I was actually going to ask you to test the pre- alarm feature of the smoke detectors in a monthly system test. Nice to see the system working and protecting your house. Great video! Keep up the good work!
Perfect system! Not only are low frequency sounders good for the rooms, but code 3 especially because I once saw you put them in continious, and they hurt my ears pretty bad, and horns (especially for me) are bad because they will increase panic attacks no matter if it is a system sensor horn or a Wheelock horn. Also I thought for a while that the sounders were horns but you didn't call them horns once.
I was going to recommend swapping the heads from the bedroom and the stairs to see if one head is less sensitive, but the explanation you made on the sensitivity setting makes sense. If they were set the same then I would try that.
great video! im writing a mod for Minecraft (fabric 1.19.2) that adds some fire alarm devices and exit signs. i currently have a BG-12 pull station, a white exit sign, and a key for the pull station.
In your next monthly test, you could test the heat detector in the store room in the garige and the heat detector in the shed that is attached to the house.
I agree that smoke alarms are unreliable more often than they should be, so I also installed a fire alarm system in my house monitored by an American monitoring company, ADT. I don't recommend getting it monitored because it already sends emails and notifications to your phone without monitoring, and the monitoring fees are at least 100 USD each month, which is extremely expensive. Overall, the system is exceptionally high quality and has a pre-alarm to prevent false alarms. I have had the system for nine years, and it has picked up a real fire in an oven caused by debris being left in the stove, which got me and my family safely evacuated and quickly notified the fire department before the fire spread further. The system also does CO as well. Just yesterday, my house had a dangerous outlet that sparked so horrifically it split in half and crumbled into pieces, but I was much less worried even knowing there was an active fire hazard because of the fire alarm system. I encourage everyone who reads this to stay as safe as possible by at least getting residential smoke and co-detectors in recommended areas of the house. Stay safe and even safer with fire protection.
HI Nic or Siren so are you saying if I am looking at alarms options I are you saying I should be able to get something like adt and not get it monitored and if I manage to get it installed but not monitored I would save on the monitoring fee?
@@Siren_StrObE so if I could not do it my self would it in theory be possible to see if it an option if there is an electrician that understands how to assemble the parts?
I mean If I thought for my home a professonal system was best would you recommend something like adt and see If I can find an electrician who can install it as a non monitored system ? thoughts please thank you
@@Fredengle Adt has there own employees who are trained to help you learn you way around the system and install it after you set up an appointment online after consulting a specialist about what sensors and how many would be best for your home.
@@The_FireAlarmGuy because I want smoke or heat to be able to set it off and not need both to be set of might be possible to separate but they are way to expensive anyway.
Only at 1:53, so I'll edit if it changes, but I recall reading in a US Notifier (or maybe firelite, but I think it was notifier) brief that you can have detectors grouped and it will look at the chamber values of that group. Not a notifier tech, so I don't have access to manuals that would confirm how this is setup, but I assume if you haven't enabled that then it's not what is going on here. If this feature does exist, it might be something to play with in the future.
Nic do you think than its possible that I could have something like adt installed than and then ask it is a requirment to have a monitoring fee I mean theoretically it should work and be able t dodge the monitoring fee ? I guess in theory it would work but it does not mean they allow it ?
What's the fifth monitor module above the panel (the one above the garage tie-in module) for? Also, what were you cooking when the smoke detectors went off?
HI Nic I may have watch this video but I also tried to look it up on line are you saying that the pre alarm is a condition in a professionally installed system that raises the sensitivity of certain alarms or am I missing something thoughts please thank you!
I wish my family gave in and let me install a fire alarm system as one time something burnt in the oven and there’s aton of smoke and the only smoke detector thats on the floor did not go off. I have been living in this house for over 10 years and those smoke detectors need to be replaced
Like many commercial fire systems when a alarm goes off it automatically calls the fire department. Does your system call the fire department or do you have to call the fire department yourself?
In my personal opinion, pre-alarm shouldn’t be used because every second counts in a real fire and or smoke situation. I find it ridiculous that Disney World has pre-alarm set to 2 minutes on attractions but that’s just me lol
That's not how it works your set pre-alarm level is not a time delayed alarm. It's an entirely different set level below the alarm level it does not affect your alarm response time. You are talking about pre-signal which is entirely different.
At 5:45 I meant to say those devices in corridor and stairwell are less sensitive. Thanks for watching!
Hi Nic my specialty is more home smoke alarms you name a very specific scenario can you explain to me what has happened? Or is there a link
Again will say the thing you mentioned was not covered in the research I studied
@ 3:37 you said that you need the furnace on a hot day??? tell me you are kidding me... and meant the Air Conditioner...
I was actually going to ask you to test the pre- alarm feature of the smoke detectors in a monthly system test. Nice to see the system working and protecting your house. Great video! Keep up the good work!
Nice! Soooo cool that i shows you the percentage of smoke in the smoke chamber on the announciator
Perfect system! Not only are low frequency sounders good for the rooms, but code 3 especially because I once saw you put them in continious, and they hurt my ears pretty bad, and horns (especially for me) are bad because they will increase panic attacks no matter if it is a system sensor horn or a Wheelock horn. Also I thought for a while that the sounders were horns but you didn't call them horns once.
Jackson: GRRRRRR me: be quiet lol
The cast iron skillet returns again, causing an alarm that isn't false and the system worked like how it should
Nice to see your system working as it should!
I was going to recommend swapping the heads from the bedroom and the stairs to see if one head is less sensitive, but the explanation you made on the sensitivity setting makes sense. If they were set the same then I would try that.
I think that it would have been concerning if it didn’t go off. The system was doing its job.
Yes I agree I can’t believe People would say it wasn’t doing it’s Job
You should put a small exhaust fan in the house love the videos keep up the great work
For what?
@@nics-systems-electric when the fire alarm system gets off and when there is a real fire
@@Firealarmperson902 you wouldn't want to have air movement in a building like that during a fire that would make it larger
@@nics-systems-electric ok thanks love the videos
You need to do July testing
*I just had a fire drill at school today.*
great video! im writing a mod for Minecraft (fabric 1.19.2) that adds some fire alarm devices and exit signs. i currently have a BG-12 pull station, a white exit sign, and a key for the pull station.
Is the mod out yet?
That's sick man! Can't wait
Nice video
In your next monthly test, you could test the heat detector in the store room in the garige and the heat detector in the shed that is attached to the house.
I agree that smoke alarms are unreliable more often than they should be, so I also installed a fire alarm system in my house monitored by an American monitoring company, ADT. I don't recommend getting it monitored because it already sends emails and notifications to your phone without monitoring, and the monitoring fees are at least 100 USD each month, which is extremely expensive. Overall, the system is exceptionally high quality and has a pre-alarm to prevent false alarms. I have had the system for nine years, and it has picked up a real fire in an oven caused by debris being left in the stove, which got me and my family safely evacuated and quickly notified the fire department before the fire spread further. The system also does CO as well. Just yesterday, my house had a dangerous outlet that sparked so horrifically it split in half and crumbled into pieces, but I was much less worried even knowing there was an active fire hazard because of the fire alarm system. I encourage everyone who reads this to stay as safe as possible by at least getting residential smoke and co-detectors in recommended areas of the house. Stay safe and even safer with fire protection.
HI Nic or Siren so are you saying if I am looking at alarms options I are you saying I should be able to get something like adt and not get it monitored and if I manage to get it installed but not monitored I would save on the monitoring fee?
@@Fredengle yes that is the case but you have to set it up yourself and can’t get a premium system.
@@Siren_StrObE so if I could not do it my self would it in theory be possible to see if it an option if there is an electrician that understands how to assemble the parts?
I mean If I thought for my home a professonal system was best would you recommend something like adt and see If I can find an electrician who can install it as a non monitored system ? thoughts please thank you
@@Fredengle Adt has there own employees who are trained to help you learn you way around the system and install it after you set up an appointment online after consulting a specialist about what sensors and how many would be best for your home.
Nice video and nicely explained 😊, does Notifier/Honeywell make any multisensors ?
Yes they do
@@nics-systems-electricOh nice 😊, why did you not use them in the generator building?
@@The_FireAlarmGuy because I want smoke or heat to be able to set it off and not need both to be set of might be possible to separate but they are way to expensive anyway.
@@nics-systems-electricAh ok👍 😊
Jackson is really unhappy with the alarm huh! Poor guy! Give him some pats from me and tell him he's a good boy! 🐶 🐕
Only at 1:53, so I'll edit if it changes, but I recall reading in a US Notifier (or maybe firelite, but I think it was notifier) brief that you can have detectors grouped and it will look at the chamber values of that group. Not a notifier tech, so I don't have access to manuals that would confirm how this is setup, but I assume if you haven't enabled that then it's not what is going on here. If this feature does exist, it might be something to play with in the future.
Nic do you think than its possible that I could have something like adt installed than and then ask it is a requirment to have a monitoring fee I mean theoretically it should work and be able t dodge the monitoring fee ? I guess in theory it would work but it does not mean they allow it ?
nice and nicely explained
1:12 Jaxon?
fire
Cool! :3
Yes thank you for uploading
What's the fifth monitor module above the panel (the one above the garage tie-in module) for? Also, what were you cooking when the smoke detectors went off?
Shed SLC isolator
Jaxon or what ever how you say his name
Dog is going crazy
HI Nic I may have watch this video but I also tried to look it up on line are you saying that the pre alarm is a condition in a professionally installed system that raises the sensitivity of certain alarms or am I missing something thoughts please thank you!
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It's like last time in November it went off
When your going to start july testing
at 3:15 is the door closer attached to the door thats its supposed to be closing and the door mounting location?!
I need ramplacing smoke detector to heat detector ???
I wish my family gave in and let me install a fire alarm system as one time something burnt in the oven and there’s aton of smoke and the only smoke detector thats on the floor did not go off. I have been living in this house for over 10 years and those smoke detectors need to be replaced
do you clean your heads out with compressed air every so often or dust build up can cause them to go off for no reason
I usually open them right up to clean it out
@@nics-systems-electric that works to
You shouldn't have taken off your work boots near the detectors. 😅
Like many commercial fire systems when a alarm goes off it automatically calls the fire department. Does your system call the fire department or do you have to call the fire department yourself?
It's a self monitored system
0:45 fire alarm goes off 0:52 fire alarm stops 0:54 alarm signs stop
Try putting an annunciator for the garage system next to the house front door pull.
I remember he replied to a comment saying you can’t silence alarms from a different building
Your dog hates alarm
In my personal opinion, pre-alarm shouldn’t be used because every second counts in a real fire and or smoke situation. I find it ridiculous that Disney World has pre-alarm set to 2 minutes on attractions but that’s just me lol
That's not how it works your set pre-alarm level is not a time delayed alarm. It's an entirely different set level below the alarm level it does not affect your alarm response time. You are talking about pre-signal which is entirely different.
@@nics-systems-electric Ah i see. thanks for telling me
bruh