That's the way I used to treat them but after getting into 2010 I began to question myself.
-----Original Message----- From: sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org [mailto:sprinklerforum-boun...@firesprinkler.org] On Behalf Of Ron Greenman Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:56 AM To: sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org Subject: Re: Ceiling fans w/ ESFR sprinklers Dewayne, I just read something about this saying that they were inconsequential and could be ignored. I believe it's in the latest NFPA Journal but I don't have it here. And of course I may be remembering wrong and read it in Ladies Home Journal and they have no effect on baking. I get confused at times. On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Dewayne Martinez <deway...@dbfp.net> wrote: > Does the fan blades of small fans (60in or under) need to be accounted > for when applying NFPA 13 (10ed) section 8.12.5.2 or just the fan > motor and housing? > > In the appendix they talk about high volume low speed fans with large > diameters (20ft) requiring both the fan blades and the motor unit to > satisfy 8.12.5.2. > > Just out of curiosity, how would one go about placing sprinklers to > comply with something like this? Just put additional sprinklers under > the outside edge of the fan blades? > > Thanks, > > Dewayne Martinez > Design Build Fire Protection > New Berlin, WI > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org > > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > -- Ron Greenman Instructor Fire Protection Engineering Technology Bates Technical College 1101 So. Yakima Ave. Tacoma, WA 98405 rgreen...@bates.ctc.edu http://www.bates.ctc.edu/fireprotection/ 253.680.7346 253.576.9700 (cell) Member: ASEE, SFPE, ASCET, NFPA, AFSA, NFSA, AFAA, NIBS, WSAFM, WFC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.org http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: supp...@firesprinkler.org To Unsubscribe, send an email to:sprinklerforum-requ...@firesprinkler.org (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)