G&E Relax LED Light Bulb Packaging is misleading and could lead to a Fire

 So wife bought a package of  G&E Relax LED Bulbs after some bulbs in our house needed replaced .

When you look at the packaging it looks like you can use them in any fixture in your home 

But not so quick in small writing on the side panel it warns do not use in totally enclosed fixtures which the light above our kitchen sink was .

So we could not use this bulb .

See that's the problem with LED bulbs you have to very carefully read the packages to make sure they work where you are going to use them.

Unlike a regular incandescent bulb you can use Base Up Base down Base side ways  totally enclosed  LED  bulbs have specific uses just like earlier compact fluorescent

Many fires result  because of improper bulb use.

That's why it is important to read the labels but the wring bulb in wrong fixture they overheat and can explode . 

So just another example of saving energy and creating un needed danger in the home.

Improper use of Drywall Screws to mount Pull Stations leads to constant fire Alarm malfunctions

 Customer of mine recently bought a rundown apartment building to renovate it and first thing he did was have me go over the existing Fire Alarm System as Local Fire Dept said it was constant source of problems. 

Well after examining and updating it no wonder it never worked right.

First off 4 wire smoke detectors where not properly supervised to make sure they had power I replaced the all with 2 wire detectors as well as a new Potter 6006 Panel

also found Recalled Edwards Heat Detectors in use I replaced   as well as old 12 volt horns with modern 24 volt horn strobes

But then I started getting all kinds of ground faults 

 Which I tracked down to improperly installed Pull Stations which where not wired properly for supervision supervising wires where jumped together instead of individually hooked up which would warn of a wire break.  and to make matters worse  when they mounted them to the wire-mold boxes which where already tight with wiring they used Drywall Screws instead of the factory provided screws which where longer and had pointed tips that went right thru wiring jackets piercing them and making contact with copper conductors causing the ground faults.

I replaced all the old Metal Edwards Pull Stations with lower in back Plastic Fire Lite BG 12 pull stations and ground faults where eliminated.

I also installed a CO Detector due to age of Boiler system and state codes which mandate them as the building has had a history of CO incidents.

 

All these problems and never noted on an  annual inspection  this community requires .

by a company that calls themselves " the Fire Alarm Experts in Pittsburgh "

 

A secret hidden apartment with 5 ft ceilings and dangers it posed to tennant and authoirties.

 A Reals Estate Customer of mine recently bought a Run down Apartment Building in a higher end neighborhood in Pittsburgh's South Hills. with the purpose of bringing it up to code and providing safe decent housing. 

While walking thru and examining what all would need done to bring it up to modern standards which includes new Fire System , Electrical and Heating  a most unusual situation developed when a set of steps

which was believed to lead up from a Boiler / Laundry and Storage Room lead not to the rear entrance of one of the 9 apartments . But to a Secret Apartment no one knew about. not even local authorities

I had to bend down to even enter it as ceilings where only 5 ft high and at 6 ft plus was an interesting experience.

It was a full apartment with Living  Kitchen and Bedroom with tiny stall for toilet and separate sink and shower stall it even had cable TV 

Found out a elderly widow lived there for very cheap rent  but at what personnel danger to her. 

because there was only one way out and of there was a fire in kitchen she would have been trapped .not only that if building was on fire she would have to make her way out of that combination boiler room. 

The other big danger we found the apartment was filling with natural gas after pilot lights went out on the stove 

Needless to say this are will never again be used as a domicile and instead be used for maintenance storage. 

But as one fire official i showed these pictures to said this is the type of situation which leads to nightmares when there are fires or explosions not knowing some one is in that apartment .

You have to wonder how many more of these type of secret apartments are around the region.

Back in 80s. there was a big blow up in papers when it was discovered there was a Secret Pent House Apartment in an Office building owned by Al Monzo  on Mosside Blvd 

Officials in Monroeville where also caught off guard when they discoved a unpermitted addition to the rear of the Demarco durzo Building on mosside as well. 

. This has always been a problem after inspectors sign off on a building and owners decide to do their own thing and it is never noted in the As Built Plans Fire Officials use when tackling problems in a building on fire.

Thank You Honeywell / Silent Knight for Screwing over all the small Fire and Burglar Alarm Dealers and their Customers .

 Yes Honeywell / Silent Knight have once again bent over small alarm dealers and fucked them hard .

The Silent Knight Conventional panels which are very popular  have been discontinued  

 

the work horse SK 5208    and SK 2 and 4  Silent Knight  now has no conventional panels to offer.

the SK2 and 4 where same thing as Fire Lite MS 2 and 4 so that's an easy replacement but not the 5208 

In fact to try and replace the panel is now 2 to 3 times the cost trying to use other manufacturers panels if you have more than 8 zones and use all the relays 

Because the recommended replacement the inferior Fire lite MS10ud only does 10 zones  and does not have all the replays needed

The SK 5208 was a direct replacement for the SK5207 

and there are many of the 5207 still in the  field will need replaced in next 10 years and Honeywell/ SK knows it and this is nothing more than a slap to small conventional panel users who have these panels in small business ,churches and apartment buildings . Who will now have to pay many thousands of dollars to either try and find another conventional panel or upgrade entire system to addressable6800 line which has been a disaster with constant failures and updates

Honeywell which recently became Resideo  also bent over and fucked dealers by eliminating the entire Lynx wireless panel line.

The very economical L-300 lynx Plus and  L-5210 and 7000 all gone 

now you have to go with the more expensive Pro Line .

 The L-3000 was a favorite for construction trailers and Kiosks  well forget it all gone. I hear a lot of bad stuff about the new  pro series

I have switched over to Potter and Mircom for Fire Systems like many other Honeywell Dealers and gone over to Napco for burglar systems/

I have had it with Honeywell and Resideo  and will be using alot  less of their products .

Honeywell has become a bad name in the alarm world.