We have lots of System 3 panels still in service and, as far as I know, we can still get parts. Also still have a number of Pyro FIU/ZIU panels in service - installed in the 70s. They aren't in production and it is somewhat hard to find detectors. They don't make em like they used to.
John Hoffman P.E. | Fire Protection Engineer | Facility Engineering Services, KCP, LLC - Burns & McDonnell Engineering | National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City Plant | Operated by Honeywell FM&T | 2000 E. 95th St | Kansas City, MO 64131 | ph 816-997-7213 | jhoff...@kcp.com From: Ron Greenman <rongreen...@gmail.com> To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Date: 07/23/2013 09:56 AM Subject: Re: old systems Sent by: sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org Pyro Threes, simple, robust, easy to reapir, and got the job done before we overcomplicated everything. I thought they were out of production though. On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 5:08 AM, John Drucker <jdruc...@redbanknj.org>wrote: > In the early sixties Pyrotronics (Now Siemens Industry/Fire Safety) > manufactured Pyr-A-Larm High Voltage (220VDC) fire alarm systems (FIU-2, > FIU-6) that utilized a variety of initiating devices including but not > limited to Ionization Detectors using cold cathode tubes (F-5B, F-3/5A). > While manufacturing has long ceased many of these systems are still in > service today with a variety of aftermarket vendors supporting them. > Google those model numbers and they can still be found. > > While were on the topic of legacy stuff, Pyrotronics System-3 (circa > 1970's) is still in production. This manufacturer was akin to western > electric and manufactured robust fire protection products, the longevity > is a testament to a bygone era. > > John Drucker > > -----Original Message----- > From: sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org > [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@lists.firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of > bver...@comcast.net > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 9:29 PM > To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > Subject: Re: old systems > > Wow, I thought seeing the last 120 vac relay based fire alarm panel > leave town was a look into the past. > > bv > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roland Huggins" <rhugg...@firesprinkler.org> > To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 2:54:16 PM > Subject: Re: old systems > > They are only rebuilding nukes at this facility so why upgrade???? lol. > The DOE has a lot of antique systems that are still going strong. At the > DOE facility I spent time at, we had deluge systems with 220vdc > detection systems > > > Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering > American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives Dallas, TX > http://www.firesprinkler.org > > > > > > On Jul 17, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Ron Greenman <rongreen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > This is WW II stuff. > > Time for an upgrade. > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler > .org > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler > .org > > > CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY: > This email message is intended only for the use of the individual or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is > privileged and confidential, nor is it, unless specifically stated, > intended to be relied upon by any person or persons other than the > individual or entity named above and no warranties or representations are > made or intended to persons or entities not named above. If the reader is > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > by telephone, return this message to the address above and delete all > copies. Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 rgreen...@bates.ctc.edu http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
