General Information

Serial #

M91037

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC LIGHTS, CIRCUIT BOARDS & PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

97.5 cm

Width

49.8 cm

Height

22.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Fire Fighting

Category

Alarms

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SIMPLEX TIME

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Gardner

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CIRCA 1979-1998

Canada

AMERICAN MADE FIRE ALARM EQUIPMENT USED TO PROTECT ONE OF COLLECTION STORAGE AREAS OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.

Function

ELECTRONIC PANEL WHICH WAS PART OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM OF LARGE BUILDING; IT RECEIVED SIGNALS FROM INDIVIDUAL FIRE AND/OR SMOKE SENSORS OR OTHER ALARMS WHICH ACTIVATED APPROPRIATE LIGHTS ON PANEL TO INDICATE WHICH PART OF BUILDING WAS AFFECTED. IT ALSO NOTIFIED BUILDING SECURITY OFFICE AND/OR FIRE DEPT.

Technical

PART OF 1980S FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM OF LARGE BUILDING, CONSISTING OF SMOKE & HEAT SENSORS, PULL-STATIONS, ALARM BELLS, NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE IN INTERIOR READS "SIMPLEX TIME RECORDER COMPANY/ TYPE 4027 SERIAL M91037/ WD # 2920-396 WD DATE 1-4-79/ A.C. INPUT VOLTS 3.2 AMPS 12 HZ 60/ BATTERY INPUT VOLTS 24 DC AMPS 10/ SIG. CIR. OUTPUT VOLTS 24 DC AMPS 5/ TYPE OF SYSTEM/ LOCAL 72A AUXILIARY 72B/ REMOTE STATION (PROTECTED PREMISES) 72C/ REMOTE STATION (RECEIVING UNIT) 72C/ PROPRIETARY (PROTECTED PREMISES) 72 D CLASS A B/ PROPRIETARY (RECEIVING UNIT) 72 D CLASS A B/ OTHER ALARM TRANSMISSION/ SO. LINCOLN ST. GARDNER, MASS. MADE IN U.S.A."/ METALLIC LETTERING ON BLACK PLATES & TYPED LABELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ MARKINGS CONTINUED IN DECORATION

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CASING PAINTED GLOSSY RED/ METALLICPARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC LIGHTS, CIRCUITRY ETC.

Decoration

PLATE ON FRONT WITH LOGO READING "SIMPLEX"/ INTERIOR PLATE READS "UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES OF CANADA/ LIMITED/ SIGNAL SYSTEM CONTROL UNIT/ FIRE ALARM/ NO. 186773/ SIMPLEX TIME RECORDER CO./ GARDNER, MASS., U.S.A./ PRINTED IN CANADA"/ LABEL ON FRONT READS "24 HOUR/ EMERGENCY SERVICE/ CALL (613) 228-9033/ SIMPLEX/ KNOWN COAST TO COAST FOR SERVICE EXCELLENCE/ 575 HESTON DRIVE, SUITE 100, NEPEAN, ONTARIO K2G 5W5"