C-TEC launches FastConvert zone converter for system upgrades

C-TEC FastConvert is built for retrofit upgrades

C-TEC has launched FastConvert, a four to eight-way conventional to addressable zone converter designed to upgrade multi-zone conventional fire systems to an addressable CAST system using existing wiring.

The manufacturer said the new product is fully compatible with its XFP and ZFP CAST fire systems and its CAST-PRO combined fire detection and alarm devices.

FastConvert is intended to support faster upgrades from conventional systems to addressable systems without replacing pre-existing zone wiring.

C-TEC said the product is designed to maintain zone circuit integrity without extending it into a loop or fitting end of line devices.

The company said this could reduce upgrade costs for fire alarm installers and sites.

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According to C-TEC, FastConvert is aimed at sites seeking to replace older conventional fire systems with addressable alternatives.

Andy Green, C-TEC’s Marketing Director said: “FastConvert is a clever innovation designed with the installer in mind.

“As fire detection and alarm technology has improved, more and more sites are looking to upgrade their old conventional systems to addressable, not just because the conventional devices are reaching end of life, but also because an addressable system can identify the precise location of a fire or fault, facilitate sophisticated cause and effects and reduce false alarms.

“We are definitely seeing this in schools, care homes and hotels where FastConvert is coming into its own as an ingenious retrofit upgrade solution which can utilise a conventional system’s existing zone wiring whilst maintaining compliance with BS 5839-1.”

C-TEC will host a webinar on FastConvert’s features on 23 April titled Need to upgrade your fire detection and alarm systems? We can save you thousands!.

The company has also published a datasheet covering the product’s zone circuit integrity function and installation detail.