(August 24, 2016 at 1:06 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: The tag is on what they call an annuciator panel. It monitors all the detectors in the building and its purpose is to show the fire depart where a fire is occurring in the event of an emergency. Every now and then the panel sends out a signal to all the detectors. If the detectors are working properly, then they reply back to the panel. If not, they send a trouble signal.
One of the detectors is a trip switch in the sprinkler pipes. If a sprinkler head goes off the detector reports water movement. It sets off the alarm and a light on the panel shows which head went off. In this case it appears that the panel does a self-test on the flow switch to determine if the water in the pipe is frozen. The device is failing the self-test and so the panel is beeping to let you know there is a problem, i.e. the flow detector is faulty.
This is a life-safety issue and must be fixed immediately. Report it to the Fire Department. I'm sure management will get off its butt after they get a citation.
Thank you so much for this. Just understanding makes me more confident in knowing what I should be doing to get it fixed. I didn't want to assume it was a big deal and make a big fuss only for it to turn out small. I knew that with how many smart people are on this site I would get good responses.
I appreciate all the input I have a few plans of action now from your help and will try to put them into play soon.
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