Because brass was needed for the war effort. Similar to why all but 5 pennies in 1943 were steel.
Despite my impinging gray, my age is less than Ed Vining's SS number, scribed and sworn before me this day...... At 10:09 AM 7/29/2009, you wrote: >Well, > >i'm not quite that old but I do know why. pop quiz worth 3 points to >the first YOUNG guy that knows.Be prepared to verify your age by >swearing that it's less than Ed Vining's social security number. > >On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:02 AM, David de >Vries<[email protected]> wrote: > > Now, Ron, play nice! > > > > I was going to add to my posting that I had an Automatic Issue A > from 1945 and that Prof. Ron would be able to tell us all why this > one had a steel deflector rather than a brass deflector like the > one from 1941 in my collection. I could have said "because he was > a young sprinkler guy then and would know from personal > experience", but I did not say that. Now that would make you the old guy. > > > > Dave > > > > David A. de Vries, P.E., CSP > > Firetech Engineering Incorporated > > 2715 Harrison St. > > Evanston, IL 60201 > > Tel: 847-733-0944 > > Fax: 847-866-6255 > > > > > > > > --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Ron Greenman <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Old, old sprinkler > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 10:09 PM > > > > > > Don't let him fool you. He's an old guy. > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Don't know about a 36B, but I have a 38B in my collection. The > deflector is stamped "38-600B" while the frame is cast with > 38B. Date code is 1966. It is a standard spray upright, half-inch > orifice, 165F, link and lever design made by Automatic of > Youngstown O. I also have a 38B damaged in a fire. The deflector, > link, levers and cap are missing. Same half-inch orifice, but made > by Automatic of Cleveland O. Don't know when Automatic moved from > Cleveland to Youngstown, but must have been by 1953. I have a UL > Fire Protection List from that year that shows them in > Youngstown. It also shows the 38-600B as an upright and the > 38-400B as a pendent. Sorry, no data sheet. > >> > >> Disclaimer: the provision of this information in no way should > be viewed as an admission of being an old guy. I just collect old stuff. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> David A. de Vries, P.E., CSP > >> Firetech Engineering Incorporated > >> > >> > >> > >> --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Vince Sabolik <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> From: Vince Sabolik <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Old, old sprinkler > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 9:23 AM > >> > >> > >> Good morning all -- especially you old guys... > >> > >> Does anyone have a cut sheet on Automatic Sprinkler's issue 36B head? > >> > >> thanks, > >> Vince > >> > >> Vince Sabolik > >> Christi Fire Protection, Inc. > >> 11351 Pearl Road > >> Strongsville, Ohio 44136 > >> > >> T 440 572-7730 F 440 572-7719 Email: > >> <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sprinklerforum mailing list > >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > >> For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > >> > >> To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > >> (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sprinklerforum mailing list > >> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > >> For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > >> > >> To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > >> (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Ron Greenman > > Instructor > > Fire Protection Engineering > > Bates Technical College > > Tacoma, WA > > > > Member: > > SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] > > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > > > > > >-- >Ron Greenman >Instructor >Fire Protection Engineering >Bates Technical College >Tacoma, WA > >Member: >SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA AFAA >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > >To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) Todd G. 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