If it is tied into the rest of the system, it's probably not a wash down. They normally have a valve and open head for that. What you described with the lever sounded like one.
Jamie Sent from my iPhone On Jan 4, 2012, at 2:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: > When I arrived, the Fire Department had already been there. The fire pump > started. Alarms had activated. So I'm assuming this is tied into the rest of > the system. What activates the "wash down?' There was no fusible link. My > guess is it is supposed to be set up that way? > > > In a message dated 1/4/2012 3:52:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > That sounds more like a "wash down" sprinkler used to clean the chute. > > Jamie > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 4, 2012, at 2:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I had a sprinkler head go off at the top of a trash chute today. The > head >> is in an unreachable position inside the middle the top of the chute. > It is >> also being fed off some kind of contraption I have never seen. Some type > >> of large baffle with a 1" street elbow coming off of it and something in > the >> middle with a lever. There are heads on every floor, just inside the > trash >> chute doors, which is common. Does anybody know what type of assembly > this >> is at the very top center of the chute? How can I possible change this > head >> if I can't even get near it? I broke the 1" union feeding this > contraption >> which was located outside the chute. I just plugged it and need to > figure >> out where to go from here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> Thanks, >> Dave >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120104/ae07e458/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120104/03c0a93e/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
