[labnetwork] eyewash & safety shower horns & strobes

[Dennis Schweiger]

Kyle,

Good morning.  Here at Uof Michigan/LNF we have MEDICAL pushbuttons near
each of these shower/eyewash units in our fab that are tied into our life
safety system, which then repeats the signal to our campus safety
department.  We've toyed with the idea of installing a flow switch ( we
actually have one installed on the shower in our service aisle) on the feed
side of the shower/eye wash, and paralleling that signal with the
pushbutton, but haven't figured out a way to easily do the weekly
flush/testing without having to disable/enable the alarm.

Thanks,

Dennis Schweiger
University of Michigan/LNF
Facilities

734.647.2055 Ofc


On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM Kyle Keenan <kckeenan at seas.upenn.edu> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I'm curious to know whether or not your facilities have eyewash & safety
> shower stations that utilize horns and/or strobes at the local level. We
> have both at QNF, and there is a school of thought that the horns are so
> loud they could startle the very people who are trying to use these
> stations, which would not be ideal in a situation where every second counts.
>
> I would be interested in knowing about your setups, and the
> thought process behind having/not having these features.
>
> Best,
> --
> Kyle Keenan
>
> Senior Manager - Laboratory Operations
> Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility
> University of Pennsylvania
> P: 215-898-7560
> F: 215-573-4925
>
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