Heat Detector 58C Fixed

so today I want to start a new series where I go over the different ways a fire alarm system can be activated so to start this video series I'm going to talk about heat detectors honestly I don't think I really have to explain what a heat detector does because I think it's pretty self-explanatory but just in case what he detector does is it detects heat from a fire so it can put the building fire alarm panel into alarm and that starts the building evacuation process so the heat detector was actually invented somewhere in the 1890s by a guy named Francis Upton this makes the heat detector the oldest way of automatically detecting a fire heat detectors are actually way more reliable than most smoke detectors but have a way slower response time than smoke detectors the two most common type of heat detectors are fixed and rate of rise unfortunately the most common misconception I see is tha