Notifier E Series - Manual (Page 3)

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Architect and Engineer Specifications
The speaker appliances shall be Wheelock Series E Speakers
and the speaker strobe appliances shall be Wheelock Series E
Speaker Strobes or approved equals. The speakers shall be UL
Listed under Standard 1480 for Fire Protective Service and
speakers equipped with strobes shall be listed under UL Stan-
dard 1971 for Emergency Devices for the Hearing-Impaired. In
addition, the strobes shall be certified to meet the requirements
of FCC Part 15, Class B.
All speakers shall be designed for a field selectable input of
either 25 or 70 VRMS, with selectable power taps from 1/8 watt
to 2 watts. All models shall have listed sound output of up to 87
dB at 10 feet and a listed frequency response of 400 to 4000 Hz.
The speaker shall also incorporate a sealed back construction.
All inputs shall employ terminals that accept #12 to #18 AWG
wire sizes. The strobe portion of the appliance shall produce a
flash rate of one (1) flash per second over the Regulated Volt-
age Range and shall incorporate a Xenon flashtube enclosed in
a rugged Lexan® lens. The strobe shall be of low current
design. Where Multi-Candela Speaker Strobes are specified,
the strobe intensity shall have field selectable settings and shall
be rated per UL Standard 1971 at 15/30/75/110cd or 135/185cd
for wall mount and 15/30/75/95cd or 115/177cd for ceiling
mount. The selector switch for selecting the candela shall be
tamper resistant. The 1575 candela strobe shall be specified
when 15 candela UL Standard 1971 Listing with 75 candela on-
axis is required (e.g. ADA compliance). When synchronization is
required, the strobe portion of the appliance shall be compatible
with Wheelock’s SM, DSM sync modules or the power supply
with built-in Patented Wheelock Sync Protocol. The strobes
shall not drift out of synchronization at any time during opera-
tion. If the sync module or Power Supply fails to operate, (i.e.,
contacts remain closed), the strobe shall revert to a non-syn-
chronized flash rate.
The speaker and speaker strobe appliances shall be designed
for indoor surface or flush mounting. The speaker and speaker
strobe shall incorporate a speaker mounting plate with a grille
cover which is secured with two screws for a level, aesthetic fin-
ish and shall mount to standard electrical hardware requiring no
additional trimplate or adapter.
The finish of the Series E speakers and strobe speakers shall be
white, red, or nickel plate.
All speaker and speaker strobe appliances shall be backward
compatible.
Wheelock products must be used within their published specifi-
cations and must be PROPERLY specified, applied, installed,
operated, maintained and operationally tested in accordance
with their installation instructions at the time of installation and at
least twice a year or more often and in accordance with local,
state and federal codes, regulations and laws. Specification,
application, installation, operation, maintenance and testing
must be performed by qualified personnel for proper operation in
accordance with all of the latest National Fire Protection Associ-
ation (NFPA), Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL), National Electri-
cal Code (NEC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA), local, state, county, province, district, federal and other
applicable building and fire standards, guidelines, regulations,
laws and codes including, but not limited to, all appendices and
amendments and the requirements of the local authority having
jurisdiction (AHJ).
Warning:
• Current required by all appliances connected to system sec-
ondary power sources.
• Fuse ratings on notification appliance circuits to handle peak
currents from all appliances on those circuits.
• Composite flash rate from multiple strobes within a person's
field of view.
• Adding, replacing or changing appliances or changing can-
dela settings will affect current draw.
• Recalculate current draw to insure that the total average cur-
rent and total peak required by all appliances do not exceed
the rated capacity of the power sources or fuses.
• The voltage applied to these products must be within their
“regulated voltage range”.
• Installation of 110 candela strobe products in sleeping areas.
• Installation in office areas and other specification and instal-
lation issues.
• Use strobes only on circuits with continuously applied operat-
ing voltage. Do not use strobes on coded or interrupted cir-
cuits in which the applied voltage is cycled on and off as the
strobes may not flash.
• Failure to comply with the installation instructions or general
information sheets could result in improper installation, appli-
cation, and/or operation of these products in an emergency
situation, which could result in property damage and serious
injury or death to you and/or others.
• Conductor size (awg), length and ampacity should be taken
into consideration prior to design and installation of these
products, particularly in retrofit installations.
Agency Listings and Approvals
• UL Listed: S2652 (Speakers); S2652 / S5391 (Strobe/Speak-
ers)
• California State Fire Marshall: 7320-0785:134 (Speakers);
7125-0785:145 , 7125-0785:152 (Strob/Speakers)
• MEA: 151-92-E Vol. 21