No . This would apply to any air compressor . The need for an AMD is driven by restricting the "in service" air pressure and also being able to refill the system in 30 minutes or less , which you cannot do through the restricting orifice.Hence the need for a by-pass to give a full size refill line.
Lamar Vaughn,SET ---- Dewayne Martinez <[email protected]> wrote: > Doesn't this only apply to riser mounted air compressors? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tank air compressor and AMD > > Read 7.2.6.6.4 in NFPA 13 (2002). > > ---- Dewayne Martinez <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of my salesmen has asked me if it was all right to use the air > > pressure regulator that comes with a tank mounted air compressor in > > place of a AMD. > > What does the forum think of this? > > Thanks, > > Dewayne > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
