Tag: Potter Electric Signal Co.
Potter: Sprinkler systems last longer with nitrogen
March 11, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
ST. LOUIS—A new Potter Electric Signal Co. study shows that replacing air with nitrogen as the supervisory gas in dry and pre-action sprinkler systems dramatically reduces rust and makes the systems last more than five times longer.Potter, based here, makes a line of nitrogen generators specifically designed for fire sprinkler systems, said Josh Tihen, the company's corrosion product manager. He told Security Systems News that using nitrogen instead of air in the system “allows someone...
Potter: New flow switch a first
December 10, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
ST. LOUIS—Potter Electric Signal Co. recently introduced what it says is an industry first: a self-testing flow switch for wet sprinkler systems that requires no discharge of water.Mike Henke, sprinkler product manager for Potter, which is based here, said the company developed its new VSR-AT flow switch with auto test feature because of industry demand. He said the VSR helps “conserve water, reduce corrosion and eliminate any pollution concerns that are associated with discharging sprinkler...
Potter: 'Finally, a fire alarm panel designed specifically for sprinkler monitoring'
August 23, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
ST. LOUIS—Potter Electric Signal Co. has just introduced what it believes is a first: a fire alarm panel designed specifically for sprinkler monitoring.
Craig Summers, national sales manager for Potter, an independent fire manufacturer based here, told Security Systems News that the company believes “we've got a winner” with the PFC-6006 Sprinkler Monitoring Panel. The new solution is ideal for the many buildings that have fire sprinklers but no fire alarm systems, he said.
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AllSafe retrofits fire system for historic courthouse
July 2, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
DALLAS, Ore.—AllSafe Fire & Security, a four-year-old fire company based here, recently completed a job overhauling the fire system of one of the town's oldest buildings: the Polk County Courthouse.“It was a very interesting project,” Michael Beecher, a manager for AllSafe, founded in 2009, told Security Systems News.The main building of the historic four-story courthouse dates back to 1899 and it has a three-story annex added in 1964 and also a jail addition built in 1999. Beecher...
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Potter aids child burn survivors
November 8, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
Many companies in the security and fire alarm industry give generously to a wide variety of humanitarian causes. Potter Electric Signal Co. is among them, providing support and education to a cause that seems poignantly apropos for a fire and life safety company: the Missouri Children's Burn Camp for child burn survivors.
Here's more from a news release from the St. Louis, Mo.-based Potter, saying it once again participated in the camp, which took place in August this year at Camp Sabra in Rocky...