Yup, it was printed in 2004, unfortunately that's the only "white paper" that I see regarding Residential and it's posted on their website. Think a bit of updating might be in order! :) Carrol
________________________________ From: Roland Huggins <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 9:24:00 AM Subject: Re: Residential "Room Design Method"? well it didn't occur in 02 so it wouldn't be in OLD Tyco data. As others have pointed out, the explicit reference in 13:11.3 is all the fire power one needs. Roland On Nov 2, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Carrol Glimstad wrote: > Makes perfect sense to me! But, BUT what do I do when I look to NFPA to give >me > some fire power to help with convincing my plan reviewer and "they" come back > with the response that small rooms are NOT allowed to be considered in > residential applications? I guess I'm assuming that when the sprinkler head's > manufacturer's cut sheet states " a minimum discharge of 0.1 GPM/sq. ft. over > the "design area" comprised of the four most hydraulically demanding sprinklers > for actual coverage areas protected by the four sprinklers.", that "actual" > means ACTUAL. Yes, my head is 10 feet off of two walls, but my flow table on >my > LFII cut sheet tells me that I can and that I'm gonna hit that back wall as >long > as I have the flow and pressure to back it up. But my actual coverage area is > NOT 400 sq. ft.! Not even close. > > It doesn't help my situation either when in the Tyco white paper on "Residental > Sprinklers Used in NFPA 13, 2002 Applications", the author makes NO reference >at > all to 8.6.2.1.2. He only cites the S x L rule for determining coverage areas. > (big sigh...) > > Carrol Glimstad > Sierra Fire Design > > > > > _______________________________________________ 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)
