Thanks for the kind words. Feel free to reach out if you have questions

Totally agree 👍 these videos needed to shared .

Good deal, thanks for the nice message!

I have the next one 90% finished, I just can't bring myself to work on it. As you can tell by the gaps between videos, I'm not super motivated...

Thanks!

Thanks! Sorry I'm not more motivated. I honestly don't know when I'll pump out the next one. This series takes a little more effort because the drawings are better, and I've just been more interested in other things lately. Thanks for watching!

Joe Klochan take your time! I’m a notifier tech myself, and I’ve learned most of what I know about fire alarm from your channel

I've interfaced with a few BMS or BAS systems in the past with different fire panels. The problem with a video like that is it's so panel-specific that it may not be useful to a wide audience. It's also very situation-specific. In addition to that, I feel like I would have a ton of videos to make before I'd be close to something that advanced, and unfortunately I'm rarely motivated to make any progress on the videos I already have planned.

He already has a video doing that.

I have a video on troubleshooting grounds faults already. I've heard people discuss the benefits of an analog meter when tracing them, but I've never used one and can't speak to that. For the vast majority of ground faults the digital multimeter works great.

Looking forward to the next video

Appreciate the reply back. Thanks

@@JoeKlochan my dads been a tech for over 20 years and he swears by them

I don't think I could commit to making a video each month. I think I'd run out of things to cover, and I just haven't been in the mood to make videos lately. I tried a donation link once, but you have to use a KZfaq-approved partner, and most of those weren't good. The one I used got one donation and then seemed to go under or something, so they just kept that money. That's never been why I made the videos, although if the videos made more money I would be motivated to make more. I just don't think there'd ever be a big enough audience to be worth very much.

Nothing will work if a short occurs on style 6. If there's a short, all of the current (technically not ALL, but for all intents and purposes, all current) will take the path of least resistance. No devices will work on any type of circuit if there's a direct short. That's why the iso mods are needed. They isolate the section that's sorted. That's why they're used in pairs.

That trouble means the panel has no points programmed. When you take that panel out of the box and power it up, you'll get that trouble. It knows that it needs some devices on the SLC in order for it to do anything, and currently there are no points programmed. You could connect a device and auto program it, but it should be programmed via the software and then the devices need to be connected to the SLC.

Well, if you see this as a series circuit, how would it be wired in parallel? To me, a series circuit would be as follows (I'll try to explain it without a picture): Picture a battery powering light bulbs. The positive terminal of the battery is wired to a light bulb, then a wire leaves that bulb and goes to the next bulb. Then a wire leaves that bulb and goes to the next bulb. And that goes on until a wire leaves the last bulb and returns to the negative terminal of the battery.

I do not, but the surge protector would be just in and out, very simple, and the PIV would be similar to any other valve tamper. Checkout the video on wiring devices to sprinkler systems for that.

Unfortunately that's not my wheelhouse at all. Wouldn't know much about it.

Home run simply means a wire pull all the way back to the panel. If you're at a device with a wire labeled "home run", that's either your feed or return to or from the panel.

Yes, that's what I tried to explain but I may have not done a great job doing so. You'd have 7 leaving and 7 returning, but what I was trying to explain was that on the 1st floor there'd only be 6 loops in the Riser and return, 2nd floor 5, etc. There would be 7 leaving and 7 returning though.

Joe Klochan No you explained it well. It’s me: I’m trying to get into this field so I’ve watch all your videos trying to absorb every detail and makes sure I understand everything. You’re doing such a great job and so many people are blessed by your content. Keep it up and thank you for responding to my question. I look forward to the next video.

Thanks, but I've been lazy and have had no desire to work on it. Not sure if that will change in the near future.

@@JoeKlochan Maybe if you make the videos and sell them in a bundle it will make you more money and be more motivating for you, I know i would definitely pay for training like this, especially if they are your videos

SLC = Signaling Line Circuit Most manufacturers use that term for their data loops, the circuits that communicate with all the addressable devices.

@@JoeKlochan Thanks for clearing that up.

Yeah, sure, you can email me at joeklochan@gmail.com

It's just Microsoft paint, the software that comes on all windows computers.

Check out video 5. It covers fans and doors with an MR-201. Dampers would be done the same way.

Usually that's determined by the type of building and local codes. The technician doesn't decide which to use.

@@JoeKlochan thanks

And what is the purpose of the interface panel in fire detection system??

@@elijahgitanga5174 I'm not sure what interface panel you're talking about?

@@JoeKlochan one with a bunch or relay modules and one isolation module...specifically from flowgain manufacturers

SLC is a data signal. It's two way communication between smart devices and the panel.

I haven't programmed any of those panels so I'm not the guy for that. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hey Jen, I've done a few things like that in the past, and it can be a little tricky to do depending on your level of experience. I'd be happy to answer any specific questions you may have, but I don't think it'd be practical to give you all the info you'd need if you haven't done it before. Hopefully you're at least working off of drawings?

Yeah you can email me at joeklochan@gmail.com