Are there any fire alarm relays listed for tripping from a notification circuit?
As a matter of fact, there is! It’s manufactured by GE Security/Edwards and it’s listed as a “6554 Series Fire Alarm Relay”. The relay contacts are rated at 120VAC or 30 VDC, 5 amps inductive, 3 amps resistive. The unit mounts inside a standard two gang (4×4) deep box and comes complete with a appropriately labelled stainless steel cover. You must exercise caution when employing this relay to trip anything other than a door holder. Most new signal appliances don’t ring continuously, but are set to pulse temporarly, and some are programmed to silence manually. When either of these circumstances occur, the relay will “follow” the operation of the NAC circuit (in which case things like fan shutdown, elevator recall, fire dampers may not function in the manner required by code). There is a “work-around” for this however. You can employ a latching relay contactor on the circuit. This will require the operator to manually reset the device once the fire alarm system has been restored. In this
