Before everyone starts putting antifreeze in drum drips, a word of caution.
Some water purveyors out there may see this as an antifreeze system now and it could trigger a RPZ backflow instead of a standard DCV backflow depending on your state codes and local ordinances. We all know how water departments think and see things. Just be careful. -Rob Terry, P.E -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thom McMahon Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Drum drip (condensate trap) maintenance in dry system Tom D. has a good idea for all drum drips. Here in Colorado it is very important to know if your air compressor draws air from the garage space or the Mechanical room, or some other conditioned space. Much like freezers, parking garages see below zero temps frequently in the winter. (Sometime fordays or weeks at a time) We suggest that our customers, pipe their air supply from the un-heated space just like a freezer, and check their drum drips weekly during cold weather. Using Tom D's suggestion this could be less frequently. Thom McMahon Firetech, Inc. 2560 Copper Ridge Dr Steamboat Springs, CO 80488-2136 Tel: 970-879-7952 Fax: 970-879-7926 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Tarrall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:55 PM Subject: Drum drip (condensate trap) maintenance in dry system > > We have a recently-installed dry system in a garage in Colorado. Would > like to know if we need to do any maintenance on the drum drips - is > there any sort of standard on how often these should be checked/drained, > if at all? > > Thanks - > -Robert.- > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
