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My fire alarm control panel. Here is the central part of a working fire alarm system! I got the panel on eBay for almost 250$, including shipping and the insulting brokerage fees >:C Since then I promised myself not to use UPS anymore... I've been lucky and I got a perfectly working panel (since the seller claimed the panel to be "unstested", I sorta took a chance LOL). It is a PDRP-1001, a variation of the very common Fire-Lite MS4424 control panel. Mine has 2 IDCs customized for a sprinkler monitoring system. Since I don't have such a thing, I leave those zones unused LOL. The system is working since October, although I still have a few devices to get before it's complete. Note the system wasn't powered when I took the pic. That's because I'm kinda afraid to leave the system on 24/7. The wiring is made with pieces of FAS wire so my biggest fear is a short in an IDC, which would set off the alarm. If it happened at 3am I'm sure my parents would be mad at me XD. Another small fear I have is a detection device giving a false alarm. Although I use NOS stuff (and detectors that don't have high hours on a system), so I guess the chances of this happening are almost non-existent. Keywords: Miscellaneous

My fire alarm control panel.

Here is the central part of a working fire alarm system! I got the panel on eBay for almost 250$, including shipping and the insulting brokerage fees >:C Since then I promised myself not to use UPS anymore...

I've been lucky and I got a perfectly working panel (since the seller claimed the panel to be "unstested", I sorta took a chance LOL). It is a PDRP-1001, a variation of the very common Fire-Lite MS4424 control panel. Mine has 2 IDCs customized for a sprinkler monitoring system. Since I don't have such a thing, I leave those zones unused LOL.

The system is working since October, although I still have a few devices to get before it's complete. Note the system wasn't powered when I took the pic. That's because I'm kinda afraid to leave the system on 24/7. The wiring is made with pieces of FAS wire so my biggest fear is a short in an IDC, which would set off the alarm. If it happened at 3am I'm sure my parents would be mad at me XD. Another small fear I have is a detection device giving a false alarm. Although I use NOS stuff (and detectors that don't have high hours on a system), so I guess the chances of this happening are almost non-existent.

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Filename:HPIM0609.JPG
Album name:Vince / Miscellaneous
Keywords:Miscellaneous
Company and Date Manufactured:System Sensor | October 1998
Model Number:PDRP-1001
Wattage:Varies with charge on NACs and IDCs
Filesize:738 KiB
Date added:Jan 28, 2012
Dimensions:2592 x 1944 pixels
Displayed:72 times
Color Space:sRGB
Contrast:0
DateTime Original:2012:01:28 12:23:05
Exposure Bias:-2 EV
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Exposure Program:Program
Exposure Time:1/15 sec
FNumber:f/3.6
Flash:No Flash
Focal length:7.5 mm
ISO:219
Light Source:Unknown: 0
Make:Hewlett-packard
Max Aperture:f/3
Model:HP DVC V5061u
URL:http://www.galleryoflights.org/mb/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=10504
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joe_347V   [Jan 28, 2012 at 09:34 PM]
Interesting, the only fire alarm related item I have is a pull station like this one.
TiCoune66   [Jan 28, 2012 at 09:44 PM]
Oh the good ol' 270A-SPO! That's a model I'm looking for. I spotted one on eBay for 10$ I consider to buy.

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