Vanguard Smokesonic: in the Line of Fire
In the first half of the 20th century, most automatic fire alarms were heat-activated. Starting in the 1950s, however, more sensitive smoke detectors were introduced, working on one of two detection principles: photoelectric and ionization. In this video, we look at three different smoke detectors and discuss how this life-saving technology evolved over time. Wilkinson Alarm Video: • SHORT: Wilkinson Fire Alarm Merlite Alarm Video: • SHORT: Merlite Fire Alarm Guardsman and Vanguard Alarm Video: • Guardsman and Vanguard Alarms: A Technolog... SOURCES https://www.scribd.com/document/14390... https://carlwillis.wordpress.com/2017... https://www.diyphysics.com/2013/01/20... https://www.mysmokealarm.org/smoke-al... https://patents.google.com/patent/US3... https://patents.google.com/patent/USD... https://patents.google.com/patent/CA1... https://forums.thefirepanel.com/t/som...

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