As soon as you mentioned the remote head exploding, i immediately thought "someone's crossed a wire somewhere" especially after i saw how cooked the original looked. Jamie seems like the kinda guy I'd wanna work with lol
You said quality over quantity and quality has come into place but the quantity has stayed the same. (Your videos got better and stayed as frequent) have a great day or night nic!❤
Thank you this video was filmed before I even said I was going to try that lol. so that obviously means I'm going in the right direction. i'm more focussed this summer on trying to make some higher quality videos of testing we'll see!
I follow what went wrong. brown and blue are 12V DC and the black and white are standard 115 V AC line current. the dodo who wired this before you, didn't pay attention to the color code. 😵💫 glad you guys got everything straightened out. great Job guys ! 😀 1:25:00 reminded me of the scene in the shining where Danny Torrance was riding his tricycle down the hall in the overlook Hotel. watch out for room # 237 Jamie ! 😂
Be careful, brown and blue are 230v/240v AC over in Europe, and Red and Black whilst used to be for 230v/240v AC in the UK are also predominantly used for DC. As shown in the video, it's why it's important to stick to colour standards and clearly and correctly label things up.
In the UK i allways get a little sad whenever my favourite fixture or system gets replaced... But then again if i become an electrician i should be able to get first dibs on the old crap that comes old XD
Hey Nic my friend how are ya doing eh? I enjoyed watching this emergency lighting video. I can't believe how the dc 12 volt had a 120 voltage thats crazy nuts no wonder why the emergency light went Boom! Wow! I'm always Impressed by your videos I always learn something cool and interesting🙂
38:30 Those Westinghouse panel boards are not in production anymore so that’s how you can tell how old the building is because if it has those Westinghouse panels then it must be pretty old
my old middle school had little to no maintinence on emergency lighting and exit signs, one time they even fixed an exit sign using duck tape!, other times they will just zip tie it back on the ceiling, power went out in May and most of the emergency lights were broke and the others that were working were very dim, newer units lasted the whole 3 hours of no power
The situation did look a bit confusing but to put it simply during a renovation in one of the exit sign boxes where there is AC power and DC power for the old exit signs that take AC to run them regularly and DC for emergency back up is what was done is the DC and AC were spliced together which back fed all of the DC equipment with 120 V AC
If a company gets paid to take out old stuff when installing new cable's they should do, but they give bad reason they ran out of time. Nice clean up on dead cable's to old lights
For sure It's not even a matter of should it's actually illegal to leave disconnected unused equipment in the ceiling you are supposed to take it out by code
Quick question, do you know what handy box size would fit a Silent Knight PS-DA Pull station? I can't find out online, so I went to the only other person I knew who knows fire alarms.
No doubt about it, those change room heads are definitely original. Also is that an "adaptabuzzer" I see next to the Durabel in the boys change room? Must have been an in place replacement for the Adaptahorn class change bell. Always wanted to hear what one of those would sound like.
knowing v * a = watts. 34 watts divided by 12 volts is about 3 amps. 35 ah battery means 35 amps in a hour so theoretically you can run the lights for at least 12 hours depending on voltage drop etc
That was a bit of a mess and that it could of been you that was going to connect them lights first and got a good belt out of it. The central battery looks handy when having to replace them and saves time by not having to replace the battery in each light
@@nics-systems-electric they use a horn for class change...and 10" bells for a fire?!..huh at my high school here in the UK they used 7" bells for fire and class change (single blast of fire bells for class change and continuous for fire)
you're not supposed to work from an extension ladder without 3 points of contact. you need a positioning belt with a rebar-chain. it's nice, because you can lean back on it, and not have to worry about balancing.
You are supposed to maintain three points of contact when travelling up or down however once working it is recommended to have three points but not required
23:41 I honestly think you should have drilled another hole in the emergency light and put an extra head on it. It may just be the camera on my eyes but it looks pretty dim to me.
@@nics-systems-electric bro I love how I'm halfway through watching this hour long video and already wrote several comments and you already respond to them. I love how loyal you are to your viewers. I only really like to subscribe to people that reply to their comment. Because if they do I know they're pretty loyal
I don't think so because that had nothing to do with the scope of work of the renovation it would've been when the exit signs were changed in the other side of the fire separation during the renovation couple years back where somebody would've unknowingly splice the 12 V to the 120 V
Funny moments: 0:59 Durability Test at Work 1:14 Forced NA Activation 9:22 BUUUUUURRRRRP 10:03 Durability Test at Work 2 12:14 Forced NA Activation 2 21:48 Screaming chicken 25:56 BOOOOOOMMM
Jamie seems like a chill guy! 😂
He is for sure
I think Jamie is super cool. He's like Hayden in that he is one of our all one time favourite regulars on here.
@@mikeross880 He’s like Hayden but doesn’t have the nickname “Weird Neighbor Kid”
As soon as you mentioned the remote head exploding, i immediately thought "someone's crossed a wire somewhere" especially after i saw how cooked the original looked.
Jamie seems like the kinda guy I'd wanna work with lol
He puts off a peaceful vibe
@josh6715 yeah I have to agree,
You said quality over quantity and quality has come into place but the quantity has stayed the same. (Your videos got better and stayed as frequent) have a great day or night nic!❤
Thank you this video was filmed before I even said I was going to try that lol. so that obviously means I'm going in the right direction. i'm more focussed this summer on trying to make some higher quality videos of testing we'll see!
I love how you ring the fire alarm bell with anything. So much humor❤
i remember your videos they were short and lame but this year they are getting better every video
Your job is awesome. I think one day, you'll be a full-time electrician.
I follow what went wrong. brown and blue are 12V DC and the black and white are standard
115 V AC line current. the dodo who wired this before you, didn't pay attention to the color
code. 😵💫 glad you guys got everything straightened out.
great Job guys ! 😀
1:25:00 reminded me of the scene in the shining where Danny Torrance was riding his tricycle down the hall in the overlook Hotel. watch out for room # 237 Jamie ! 😂
Be careful, brown and blue are 230v/240v AC over in Europe, and Red and Black whilst used to be for 230v/240v AC in the UK are also predominantly used for DC. As shown in the video, it's why it's important to stick to colour standards and clearly and correctly label things up.
@@ElliottVeares true. but here in the US black is hot and white is Neutral, and that is what I was basing my comment on :)
I am proud of you and you are very good job!!!!
9:23 You know you're a man when you interrupt the time-lapse just so you can prove to the boys that you have the biggest burp😂
10:41 love those old car-headlight chromed halogen jobs. so retro :)
All of are void on here are really good too play on here keep up there good work on here mate
In the UK i allways get a little sad whenever my favourite fixture or system gets replaced... But then again if i become an electrician i should be able to get first dibs on the old crap that comes old XD
Hey Nic my friend how are ya doing eh? I enjoyed watching this emergency lighting video. I can't believe how the dc 12 volt had a 120 voltage thats crazy nuts no wonder why the emergency light went Boom! Wow! I'm always Impressed by your videos I always learn something cool and interesting🙂
Good work with school maintenance for bad emergency lights replacement and bad battery too. Keeping work safety in school building! 😊👍🏻
5:04 LMFAO
38:30 Those Westinghouse panel boards are not in production anymore so that’s how you can tell how old the building is because if it has those Westinghouse panels then it must be pretty old
my old middle school had little to no maintinence on emergency lighting and exit signs, one time they even fixed an exit sign using duck tape!, other times they will just zip tie it back on the ceiling, power went out in May and most of the emergency lights were broke and the others that were working were very dim, newer units lasted the whole 3 hours of no power
Watched this with my electrician dad and he started getting confused and angry
The situation did look a bit confusing but to put it simply during a renovation in one of the exit sign boxes where there is AC power and DC power for the old exit signs that take AC to run them regularly and DC for emergency back up is what was done is the DC and AC were spliced together which back fed all of the DC equipment with 120 V AC
@@nics-systems-electricsounds like my except for 120 ac it's 12 volt and I has waird gremlins
U do a rally good job on here. Keep up there good work on here am a big fan of u do a rally good job on here
If a company gets paid to take out old stuff when installing new cable's they should do, but they give bad reason they ran out of time. Nice clean up on dead cable's to old lights
For sure It's not even a matter of should it's actually illegal to leave disconnected unused equipment in the ceiling you are supposed to take it out by code
Nice video
Thanks
Quick question, do you know what handy box size would fit a Silent Knight PS-DA Pull station? I can't find out online, so I went to the only other person I knew who knows fire alarms.
I'm an electrician and I know what it feels like
Out of all schools your district works for, your high school is my most favorite
Good to know I'll maybe do more there but for now there is a couple more from at this school my old middle school
No doubt about it, those change room heads are definitely original. Also is that an "adaptabuzzer" I see next to the Durabel in the boys change room? Must have been an in place replacement for the Adaptahorn class change bell. Always wanted to hear what one of those would sound like.
Yes those are adaptahorn's they were used when I still attending the school for class change however they seem to have been sense disconnected
@@nics-systems-electric What year did the building go under the major renovation and seismic upgrades?
@@IanGSully it's had 11 additions between 1965 and 1989 and seismic upgrades were done in 2015
Nice
Nice!
knowing v * a = watts. 34 watts divided by 12 volts is about 3 amps. 35 ah battery means 35 amps in a hour so theoretically you can run the lights for at least 12 hours depending on voltage drop etc
1:24:00 sprinklers above the ceiling could pose an electrical fault hazard.
That was a bit of a mess and that it could of been you that was going to connect them lights first and got a good belt out of it. The central battery looks handy when having to replace them and saves time by not having to replace the battery in each light
where do you get those 2 head remote emergency lights at?
One of the electrical wholesalers don't know which one
oh ok
do you know a place that sells them?
12:24 what is that old Edwards horn next to the fire bell for?
Edit: Same thing at 13:36.
Class change horn
Interesting that it is opposite from here where in old buildings you will see fire horns and class change bells.
@@nics-systems-electric they use a horn for class change...and 10" bells for a fire?!..huh at my high school here in the UK they used 7" bells for fire and class change (single blast of fire bells for class change and continuous for fire)
@@spykillergames8402 yes the horns don't seem to be in use anymore but they were when I attended
1:00:06 there looks like there is a spider
After recently getting OSHA 30 certified, the way he is sitting on the ladder is confusing me 52:23
Don't tell the ladder police
when will u post high school sync video im waiting to see it
Haven't even made it yet we can't get in the school to work on it until school is out which this summer is extremely busy so could be a while
you're not supposed to work from an extension ladder without 3 points of contact. you need a positioning belt with a rebar-chain. it's nice, because you can lean back on it, and not have to worry about balancing.
You are supposed to maintain three points of contact when travelling up or down however once working it is recommended to have three points but not required
Turns out some part of durability testing could happen
You just never know
I remember watching that video thinking "there's no way that would actually happen" yet here we are lol
23:41
I honestly think you should have drilled another hole in the emergency light and put an extra head on it. It may just be the camera on my eyes but it looks pretty dim to me.
It's decent better than it was for sure
@@nics-systems-electric bro I love how I'm halfway through watching this hour long video and already wrote several comments and you already respond to them. I love how loyal you are to your viewers. I only really like to subscribe to people that reply to their comment. Because if they do I know they're pretty loyal
@@zacharykorbet9690 thanks
I think someone was trying to attempt to put a self contained unit probably, but was very stupid to put 120v on a 12v output wires... (facepalm)
I don't think so because that had nothing to do with the scope of work of the renovation it would've been when the exit signs were changed in the other side of the fire separation during the renovation couple years back where somebody would've unknowingly splice the 12 V to the 120 V
Funny moments:
0:59 Durability Test at Work
1:14 Forced NA Activation
9:22 BUUUUUURRRRRP
10:03 Durability Test at Work 2
12:14 Forced NA Activation 2
21:48 Screaming chicken
25:56 BOOOOOOMMM