I've never heard of a hydrostatic test on a fire alarm panel. I'm thinking 200 psi of water pressure might damage the panel.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of douglas hicks Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Funny - or not - inspection story. Here is another inspection story. I was waiting for an inspection on a UL 300 fire suppression system, and the inspector was late. When he showed up, he was in a bad mood. He had just been on a fire alarm test and the stupid contractor did not know how to hydro the fire alarm panel. Luckily the building inspector know how to hydro the panel, or I would not have had my inspection that day. I was afraid to ask any questions. That inspector was on a 30 day contract with the City until they hired another inspector. Douglas Hicks General Fire Equipment Co of Eastern Oregon, Inc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Phelan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 6:16 AM Subject: Funny - or not - inspection story. > Good Morning List, > > Here's a little story that should make the professionals amongst us > chuckle > on this Friday morning. I was on an inspection at a new residential > pedestal building yesterday afternoon and was supposed to be inspecting > the > UG piping and 200 PSI hydo before they closed the trench. > > Well first they had to re-excavate the trench because we figured you didnt > want to see thrust blocking, clamping, rodding, and depth. My X-ray > inspector glasses are on backorder ..... > > Well then comes the hydrostatic test .... mind you this is about 40 feet > of > 6 inch DI pipe, not big by any stretch of the imagination. The contractor > informs me the compressor will be right here in 5 minutes. So I decide to > wait and eat my lunch in the car. After 20 minutes I dont see anyone > showing up with a hydro pump so I go back into the building to see whats > going on. They take me over and show me a gauge on the pipe - 100 PSI. I > tell them it needs to be 200 PSI for 2 Hrs and they say thats impossible > since the compressor only goes to about 120 PSI. Huh ???? I say show me > this compressor - something is wrong. > > Indeed something was wrong. The compressor was there all along, they were > waiting for a longer hose to connect it to the pipe. They needed a longer > hose since the compressor is out back connected to the truck that pulls it > around. It was a trailer compressor we see for jack hammers and such - > not > a hydrostatic pump. You mean to tell me there's 100 PSI of air only > inside > that pipe right now ????? Sure, what else would we test with ....... > > Just before I left I made sure they bled the air out from a safe distance > and wrote a note on the inspection sticker 'Needs Qualified Contractor > with > Proper Equipment'. > > You cant make this stuff up. > > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
