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OwnerGilbert Alain Lindsay GARRICK, John Wayne STEPHENS +1inventors
InventorsGilbert Alain Lindsay GARRICK, John Wayne STEPHENS, David Warwick SLOAN
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A method for a single person to fully test the smoke, heat, or carbon monoxide detection and warning functions of each alarm device of an interconnected fire alarm system comprising of two or more compatible interconnected alarm devices such as smoke alarms, heat alarms, or carbon monoxide alarms in any combination and with interconnections and power supplies of any type, the system including interconnected alarm devices with ON and OFF test switches instead of momentary action test switches, and the smoke, heat, or carbon monoxide detection and warning functions of each of the system's interconnected alarm devices are tested by a number of actions and verifications by a single person.
A method to test the smoke, heat, or carbon monoxide detection and warning functions of each alarm device of an interconnected fire alarm system from one location by a single person who is able to ascertain, at the location where the tests are undertaken and without the single person requiring to have direct physical access to the system's alarm devices, that all of the system's remaining interconnected alarm devices have activated when any one of the system's alarm devices is being tested, the system including:
An interconnected fire alarm system including:
A method to test the smoke, heat, or carbon monoxide detection and warning functions of each alarm device of an interconnected fire alarm system from one location by a single person who is able to ascertain, at the location where the tests are undertaken and without the single person requiring to have direct physical access to the system's alarm devices, that all of the system's remaining interconnected alarm devices have activated when any one of the system's alarm devices is being tested, the system including:
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