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Wheelock E70H & E90H High Fidelity Speakers & Speaker Strobes

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Publication No. TD450018EN

January 2016

Technical Data 

TD450018EN

Effective January 2016

The speaker appliances shall be Wheelock Series E70H or E90H High 

Fidelity Speakers and Speaker Strobe appliances or approved equals. 

The speakers shall be UL Listed under UL 1480 for Fire Protective 

Service and speakers equipped with strobes shall be listed under UL 

1971 for Emergency Devices for the Hearing-Impaired. In addition, 

the strobes shall be certified to meet the requirements of FCC Part 

15, Class A.

All speakers shall be designed for a field selectable input of either 25 

or 70 VRMS, with selectable power taps from 1/8 watt to 2 watts. 

All models shall have listed sound output of up to 87 dB at 10 feet 

and a listed frequency response of 300 to 8000 Hz. The speaker shall 

also incorporate a sealed back construction. All inputs shall employ 

terminals that accept #12 to #18 AWG wire sizes.  The strobe portion 

of the appliance shall produce a flash rate of one (1) flash per second 

over the Regulated Voltage Range. The strobe shall be of low current 

design. Where Multi-Candela Speaker Strobes are specified, the 

strobe intensity shall have field selectable settings and shall be rated 

per UL 1971 at 15/30/75/110cd or 135/185cd for wall mount and 

15/30/75/95cd or 115/177cd for ceiling mount.  The selector switch 

for selecting the candela shall be tamper resistant.  Models with 

1575 candela shall also be offered for wall-mount applications.   

When synchronization is required, the strobe portion of the appliance 

shall be compatible with Wheelock DSM sync modules, Wheelock 

Power Supplies or other manufacturers panels incorporating the 

Wheelock Patented Sync Protocol. The strobes shall not drift out of 

synchronization at any time during operation.  If the sync module 

or Power Supply fails to operate, (i.e., contacts remain closed), the 

strobe shall revert to a non-synchronized flash rate.  

The speaker and speaker strobe appliances shall be designed for 

indoor surface or flush mounting. The speaker and speaker strobe 

shall incorporate a speaker mounting plate with a grille cover which is 

secured with two screws for a level, aesthetic finish and shall mount 

to standard electrical hardware requiring no additional trimplate or 

adapter. 

The finish of the Series EH speakers and strobe speakers shall be 

red or white.

All speaker and speaker strobe appliances shall be backward 

compatible. 

The speaker shall be listed to the low frequency requirements of UL 

464 (520 Hz) to meet NFPA’s 520 Hz tone requirements for sleeping 

areas.

UL 1971, UL 1480,  ULC-S526, ULC-S541, CSFM, FCC. 

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