r/firealarms

Been having the intermittent ground for a couple of days now, Comes in every 30 mins and then disappears in like 10 secs. Super frustrating to troubleshoot.

The pic shows the info that comes up when I hit the info key (negative ground fault), does anyone know what this info could be?

Unable to even take wires and locate which area it's coming from because it disappears super fast. What would you do in situations like this, what would be your method of troubleshooting?

Appreciate all the help.

Fire marshall approved it supposedly.

I have no idea what's going on here. Elevator shunt breaker didn't go off but this relay and module stay active. Any insight is greatly appreciated.

I live in a former student house, it had to have a proper fire alarm system to be up to regs (up to code). Now I live here there's no longer an obligation and I could remove it but it seems a waste. The internal sounder kept going off and the general fault light flashing.

I opened the panel and ran the diagnostic program according to a manual I found online and it's showing zone one open circuit error. No loose or corroded wires visible, so presumably one of the sensors in that loop has failed? I am not a fire alarm professional, so I am a bit reticent to mess with those, although if I could find the one that failed I assume they're not that hard to swap. (In fact seems they're hotswappable?)

Alternatively I could rip it all out and put in smoke alarms but seems crazy to make my house less safe if it's probably not a big repair.

Many thanks for any advice.

AC/DC is pretty good 😝. Saw this panel today thought it was pretty funny how they labeled it.

Never seen one of these, I’m guessing it’s an older water gong bell?

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For me it's the lack of flashing lights including strobe lights! Especially when there are actual strobe horns showing onscreen! And even when the fire alarm is activated the lights don't flash!

The only movie I saw strobe lights active was in the movie Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life. https://www.amazon.com/Middle-School-Worst-Blu-ray-Digital/dp/B01LTHWXX4 While the fire alarms activated and the strobe lights did flash, this movie is no exception when it comes to the sprinklers going off! All the sprinklers are activated just like in every TV show and movie I've seen fire sprinklers activated. Another wrong thing, the sprinkler head in the principal's office is triggered by a lighter.

In Eraser (1996) The sprinklers are also activated and there is a visible flashing red light during the fire alarm.

No animated series or movies I've seen featured strobe lights but a few cartoons showed flashing fire alarms:

-Phoebe and Jay. Episode: Fire Drill/Fruit Juice Frenzy

-Clarence (by Skyler Page/Realistic looking fire alarm and best example!) Episodes:  1. Honk  2. Suspended   3. Officer Moody  Note: The fire alarm sound is different in the first listed episode but in the other two episodes the sound is the same and more realistic! Said to be a Horn in temporal Code 3. Looks like a Wheelock MT horn/strobe with vertical strobe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelock_(brand)#/media/File%3AWheelock_mt2.jpg For cartoon and gif (WARNING: Could affect photosensitive viewers!) https://clarence.fandom.com/wiki/File:FIRE!!!.gif 

-Blaze and the Monster Machines. Episode: Fired Up

-Transformers Rescue Bots. Episode: A Brush with Danger

-Win or Lose (Disney Pixar) Episode: Blue (Possibly. I say that because there's a visible fire alarm with a light near the door inside Frank's, or Mr. Brown's classroom. Later while Frank is looking at his phone and using a dating app, there's an alarm sound and a flashing red light, which seems to be coming from where the said alarm although the fire alarm might not actually be activated.) This is one of the few animated series that shows fire alarms with actual lights and they can be seen in Mr. Brown's classroom and throughout the school.

Note: All the fire alarm lights were red, not white! 

There was also a CGI animated movie that also had a fire alarm with flashing red lights and not just on the ceiling or wall but even the fire alarm pull stations had flashing lights on them, but unfortunately I can't remember the movie title. Other clues I can give you is some of it took place in a stairwell and at night.

I do understand that strobe lights could affect photosensitive viewers, still I wish there could be some flashing light while the fire alarms go off in more shows and movies be them live action or animated! If I could I'd redo the Arthur episodes "D.W. All Fired Up" and "April 9th" and add flashing lights to the fire alarms though maybe not strobe lights.

A few questions has anyone tested one of these without the Honeywell flashlight

And can we just use a spotlight/flood light or do you need - Honeywell TL1055 IR Test Lamp