Bad answer Todd, baaaaad answer! But I think I'm going to go with it. It means up'ing the branch lines 1 size and throwing in a grid for the area affected. Neither of which is really a big deal, this time.
Bob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Cloud Calculations The problem is that no one knows how sprinklers in a room with ceiling clouds are going to react. I almost always calculate the full compliment for that reason. FM Global requires all to be calculated. I did an FMG job last year, 2500 sqft design area with clouds; 50 sprinklers in the calc area. Overkill, probably. We really won't know what the right answer is until we get some fire testing. At 05:47 PM 3/28/2011, you wrote: >What would the consensus be (ok, ok, I know this is the forum, but...) in an >open office enviro with uprights at the ceiling and pendent's in the ceiling >clouds in regards to calc's? I will have a 1500 sf area w/ no reduction. I >will obviously be calc'ing all the uprights w/in the design area, but what >about the pendent's in the clouds? Do I calc all the ceiling cloud heads w/in >the DA? Two heads? > >Thanks, > >Bob Knight >(208) 639-8790 Direct Phone >(208) 639-8791 Direct Fax >(208) 994-1439 Cell > > > >_______________________________________________ >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)
