4903-9217
this is a Simplex 4099-9003, but mine is a 4099-9001 which doesn't have the "push" flap on it
Fulleon CX... the only thing i have from the UK.
System Sensor MASS2475ADAB(again, no linky, no pic...e...)
WLSE PLH/24-SR... homemade alarm. and, as it says on my DevArt page, i will sell these(they're getting better looking as i further design them and re-design them.)
They've come down in price. D-Link and Vivotek have some in the $125 to $150 range. They are pretty terrible but they are out there. Given the move to more and more megapixels and H.264, I wouldn't expect to see much drop in the prices on the high end. And running Cat5 isn't any easier then running Siamese co-ax. If you drop a few bucks on compression crimps it's actually easier to run the co-ax.
It's low voltage work. 24v AC or 12v DC. It's not dangerous and most jurisdictions don't require a license to do that kind of work. Or you could just use baluns and still string Cat5. Analog video signal and power over Cat5. Powered baluns allow you to go well beyond 333ft.