March Time Rate: Time to ACK & Silence?

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3 жыл бұрын

Shout out to my subscribers. I've moved up within the company so I don't do any work in the field any longer, however here is a new video with old stuff. I hope you enjoy it.
Fun fact: March time was used because the “beat” set an unconscious cadence. Just like dancing to the beat of a drum, the March time rate set a pace for the public to move quickly during an evacuation. Notice in most of my videos featuring March time that either myself or others are walking in step with the horns.
And to squash some rumors I've seen in some comments: I'm in the US, not Canada... This is my only KZfaq channel and I don't have others pretending to be others... I didn't get fired from SimplexGrinnell... I didn't get arrested... horns are not bells… I prefer dogs (especially beagles) over cats however I do like cats and no, I haven’t used cats in any of my videos.
Also a shoutout to my compadre ‪@safetech‬ for killing it with his videos. Subscribe!
I appreciate all of you who share an interest in fire/life safety!

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@safetech 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back buddy. Thanks for the mention. Been crazy busy at my branch as I’m sure it is for you as well. Stay safe!

@lavarockyanimations9563 2 жыл бұрын

THE LEGEND, THE CHILDHOOD, AMONG MANY FIRE ALARM ENTHUSIASTS HE HAS RETURNED

@nestor8369 3 жыл бұрын

my middle school had a 4040 with a light plate but sadly the building got demolished and i own a rare simplex bell model 4090-2 with a clear light plate possibly a emergency light

@KJ7BZC 3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear you're still around, you were one of the first alarm channels I ever watched.

@pvh_facp4001yt 3 жыл бұрын

It’s been 10 years since your last video! I didn’t even know you came back until like a month later!

@mikee4571 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see a video from you! I used to watch your original videos from 15 years ago when I was in elementary school, and it really inspired me as a kid, so I just wanted to thank you very much for making those videos and inspiring me and probably so many others. I didn’t end up working for Simplex or any similar companies like I wanted to back then, but did go on to become an engineer intern (currently). Thank you for what you do!

@VoidsDemise5443 2 жыл бұрын

In your simplex fire alarn testing, as soon as you got to the door and looked at the other fire alarm horn, it kinda sounded like a soda fountain dispenser lol.

@kkellis8766 3 жыл бұрын

I remembered watching your videos as a kid! Welcome back!

@Jimmy06blue 4 ай бұрын

I remember watching your videos when I was little! Way before I started collecting fire alarms

@CODMarioWarfare 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man those debates. In the end I think it came down to the old analog timers that (I presume) drove the march time cards in the 2001, and their loose tolerances. IIRC, in your OG video, it almost split the difference between 90 & 120. But, you know, internet nerds and pedantry. Especially with our modern expectations of precise digital timings. Kids these days don’t know how easy they have it there

@FireAlarm-ni8lf Жыл бұрын

I remember watching all of you field videos when I was a kid

@System6VideoProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Yay your back!!!! Great to see your doing well!!

@FireAlarmsofNortheastKansas 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back! I remember watching your old videos when I was a little kid, and here I am making my own content almost 10 years later. Now that I'm in high school, I'm about 2 years away from entering the fire alarm industry myself. Nice seeing you around again!

@SimplexTech 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear - stay with it!

@armaniwilliams5752 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimplexTech Omg!!! Im so happy to see u are back somewhat(I know it's busy since u no longer are in the field as a tech). I remember Watching your videos in 2008, and I gotta say, U were an awesome tech, And 17 years, holy crap, How do u do it. But Glad to see u are back Also, I thought the video "School Fire Drill", used the 4901-9805 horns on 4903-9501 Strobe plates, or was that a different school.(The one with the 4100 Panel). Continue the great work bud✌🏾. Im in school for the same field, so Im learning too. - Armani

@SimplexTech 3 жыл бұрын

It was this one, sorry. And thanks for the kind words! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7yla8-gr9iriok.html

@amandap569 9 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work making new videos!

@CoolSimasGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back SimplexTech! I remember watching your channel when I was in Junior high haha.

@albertafirealarms2338 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you back!

@officialsimplexguy 3 жыл бұрын

Man. I remember watching your old videos growing up years ago. Crazy how time flies. If you have plans to sell some of those 4051s, Ill probably buy a few from you.

@FourtyFiftyEighty 3 жыл бұрын

YOOO you back!!!! Edit: I actually remember that whole March time controversy and saw that 120bpm in my March time coder manual too. Edit #2: I actually have 3 4051s as well as 2 4041s. One actually has the FLUSH plate which is super cool! I also programmed my homemade panel to do the slower what people call 90bpm March and they sound awesome on it.

@EYL8902 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're back! :)

@davidredpath4781 3 жыл бұрын

Good to see you again!

@CS8sirenwastaken 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back to KZfaq!

@Davesand2003 Жыл бұрын

It's been so long since I got a notification from you, so glad you're back.

@jacobisworld9516 2 жыл бұрын

I Love That One Back In 2007 At That Old High School Or College That Had Those Old Simplex Horns.

@jaredthompson3011 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. I was really surprised to see you on here. Welcome back to youtube.

@sharonrobinson7992 3 жыл бұрын

We use to have this alarm at our elementary school in Memphis

@FireTech7 3 жыл бұрын

Something I'd never thought I'd see in a while, welcome back dude!!

@SimplexTech 3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks

@FireTech7 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimplexTech no problem

@ParmaJohnIV 2 жыл бұрын

The original SimplexTech!! nice video

@ryanthefanguy9060 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back

@mimi2 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back my dude

@iluvmerc Жыл бұрын

bro revived☠️☠️☠️

@mfa_firesafety 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back! It's Been a while.

@jjinc24 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@SomeDudeWithAnExitSign 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back. That’s cool that you have the 4051s from your school. I wonder if people keep the old spec sheet when they upgrade the system. My dad’s school used to have Simplex 4903-9221s and 4904-9138s. The system was replaced in 2012 with a Silent Knight system with P2Rs and SRs. I found part of the Fire alarm drawing on the district website and that’s how I found out about the old fire alarms. I’m trying to find out if there’s more on the system. If I’m correct there should’ve been Simplex 4903-9221Hs since the school had a pool and they would use the H suffix for high humidity and I think the high humidity models were made for pools. I don’t know yet but I’m trying to find out.

@SimplexTech 3 жыл бұрын

I have a few of those laying around upstairs except mine are speaker/strobes

@SETX_Sirens_and_Rail_02 3 жыл бұрын

After listening to another video and doing some math, I have determined the rate to fall closer to 105 BPM so I guess we have a happy middle ground now 😁

@someengineermain6803 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you

@islandcityelevandesc 3 жыл бұрын

My first elementary school had 2901-9838 simplex horns on 4903-9101 strobe plates. System was on continuous. In around 2014 or so they were replaced with ceiling mount truealerts inside and wall mount truealerts outside. What baffles me is that that the alarms inside were set to code 3 but the ones outside were on continuous still.

@12liketwelve Жыл бұрын

I had the same fire alarms in my first elementary school too except the system was on march time which terrified me.

@brently1973 2 жыл бұрын

I know when I was a projectionist at 8 screen movie theatre in a shopping mall/office building the Edwards system was a staged fire alarm. Stage 1 was 60 bbm and Stage 2 was 120 bbm. The people the the auditorium didnt hear stage 1 but we did in our offices, projection booth, mall, office tower after I think after 10 minutes it would go into stage two and it would sound everywhere...the projectors would stop...house lights come on and ushers would direct people to the nearest exits. Stage 1 was like an early warning. We used it to get ready to evac people. Anyways very interesting stuff. I am an apprentice electrician now

@willscottsmith8360 Жыл бұрын

Interesting hearing you speak! I’ve always wondered who the man was behind the camera lol!

@willbill808 10 ай бұрын

I had a couple 24 volt 4051s and the volume screw was incredibly effective on those. When it was all the way tight the horn emitted a muffled hum about as loud as a dryer buzzer. But, unscrew it a quarter turn and it got really loud and raspy.

@adamssirenadventures6574 3 жыл бұрын

Hey you're back i watched your old Simplex videos in 13 years. I been watched your videos and weatherdan882002 NewAgeServerAlarm Firealarmfreak529 Firealarmjrtech9 SilentXKnight5204 Xsk8r114 azman293 FireAlarm719 Many more when i was 9 years old.

@Zsullivan27 2 жыл бұрын

NGL I would’ve fell out of my chair if I come across a simplex 4050 during fire drill. Lol

@FireAlarmTech7. 3 жыл бұрын

I remember watching your videos when I was younger. Are any of those extra 4051s in the box for sale? If they are, I’m interested in one.

@ZakWolf 2 жыл бұрын

Looks nice! On the older pre-2001 Simplex systems (like the 4247, 4208 and 4207) "March Time Rate" was done with an old-style coding wheel that would be mounted in the panel during construction/installation. The 4208 system at my first elementary (now K-8) school had TWO such coding wheels installed. I'm not sure why they initially did that, as when the school was built in 1974 the 4051 horns just sounded on Continuous while the 4050-80 light plates flashed via the coding wheels. But then some time in the 80s the system was configured so that both the horns and lights operated on a Slow March Time (like around 20bpm). Too bad it's all gone now (they just have System Sensor SpectrAlert Advance horn/strobes installed after the old 4208 panel began failing in early 2015.)

@homemaybe3596 2 жыл бұрын

Same thing like simplex 4040 60 at my old school

@HarlanE1995 11 ай бұрын

Interesting i probably encountered a few old 2001 systems out in the field every once and a while not very common these days

@neohistoryfan1014 3 жыл бұрын

I used to watch your videos as a kid! My high school has a rare Simplex 4247-2 with 6 volt 4050s all over the building, and a lone STR series bell. The intitiating devices are 4251-20s and 4255-1s. There are also two 4251-30s; one is missing the whole glass portion; (the frame, hammer, and glass panel); the other one still has the frame intact. The system is still going strong. Do u know anything about the Simplex 4240 series panels? Did u also save the rare AF IBM 4201-4 and the bells in the system from that video?

@rowdyboys951 3 жыл бұрын

In the video, “Simplex Fire Alarm Testing”, featuring the 2001 and 4020, are those alarms still being used at that school or have they been replaced?

@SimplexTech 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I’m not sure. I doubt it because the National Time vendor was always an ankle biter with them.

@Nicsou77 3 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful dude, are you selling any of the 4051s?

@FireTech7 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I'd be interested as well since I do not actually own any mechanical horns at the moment

@theray2009 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! What school was that 2001/4020 system you uploaded with those AC horns and the TrueAlerts? aka Simplex Fire Alarm Testing

@erikthepirate8068 3 жыл бұрын

Do you think this fire alarm needs to be fixed? It's acting like a newborn baby.

@vintagesimplexfirealarmsof6440 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back and my elementary school got cool stuff if you're allowed the March time is 120 and 90 then pulse 60 bpm

@JT8D200C 2 жыл бұрын

What state are you in

@lukep4339 2 жыл бұрын

I just have to ask, if Simplex 2001's did 120 march time, then how come 4002s also did 120 march, but sounded faster? because with a 4002 and a 2001, i would guess that there would be the same kind of voltage drop? idk. Please correct me if I'm wrong

@michaelgrahamwongacutemadness 7 ай бұрын

I think 2001s were supposed to be but pretty much any of them you find sound slower idk really why

@Vigilance108 Жыл бұрын

What Happened To You?

@La01781 3 жыл бұрын

may i ask, what happened to the school with the 4005 schools ? the one with those 2903s

@SimplexTech 3 жыл бұрын

Could you please tell me the title of the video?

@La01781 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimplexTech simplex 4005 fire alarm test

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@SuperWorldRailFanProductions 2 жыл бұрын

OMG, nice to see you after a while. Also, guys please do not ask any stupid questions and keep comments respectful!

@La01781 3 жыл бұрын

question do you still work for simplex?

@SimplexTech 3 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@La01781 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimplexTech great! not sure if your going to make more videos though 😔

@La01781 3 жыл бұрын

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@TheCarson116 6 ай бұрын

Hey SimplexTech, just a heads-up: KZfaq flagged your latest video as "made for kids" (big surprise): given that disables the comments & you're planning to let folks know when the stuff you're selling is available on Ebay via them I'm sure you'll want to set it as "not made for kids" instead to re-enable them.

@SimplexTech 6 ай бұрын

Fixed. Thanks for catching!

@TheCarson116 6 ай бұрын

@@SimplexTech Sure thing! :)