C-TEC develops innovative conventional to addressable zone converter

Designed to facilitate the fast conversion and upgrade of a multi-zone conventional fire system to an addressable CAST system using pre-existing wiring, FastConvert can save fire alarm installers “thousands of pounds”.

Fully compatible with C-TEC’s XFP and ZFP CAST fire systems, as well as the company’s award-winning CAST-PRO combined fire detection and alarm devices, FastConvert fills the gap in the market for a solution which enables engineers to carry out speedy and economical upgrades of conventional regimes to create more sophisticated and powerful addressable systems.

Addressable format

Andy Green, marketing director at C-TEC, stated: “FastConvert is a clever innovation designed with the installer very much in mind. As fire detection and alarm technology has improved, more and more sites are looking to upgrade their old conventional systems to an addressable format, not just because the conventional devices are reaching end of life, but also due to the fact that an addressable system can identify the precise location of a fire or fault, facilitate sophisticated ‘cause and effect’ and reduce false alarms.”

Green added: “We are definitely seeing this in schools, care homes and hotels where FastConvert is coming into its own as a retrofit upgrade solution which can make good use of a conventional system's existing zone wiring, while also maintaining compliance with BS 5839-1.”

CPD webinar

On 23 April at 10.30 am, Fire Safety Matters is running a CPD webinar sponsored by C-TEC and FastConvert will feature within the hour-long broadcast. Running under the headline ‘Need to Upgrade Your Fire Detection and Alarm Systems? We Can Save You Thousands”, readers can sign up for free online

To download a data sheet detailing FastConvert’s capacity to maintain zone circuit integrity without the need to extend it into a loop or to fit end of line devices – a benefit that can potentially save installers and sites thousands of pounds – visit this link

In order to read a Case Study detailing an actual product installation click here

*Further information is available online at www.c-tec.com