KEN KIRSCHENBAUM, ESQ ALARM - SECURITY INDUSTRY LEGAL EMAIL NEWSLETTER / THE ALARM EXCHANGE You can read all of our articles on our website. Having trouble getting our emails? Change your spam controls and whitelist ken@kirschenbaumesq.com ****************************** Liability issues Regarding Fire Alarm Panels Part 7 / Alarm Accounts for Sale / ISC Meeting October 19, 2024 ************************* Time is running out. We will soon be closing the meeting time opportunities. Schedule your free private meeting with KK at ISC East *************************** If you're interested in a private [yes, it's free] meeting at ISC East [we will be meeting just outside the exhibit hall] please contact Stacy Spector,Esq at 516 747 6700 x 304 or SSpector@Kirschenbaumesq.com. Concierge Clients will have priority. ********************** Liability issues Regarding Fire Alarm Panels Part 7 ********************** The three-foot rule method for surge suppression is an attempt for parallel surge suppression to work. It does not work with parallel surge suppression. Every foot is a nano second response time which is only 3 nano seconds. Parallel surge suppression responds in 15 nano-seconds. A factor of 5, you lose. It is a simple math problem. Your panel has blown before the surge suppression even came on. It stands to reason the best surge suppression is an in-line series three stage two tank circuit design protection, plus if it offers EMI/RFI filtering, or better yet noise filtering, you have a very good protection device for both low voltage and AC power. You cannot get that from over-the-counter distributor, unless they work a deal with me. Remember the Frengri? The missing link. The one thing that is missing on a complete protection package for a fire alarm system is a ground fault filter. That is correct, there is such an animal out there that prevents a feedback loop up case ground on your 3-watt ground fault circuit. Think about it. If a surge suppression device actually worked, and discharges to the life safety ground, the one circuit that has no protection at all is the 3-watt ground fault circuit on your case ground of the fire alarm panel. So even if your surge suppression worked, you still have a chance to take out your ground fault circuit and it is only 3-watts. What is the testing discharge of a surge suppression? Well over 1200 watts to earth ground. I have attached a drawing of a complete surge suppression setup that works perfectly and also creates an alternative pathway for lightning to by-pass the system. John Pecore, BSEET, MBA, Power Quality Engineer in the Life Safety Industry Stormin Protection Products Inc. www.firealarmprotection.com Lawtey FL. 32058 727-823-6100 x 1 Jpecore@earthlink.net ********************* Featured Listings for Sale ************************************ For Sale: Southern California: commercial Net RMR $17,000.00; approximately 80 customers with 324 locations. No fire. Concentrated in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. Third party vendors: Brivo, Eagle Eye, Cradlepoint. Equipment: Genetec, Brivo, Eagle Eye, Ocularius, DMP, Dell, Axis. Monitoring center: NMC. Most under K&K contracts. Panels: DMP. Significant EBITDA. More information requires a K&K NDA. Contact Ken Kirschenbaum at 516 747 6700 x 301 or Ken@Kirschenbaumesq.com For Sale: Nassau County, New York. approx 221 alarm accounts. residential 190; commercial security and fire 31; RMR approx $13,230.00 [res $8844; comm security and fire $2118; Inspection RMR $2268; Resideo / Honeywell; some Radionics. Vista 20P / Vista 128BPT. Most accounts on updated K&K contracts. Contact Ken Kirschenbaum,Esq at 516 747 6700 x 301 or Ken@Kirschenbaumesq.com. K&K NDA will be required for more information. For Sale: New Jersey. 90 alarm accounts, 43 residential; 13 commercial security; 29 commercial fire. Central Station: Rapid Monitoring RMR $4100 net; fire inspection RMR $1740. Equipment Honeywell, System Sensor, and M2M; Honeywell panels; one Napco account. 95% are in NJ from Alpine down to LBI. The remaining 5% are in PA and NY (not NYC); all on K&K contracts. Contact Ken Kirschenbaum,Esq if interested. 516 747 6700 x 301; Ken@Kirschenbaumesq.com; K&K NDA will be required For Sale. Phoenix area, Arizona., 181 alarm monitoring accounts [115 res; 66 commercial; commercial fire 5]. Net RMR $4700.00; DSC panel and equipment; Microkey softrware. Older contracts for most part. K&K NDA required for more information. Contact Ken Kirschenbaum,Esq at ken@kirschenbaumesq.com or 516 747 6700 x 301. For Sale: Lewisburg, West Virginia. Alarm accounts [K&K contracts]. RMR monitoring: $9,872; # of accts: 338 % res: 74%; % comm sec: 20%; % comm fire: 6%; Inspection and service all per call. cs:Security Central, Statesville, NC. On segregated lines; Accts concentrated: Greenbrier County; equip used: Panel: QOLSYS IQ4; software: Mobile Tech, Alarm.com. K&K NDA required for more information. 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