FM recommends treating paraffin as a Group A expanded plastic. It would be helpful to know how the material is stored and the volumes that are processed to determine the proper coverage.
Paul J. Pinigis, P.E. Chief Life Safety Engineer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Phelan Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Classification of Wax Candle Manufacturing Greetings ... Could anyone offer some ideas on the Occupancy Classification for a 3,000 tenant space in a sub-divided industrial building where the tenant takes blocks of parrafin wax and after heating, coloring, processing, and such makes finished candles for mail order shipment. The design professional is indicating that this is an OH-2 and is choosing .2 gpm/ft over 1500 for his design curve. This limits the storage height to 5 feet which will be a matter for later enforcement ..... Using the appendix the commodity classification makes it a Group A plastic, but if they went occupancy classification since its under 12 foot storage wouldnt this be closed to an Extra 1 class? Any thoughts or experiences to relate ? Dave P. An AHJ in NJ _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
