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Sent from my iPhone On Dec 12, 2011, at 9:36 PM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > Must have been George and his peppermint schnapps. I'm big on colored > smoke. I want one one-liner on that. > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Steve Leyton > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Ron and George, crawling through attics looking for the peppermint smell. >> Out of respect to Commodore Muncy, I will refrain from articulating the 25 >> or 30 one-liners that are bouncing around in my head at this moment. >> >> Steve Leyton >> Protection Design & Consulting >> >> David deVries <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think it was George Church or Ron Greenman who had a way of finding >> leaks >> in dry pipe systems by putting peppermint oil in the DPV and then pumping >> up the system with air. Follow the smell in the attic back to the >> leak(s). Never tried it myself, but would like to know more about how to >> do it and how well it works. >> >> Long term, you are looking at replacing leaky pipe and/or figuring out how >> to convert the system to wet. >> >> *Dave* >> >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Tom Duross <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is kind of a rant/long winded digression/request for opinion kinda >>> thingy.. >>> I have a group residence built in the late seventies with a dry system. >>> I-2, ranch style building with attic. >>> Steel pipe, attic and living space coverage, 13 design (closets, >> bathrooms, >>> concealed spaces, everything covered). >>> I've mentioned it to this forum before. The dry system has become a >> real >>> source of frustration this past month. >>> When we did our annual testing this summer all went well. This is our >> 3rd _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
