Hi to those who may know.
As a property manager, I'm having to install either and Edwards or Mircom fire panel in an older apartment building. The pricing of different installation companies is identical for the same specs and same work for a both an Edwards or Mircom panel.
Should I stick with Edwards as it seems to be the most widespread and the local fire department recommends this brand or is Mircom better??
Thanks for any feedback.
My company deals with mircom. They are a decent and reliable panel. Edwards panels have gotten better, but it all comes down to service if its addressable. Anyone can inspect either panel for the annual inspection. But only edwards can change programing on edwards panel. Mircom can usually be serviced by any authorized dealer.
Talk to some other property managers in the area and see who says what about which company. Not the panel.
where are you located if you dont mind me asking? I could point you to the reps in the area for idea's.
And never listen to the fire dept about types of panel. There only concerned with the reset switch so they can leave when a false alarm happens. cant count the times I've gone to a call at 3 am and the fire department reset the whole system clearing the false alarm so they could go back to bed.
Stick with Mircom. Go with a hard wired system (non addressable). That way *anyone* can service it. Edwards equipment is excellent, but a lot of their systems can only be serviced by Edwards technicians. That means "big bucks" in the long run.
Thanks for your help. I'm in Victoria BC.
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