@@TheFirePanel we had Wheelock alarms at my elementary school. The building had AS alarms in the hallway & RSS strobes in the classrooms & bathrooms. Our school also had portables. 4 of them had truealerts, one had two AS's in the same room (but why tho...). My third grade classroom was a two roomed portable that had NS's (labeled Gamewell) in both rooms. The code was set to continuous and the building alarms & truealerts would do that code. But NS's would go off in code 3. Now six years later, the building is getting an upgrade because it's 60 years old, and the alarms are now the new simplex truealert es speakers. Fast forward to 2016 my freshman year of high school, ou school has the whole Gentex Commander series. 75% of the alarms did code 3, but some of the Commander 1's in the back hallways & stairwells did Continuous. The next year they replaced all of the 1's and 2's with 3's. And they're all doing that fast code 3 thing.
Sometimes I wish the alarms themseleves would give a warning before the sound. Like a quieter beep sound counting down 5 or 3 seconds before the alarm so people have a chance to cover their ears so their ears aren't blown apart from the sound
I'm guessing that was designed before Simplex had outdoor devices, so they used Wheelock pretty commonly. TrueAlerts probably had a sync signal, which Wheelock can actually sync with, but the older Wheelocks can only do temporal if the jumper was set to it.
My high school was very weird. The main building used wheelock mts but all with different sound patterns. One part of the building was continuous, another part was code 3, and then another was like some sort of slow March time. How does that happen?
Wheelock AS's in code-3 with the system in continuous always are delayed. It happened in my elementary school and pretty sure it happened in my high school.
This must've been painfully loud 😁(Code-3 is loud enough for TrueAlerts (cuz that was my elementary school life till 3rd grade. Nothing but incredibly loud TrueAlerts on Code-3). But Continuous? That's overkill pretty much). The flooring might've also had a impact to the general "loudness" as well. Either way, this is no "pleasing" sound to hear on a daily basis 😆 (good ol' hearing protection would be your friend for that). Great video! 😉
In elementary school we had Wheelock AS's on Continuous. In middle school we had Truealerts & Faraday 6226w's on Continuous. But worst of all was a school my dad used to work at, that had Seimens UMMT's...on Continuous.
It doesn't seem like they have true alert horns in some of the classrooms in some areas of the building you can bearly hear them I think there should've been either ones in the some of the rooms or at least ones a little closer.
How do they make the fire alarm do 2 different codes like the true alerts are on continuous and the welock is on code 3
The Wheelocks are self coded. The TrueAlerts would need to be coded by the panel.
Zachary Fleck I hear the dip your talking about
@@TheFirePanel we had Wheelock alarms at my elementary school. The building had AS alarms in the hallway & RSS strobes in the classrooms & bathrooms. Our school also had portables. 4 of them had truealerts, one had two AS's in the same room (but why tho...). My third grade classroom was a two roomed portable that had NS's (labeled Gamewell) in both rooms. The code was set to continuous and the building alarms & truealerts would do that code. But NS's would go off in code 3. Now six years later, the building is getting an upgrade because it's 60 years old, and the alarms are now the new simplex truealert es speakers.
Fast forward to 2016 my freshman year of high school, ou school has the whole Gentex Commander series. 75% of the alarms did code 3, but some of the Commander 1's in the back hallways & stairwells did Continuous. The next year they replaced all of the 1's and 2's with 3's. And they're all doing that fast code 3 thing.
Rob Scott the wheelock has its own circuit board that’s producing the code 3
idk if the as stopped when you go back inside you can’t hear it well
This takes me back to middle school. It had continuous Truealerts and boy they were LOUD!
The reason for a Wheelock AS outside is cause back then before the ES series they doesn’t have whetherproof devices, correct?
True
I believe most of these simplex systems either used Wheelock MT’s or AS’s outdoors
@@wryt19 well I know that
Sometimes I wish the alarms themseleves would give a warning before the sound.
Like a quieter beep sound counting down 5 or 3 seconds before the alarm so people have a chance to cover their ears so their ears aren't blown apart from the sound
Same here
On some alarms, the strobe flashes before the horn sounds, which could be used as a visual warning before the audible alarm is heard.
At my school the TrueAlerts are on code 3 and the Wheelocks outside are continuous
I'm guessing that was designed before Simplex had outdoor devices, so they used Wheelock pretty commonly. TrueAlerts probably had a sync signal, which Wheelock can actually sync with, but the older Wheelocks can only do temporal if the jumper was set to it.
Reminds me of my elementary school in Indiana before 2013.
Jonathan Runion my elementary school (which is also in Indiana) used these horrific Wheelock devices that were ear piercing
Great video 😀👍👍
Jaxon Lewis I don’t see it on your channel.
Jaxon Lewis It’s going to take a while
Great video!
why didn't the true alert strobe only's turn on ?
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My intermediate school had the same configuration as well (albeit, in temporal code 3).
My high school was very weird. The main building used wheelock mts but all with different sound patterns. One part of the building was continuous, another part was code 3, and then another was like some sort of slow March time. How does that happen?
Matthew R maybe one side is a newer panel while the other is an older panel.
It's a TrueAlertPocalypse!
As soon as he was opening the door, the alarms were piercing loud and it was hurting my ears, so I had to turn the volume down a little bit 😂
Wow! Interesting Elementary School!
Thats really cool
Those fire alarms sound like a nest consisting of 90 TRILLION FIRE HORNRTS
They sound better than wheelock 34t’s. trust me.
Im hoping to add a true alert to my collection soon
Wheelock AS's in code-3 with the system in continuous always are delayed. It happened in my elementary school and pretty sure it happened in my high school.
Goldenrod636 they were set like that at my high school and elementary they were horrible
This must've been painfully loud 😁(Code-3 is loud enough for TrueAlerts (cuz that was my elementary school life till 3rd grade. Nothing but incredibly loud TrueAlerts on Code-3). But Continuous? That's overkill pretty much). The flooring might've also had a impact to the general "loudness" as well.
Either way, this is no "pleasing" sound to hear on a daily basis 😆 (good ol' hearing protection would be your friend for that). Great video! 😉
In elementary school we had Wheelock AS's on Continuous. In middle school we had Truealerts & Faraday 6226w's on Continuous. But worst of all was a school my dad used to work at, that had Seimens UMMT's...on Continuous.
try mechanical horns 70s to 90s
I wished this was a Middle School because Middle Schoolers Are More Used to Fire Alarms
I hate when truealarts are on continueus
I rather have advances on code 3 high volume.
@@davidperry4013 Thats even worse than a continuous true alert.
Is it just the distance and the movement or do some of the TrueAlerts sound rougher than others?
It doesn't seem like they have true alert horns in some of the classrooms in some areas of the building you can bearly hear them I think there should've been either ones in the some of the rooms or at least ones a little closer.
By the way great video
Simplex truealerts sounds better in code 3
Code 3 sounds best with electronic horns and continuous sounds best with bells and DC mechanical horns.
CLASS IS MOTHER FLIPPIN CANCELLED
This is the same as my school only it’s during gym class 😪
So are you working for Simplex?
They need more horns
I didnt see u turn on the fire alarm.
Someone else most likely did.