Jaber,
If they are really concerned, look into a double-interlock pre-action
system. That would be about the best way to bring the chance of
accidental discharge to a minimum. Considering you e-mail address,
should I assume this is outside the United States? What do the local
codes say about replacing sprinklers with a chemical agent?
At 08:44 AM 6/23/2008, you wrote:
Newly constructed research and development lab facility is protected
by a wet type sprinkler system, one of the lab scientist is worried
about the accidental release of the automatic sprinkler heads on
top or in the vicinity of the high tech., expensive analytical
instruments such as NMR, FTMS, autospec GC/MS and ESEM , which
present a potential risk of damage to these instruments in case
these sprinklers kick off during actual emergency or broken by
mistake by a maintenance personnel or a lab personnel. He suggests
gas suppression instead. I explained to him that accidental leakage
of wet type sprinkler system is very minimal. The question is what
the probability of activation and how much will it cost to replace
the existing system with a gas suppression system. Your
recommendations/insights are highly appreciated.
Jaber Al-Haji
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