Maybe I didn't know what I was doing, I hung a fire bell for the F/A people.
They told me that the fire bell was for leakage of the header or loose of pressurization on the system,
and I thought they said it doesn't report as F/A call-in,
but only as an audio alert for the owner of the building!
I think that, if you have a water flow probably its connected to a FACP or a Comercial Burglar Alarm,although i found last week one stand alone with a 120 VAC Bell.For me,the Bell (120 VAC,24 DC,water,etc) is for make it easy to Firefigthers find the Fire Department Connection plugs to supply water to Sprinkler System.And has sense,at least for me, when the bell sound is different to the horn sound.Is common too, find the sign:"....when your hear the bell...call 911" near to the bell.
The question is: Must be supervised a water flow bell, always? When is a new installation and you are on charge is easy,but when is an update and you have the FACP 400 feet away, the FACP's Circuit Breaker another 300' from the FACP and the bell.What do you do ,guys? Close your eyes and go ahead?I don't like that way.The easy solution is, take power for the first 120VAC oulet or juntion box and connect a 120VAC bell to the water flow,But I think that is not the best, and isn't as per code.