Fire Alarm System Update

By Jim

At the end of 2015 I improved my fire alarm system. The system has a conventional panel, meaning it has zones. It has two zones and one NAC (Notification Appliance Circuit). In the Winter of 2015 I received a new fire alarm panel. This new panel stays on when I reset the pull station. This makes it safer.

I will have a system test every week on my youtube channel.

Right now, I feel that this system is ok. It only puts out 12 volts DC which is not enough to power some alarms, but it works. I hope in the future to get a better panel that will make the horns that do not work.

What to see more about my fire alarm system? Check my video from 2015

My Homemade Fire Alarm System

By #ElectronicsGuru

Three years ago I started building my homemade fire alarm system.  It started when I got my first pull station.  It was a Fire Lite BG-12.  A month later my uncle bought me a Radio Shack Pizo Buzzer and a 6-Volt battery.  The following year I was able to retrieve four working fire alarms from local building.  I made one into Porta Strobe with a button on the side and three 9 volt batteries hooked up to make it blink.   i got some back boxes and conduit the mount the system on a  wall in my basement.  This year I got a control panel cabinet and we took it off one wall and put it on a bigger wall.  Now I have homemade working fire alarm system made by me!