We had a flow switch catch fire once. Seems that Sparky was told to wire all the FLS stuff from a dedicated circuit ahead of the main disconnect so he brought 460 from the transformer to the flow switch and ... well, at least it was next to a pre-cast tilt-up panel wall and didn't involve the structure.
Steve Leyton PROTECTION DESIGN & CONSULTING -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Thurston Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 11:46 AM To: David de Vries Subject: Re: Fire Pump Causes (??) Fire Hello David, We had a jockey pump catch fire after the electrician wired it and started it up while our guys were gone to lunch. They got back on site to find the Fire Dept. using a Fire extinguisher on the new pump. The electrician "thought" it was a 220 feed to the 440 pump.... Monday, July 2, 2007, 12:52:53 PM, you wrote: > Here is what may be another reason not to install sprinkler > systems: they may cause a fire. Guess we can add this to the "some people might drown" reason. > > http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070628/UPDATE S01/306280013/1002/ > > Actually, sounds like someone did not properly install the exhaust from the diesel driver. > > David de Vries, P.E. > Firetech Engineering Incorporated > _______________________________________________ > 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) -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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)
