Also I question the validity that it was the sprinkler system because they didn't say if an alarm went off. That much water and no alarm would either mean the flow switch was bad or it wasn't the sprinkler system. Unless the main ruptured and that would be a lot of water fast but still.
Ya The only time I've ever got a real call that involved the sprinkler system is during cold weather and improperly insulated pipe. Must I've seen are slow leaks that over time will show up. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:55 AM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > In my entire career I've found two leaking sprinklers and close to q > hundred leaking somethings other that were suspected of being leaky > sprinklers. Look at it this way. With sprinklers being mandatory they have > to be installed, and because everybody thinks a leak has to be sprinklers > the industry gets a lot of service calls they wouldn't otherwise get. If I > ask if you're sure the problem is X a couple of times and you say yes, come > out, you don't have a lot of room to argue about my bill when I tell you > you need a plumber or roofer or what have you. > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:48 PM, ParsleyConsulting < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Ok, another article from our friends in the media regarding a water >> problem at the statehouse in Annapolis, MD. >> >> http://wbal.com/article/85570/**3/template-story/** >> Malfunctioning-Sprinkler-**Floods-Senate-Building<http://wbal.com/article/85570/3/template-story/Malfunctioning-Sprinkler-Floods-Senate-Building> >> >> Which state senator do we believe? Jacobs, who claims a fire sprinkler >> malfunctioned? Or perhaps Robey who says a pipe malfunctioned? >> >> Maybe we're better off with them both out of the statehouse for a few days. >> -- >> >> PARSLEY CONSULTING >> >> Ken Wagoner, SET >> >> 760.745.6181 voice >> >> 760.745.0537 fax >> >> [email protected] >> <mailto:ParsleyConsulting@cox.**net<[email protected]> >>> e-mail >> >> www.ParsleyConsulting.com >> <http://www.ParsleyConsulting.**com<http://www.ParsleyConsulting.com> >>> website >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: <http://fireball.**firesprinkler.org/mailman/** >> private/sprinklerforum/**attachments/20120116/5afa4eaa/**attachment.html<http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120116/5afa4eaa/attachment.html> >>> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Sprinklerforum mailing list >> Sprinklerforum@firesprinkler.**org <[email protected]> >> http://fireball.firesprinkler.**org/mailman/listinfo/**sprinklerforum<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/20120116/75f1fea3/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
