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Hey everyone, I'm confussed. Can anybody explain to me what is the purpose of the microswitch on the fire supression box? How do you wire the fire supression to the exhaust fan? Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks

Roberto
 
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Simply put, when the system trips, regardless of the present switch positions, the exhaust fan must come on/stay on, the intake fan (if there is one) must turn off/stay off, the under-hood lights must go off (if required), any electrical appliance(s) under the hood must be de-energized (but some say not for dry-type extinguishers), a horn/strobe must be activated (if required), the gas must shut off (sometimes mechanically (plumber's job), sometimes electrically (may have a manual-reset box)), and sometimes, if present, a building-wide alarm system should be triggered.

There is no one way to wire everything. You must know how the system is set up: 1 fan, 2 fans, 1 switch, 2 switches, directly switched or contactor-controlled, 120v or 208/240v, etc., etc., etc. The more you can tell us, the more we can help.

I just did one today, and it was a tough one. Single switch for both fans, but it was a 2-pole switch, had lights and a gas valve with reset box, a horn/strobe, and a tie-in with the building's alarm system. I did all the power wiring using only one microswitch, freeing the second one for the alarm trigger.
 
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