For want of a nail.... On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Charles Thurston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Craig, > > Emergency Pager went off at 6pm one Friday. It turned out to be a customer > where we had replaced the jockey pump the day before. His electrician had > been out that morning and wired up the new jockey pump and life was good.... > UNTIL The pump need to run... Well the electrician did not check the > voltage the pump was wired for before he hooked it to the 208 3 phase > controller, Yup it was still wired for the 440 from the factory. When I saw > the jockey pump it was covered in ABC Extinguisher powder where the Fire > Department had put the fire out. > > The jockey smoked, The smoke got sucked into a hole the maintenance guy had > cut into the duct work for the office AC to keep the pump room cool since > it was his shop space also, This set off the building fire alarm, This > caused the Fire Department response and they put it out before the fire got > any worse. > > The next week we put in another jockey pump and he hired a real electrician > to hook that one up. > > > > Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 1:53:58 PM, you wrote: > > > But make sure that electrical components (motors especially) are U.L. > > labeled. Some AHJ's do look for that label. Some of the cheap overseas > > knock-off products aren't UL tested or labeled. It would be real sad to > > have a fire in a pump room/house started by one of the fire protection > > system components. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > > Denhardt > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:29 PM > > To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > > Subject: RE: Help with jockey pump listing > > > Agree - Jockey pumps or Pressure maintenance pumps as the standard calls > > them, do not have to be listed. > > > Hope this helps, > > John > > > John August Denhardt, P.E. > > Strickland Fire Protection Incorporated > > 5113 Berwyn Road > > College Park, Maryland 20740 > > Office Telephone Number: 301-474-1136 > > Mobile Telephone Number: 301-343-1457 > > FIRE SPRINKLERS SAVE LIVES > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roland > > Huggins > > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:56 PM > > To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > > Subject: Re: Help with jockey pump listing > > > this section is addressing the use of other types of FIRE pumps. The > > standard does not identify types of Jockey pumps that you can deviate > > from. They are not required to be listed. This will be better > > clarified in the next edition (based on the outcome of the recent ROP) > > > Roland > > > On Apr 16, 2008, at 6:29 AM, Rod DiBona wrote: > > >> When I look at NFPA #20 section 5.1.2.1 it looks like a jockey pump > >> must be listed. I had it in my mind that it didn't. My mind vs the > >> standard? > >> ...probably not a fair contest but just wanted to check and see if I > >> am missing something. Thanks. > >> > >> Rod DiBona > >> Vice President > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > > 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 > > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > > 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 > > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > > 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 Thurston mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Coastal Fire Protection > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >
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