Ron, you are pretty much on target. If the closets weren't there, we would loose 3 sprinklers (1 required due to other wall config). If you eliminate the 3 sprinklers from the calc, you would have approx 10 psi remaining. We are going to increase the feed main so the calcs work, but it seems ridiculous to.
At 04:55 PM 1/6/2012, you wrote: >Is this one of those deals where if the closets weren't there the area >would be covered and only have sprinklers inside because they're separated >from the area the other sprinklers cover? So you have four heads in the >design area that wouldn't normally be there except for the closet, and >those four heads kill the calcs? This is one that always kills me and so >I'd like to see the collective wisdom. Seems to me that if the fire is in >the closet the head inside will play havoc with it and if it breaches to >the outside (door open), even with another head in the main area opening >there isn't a big chance of being overwhelmed. Or if the fire starts >outside and moves into the closet the same but in reverse. But I'm just >guessing. > >On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Check your aeronautics. There are 4 closets in this building. Not flowing >> 2 of them gets us up to 5 psi. (Actually started with 0.342 psi under the >> curve) >> >> At 12:46 PM 1/6/2012, you wrote: >> >sounds like that plane won't fly regardless of omitting the closet. >> >Don't forget you can use a K-2.8 in the closet. That should get you >> >up to a 0.2. >> > >> >Roland >> > >> >On Jan 6, 2012, at 9:00 AM, Todd Williams wrote: >> > >> >>I does in this situation. It is an existing system with a new >> >>underground configuration. With all the sprinklers included, we are >> >>right at 0. >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Sprinklerforum mailing list >> >[email protected] >> >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> >> 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 >> > > > >-- >Ron Greenman >Instructor >Fire Protection Engineering Technology >Bates Technical College >1101 So. Yakima Ave. >Tacoma, WA 98405 > >[email protected] > >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) >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120106/302a9722/attachment.html> >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum 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
