My experience in process areas is that there is so much ambient noise (some areas here require hearing protection) that you need LOUD horns. One of our project engineers installed 24 VDC outside horns in one area because there were points available on the FBM with very poor results as to being able to hear the alarm if not in close proximity to the horn. Hence my preference for 120 VAC. We also have had to install sound cards and speakers and use the wave files on the AW70's for some of our hard of hearing operators in the control rooms. "Deen, Ron" <rdeen@xxxxxxxxxxx To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [foxboro] External Horn foxboro-bounce@fre elists.org 03/28/02 10:40 AM Please respond to foxboro >>Get out your CrouseHinds catalog and pick out the 120 VAC horn that meets >>your electrical classification. I don't know CrouseHinds but I think a 120VAC will be VERY loud for a short time in Europe where we have a lot of 230VAC. But at least you will have an idea something is wrong. The list is a bit quiet isn't it? Ron Deen -----Original Message----- From: SReames@xxxxxxxx [mailto:SReames@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 3:17 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] External Horn Get out your CrouseHinds catalog and pick out the 120 VAC horn that meets your electrical classification. Then build some PLB logic to drive it. In some areas we use timers in the logic to make 2 different alarm patterns to differntiate alarm criticality. "David Standerfer" <DStander@xxxxxxxx To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> om> cc: Sent by: Subject: [foxboro] External Horn foxboro-bounce@fre elists.org 03/27/02 04:47 PM Please respond to foxboro I am contemplating buying a couple of external horns to use for alarming = on a WP51D and am wondering what brand/style of horn you folks would = recommend. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks. Dave Standerfer Agrium US Inc. Kenai, Alaska _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave