Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Sold in the 1950s by the Presto division of Merlite Industries, an American mail order / multi-level marketing company, the Merlite Fire Alarm is possibly the simplest standalone electromagnetic fire alarm it is possible to build.

Wilkinson Fire Alarm Video: youtu.be/Ss2kCafHRsY
Fire Grenades Video: youtu.be/iNhjfk9BTNA

SOURCES

wfmu.org/MACrec/merlite.html

thejumpingfrog.com/product/2238829/Paul-W-Kearney-FIRE-The-First-5-Minutes-Merlite-Fire-Alarm-booklet-1956

trademarks.justia.com/owners/merlite-industries-inc-28023

mycompanies.fandom.com/wiki/Merlite_Industries,_Inc.

corporationwiki.com/p/2n7ol1/merlite-industries-inc