Since you are following the directions of FM and they are the AHJ (well one of them anyways), full steam ahead. For all other jobs, there are no listed sprinklers for deep fat fryers (unless one hit the streets recently) since the UL test was modified and the previously ones could not pass the new test (splattering was the issue I think).
Roland On Oct 23, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Fletcher, Ron wrote: > It isn't a very thin layer of oil. We are doing 4 fryers that are 6 ft > wide by 18 ft long and hold about 250 gallons of oil at 325F. They run > potato chips through on a conveyor. I'm not sure but I think the oil > is > at least 4-6 inches deep. I even have a letter from an FM type > insurance > company confirming the water deluge for the fryers. > > One of my concerns was amount of free board in the fryers. At about > 150 > gpm we will over flow the free board in a couple minutes. Then > everything goes to the trench drain. > > We priced deluge, LP CO2 and Hifog. Deluge was least expensive, CO2 > double the cost of deluge and mist was double the cost of CO2. The > owner > chose deluge. > > Ron Fletcher > Aero Automatic > Phoenix, AZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roland > Huggins > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 7:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Report: Antifreeze sprinkler system may have > contributedtofatalexplosion > > that's for a flat surface (thin layer of oil) verses a pan of oil (or > deep aft fryer) > > Roland > > On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:51 AM, Fletcher, Ron wrote: > >> Interesting video. Have you seen FM Data Sheet 7-20 Oil Cookers? It >> says to put a deluge system discharging at 0.5 gpm per sqft over the >> hot oil surface. >> >> Ron Fletcher > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.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 > [email protected] > http://fireball.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 [email protected] http://fireball.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)
