That sounds very much like the cheap smoke detectors you can buy just about anywhere here in Australia. Do most of these alarms have white strobes? I've seen quite a lot of fire alarm videos on YouTube, and they all seem to have white light strobes, is this because of the video quality?
Yeah. The Pittway Co. sadly went out of business. The same plant in Illinois made First Alerts, BRKs, System Sensors, you name it. I even have a PA400B that says "BRK Electronics- System Sensor Division" on the box.
I also preformed a service call at the old BRK plant in Aurora, IL years ago. Their old building fire alarm was sitting on the floor, which they let me have. I still have it. It's an old Firelite Sensiscan 1000.
Wow! You and your family have a very interesting history of working with fire alarms. Sadly, mine doesn't, but I guess I can always start something there.
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thebiggreen101 3 months ago
Sounds like a pulsing smoke detector.
hyperbaricchicken101 1 year ago
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Tabby266 2 years ago
That is a very crazy alarm
joshattack1997 3 years ago
these are pretty loud.
th3sp0rk 3 years ago
That sounds very much like the cheap smoke detectors you can buy just about anywhere here in Australia. Do most of these alarms have white strobes? I've seen quite a lot of fire alarm videos on YouTube, and they all seem to have white light strobes, is this because of the video quality?
Lachlant1984 3 years ago
They're all white, though the newer clear strobes appear bluish-white. Some of the older alarms that used regular lightbulbs were red, though.
kenshin891 2 years ago
@kenshin891 And sometimes used alarms will have yellow strobes from dirt.
SpecializedChild462 9 months ago
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bigbri65 4 years ago
sounds like my system sensor mni-horn
FACP07 4 years ago
It is a System Sensor mini-horn. The strobe is a seperately purchased add-on.
gamealarm 4 years ago
What's the model #'s of the mini horn and the strobes?
DVaccarelli1988 3 years ago
very cool. Makes me want a PA400 even more. I wish the PA400R in my old apartment had that (there were no strobes in the apartments)
Federal3t22 4 years ago 2
i have a Pa400W
th3sp0rk 3 years ago
Cool, A P400
FireAlarmKid 4 years ago 2
That sounds like my PS2412575ADA.
eddieeddieeddie13 4 years ago 2
yes it does. That's because the PA400s, classic Spectras and newer MIZs all use the same piezo. This piezo is also used in First Alert smoke alarms.
bi0boy 4 years ago 2
Yep, it sure is! The blue version of this is also used in U-MHTs, and ESL 400 series sounder smokes.
willbill808 4 years ago
System Sensor and First Alert were, at one time, owned by the Pittway co. You will find that most of their electronics are very similar.
gamealarm 4 years ago
Yeah. The Pittway Co. sadly went out of business. The same plant in Illinois made First Alerts, BRKs, System Sensors, you name it. I even have a PA400B that says "BRK Electronics- System Sensor Division" on the box.
willbill808 4 years ago
My uncle actually worked for BRK/First Alert in the Aurora, IL plant in the 1980's.
gamealarm 4 years ago
Oh, that's cool!
willbill808 4 years ago
I also preformed a service call at the old BRK plant in Aurora, IL years ago. Their old building fire alarm was sitting on the floor, which they let me have. I still have it. It's an old Firelite Sensiscan 1000.
gamealarm 4 years ago
Wow! You and your family have a very interesting history of working with fire alarms. Sadly, mine doesn't, but I guess I can always start something there.
willbill808 4 years ago