Check with Tyco Fire Products VRP (Voluntary Replacement Project) division. Through the Omega recall with Central and the VRP, they have a great deal of experience testing sprinkler system water and related contaminants. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Williams" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Testing lab for sodium silicate?
> Contact the engineering department at UGA or GA Tech. They could > probably help you out. That is beyond what most of the testing labs > we deal with could handle. > > > > At 04:32 PM 6/23/2010, you wrote: >>I checked the archives and do not see a response to Forest's post. Does >>anyone know of a lab to test for sodium silicate? >> >>Thanks! >> >>Bobby McCullough >>[email protected] >> >> >> >> >>Testing lab for sodium silicate? >>Forest Wilson >>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:34:26 -0700 >> >>Does anyone know where I can send a sample to be tested? I think this >>system >>may contain sodium silicate. >>We pulled an existing 1X1/2 Rc and there is a deposit about 1/2 in >>thick, hard as a rock. It would certainly not allow the sprinkler to >>operate. We also found a thick, white liquid (paste in texture) inside >>another rc. >>System is on city water, 20 years old. >>_______________________________________________ >>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) > > Todd G. Williams, PE > Fire Protection Design/Consulting > Stonington, CT > 860.535.2080 > www.fpdc.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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)
