Some of the larger freezers I had done, that were insured by a larger(est) insurance company, were called out to use 165 temp in them, and not the 286 we normally apply to storage.
R/ MAtt Matthew J. Willis Living Water Fire Protection, LLC. 1160 McKenzie Rd. PO Box 877 Cantonment, FL. 32533 850-937-1850 Voice 850-937-1852 Facsimile [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >-----Original Message----- ----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On ----- >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:00 AM ----- >To: [email protected] ----- >Subject: Re: Sprinkler heads in coolers/freezers ----- > ----- >Ladies/Gentlemen: ----- > ----- >I can recall the early to mid-60's my father talking ----- >about sprinklers in freezers/coolers - he was on the ----- >daywork desk at Grinnell OF THE PACIFIC (Los Angeles). ----- >Sprinklers activating in these 'boxes' were not an ----- >uncommon "emergency" ----- >call. Someone came up with the idea to put 212 F. ----- >sprinklers in the freezers/coolers - and the emergency ----- >calls eventually tapered off. I know of no reference in ----- >NFPA-13 that addresses the temperature ratings of ----- >sprinklers in walk-in feezers/coolers. ----- > ----- >People/Clients still ask me 'why in the world' would you ----- >put sprinklers in walk-in coolers/freezers (or, for that ----- >matter, swimming pool areas) - my response is an ----- >inspection I did in a hotel restaurant several years ago ----- >that was no longer in business. Inside the (rather ----- >large) coolers and freezers, I found several rolls of ----- >(rolled up) carpets. And, yes, there were sprinklers in ----- >the boxes. When not in service, these areas make great ----- >storage rooms! ----- > ----- >I believe the sprinkler activation issue in ----- >freezers/coolers is that the cooling equipment can ----- >malfunction and overheat - with no fire in the box - but ----- >the temperature can rise in these insulated "rooms" and ----- >trigger the 165 F. ----- >sprinklers. I have designed, and specified, 200 F. ----- >(Q.R.) sprinklers for these applications for a number of years. ----- > ----- >Regards to all... ----- > ----- >Jerry D. Watts, SFPE* ----- >ACCENT FIRE ENGINEERING INT'L. Ltd. ----- >Santa Fe/Albuquerque San Diego, CA Seattle, WA Phoenix, AZ ----- >e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- >(800) 503.1961 ----- >web: www.accentfire.com ----- > ----- >*Society of Fire Protection Engineers and Rio Grande ----- >Chapter (NM) Chapter/SFPE ----- > ----- > ----- > ----- >************** ----- >Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family ----- >favorites at AOL Food. ----- > ----- >(http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ----- >_______________________________________________ ----- >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)
