I don't know how popular this practice is these days, but those of us who've been around for 20+ years have all worked with FD's who wanted to reserve the right to cut the water to the building upon arrival. In that case, the FDC might become something more than "supplemental" and I guess - as with the FDC on a standpipe system - it's best to check with the responding agency to see what they want. But in the spirit of summation, it's all about what the guys running into the building want or need, not what some idiot industry guy from SoCal says in a committee meeting they should get.
SML -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roland Huggins Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Standpipe FDC Inlets One last comment then I'll abandon this thread (though call me if there is still confusion). NFPA 13 is supplemental and you don't calc it. I thought you were talking about NFPA 14 which is a full system demand and you calc it like it's always been done (I hope). Roland On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:34 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected] > wrote: > I will need some guidance on how to calculate the "supplemental" > flow not full flow through an FDC. > > Ron Fletcher > Aero Automatic > Phoenix, AZ _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
