Why mess with it if there has never been an excessive pressure problem? Seems like any changes you make at best would not improve anything and might make it worse.
Ron Fletcher Aero Automatic Phoenix, AZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vince Sabolik Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: E x p a n s i o n T a n k s Thanks guys, but my point is this: The entire system is filled with glycerine. Only a very small part of the piping is exposed to temperature extremes. If anti freeze expands only when temperature extremes are encountered, why size a tank for the whole system that sits in in conditioned or heated air? Just curious! At 09:03 AM 7/31/2012, you wrote: >Vince, > >My gut tells me to use numbers. If you post the system capacity, mix >percentage, temperature extremes, and chamber max working pressure, I >can tell you what the max static pressure at the chamber can be. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vince Sabolik [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 5:58 PM >To: SprinklerFORUM >Subject: E x p a n s i o n T a n k s > >I need a genuis quick! > >A small amount of piping on an existing antifreeze system runs through >an area where temperature "extremes" can occur. The rest of the system >is located in conditioned air. I'd estimate the split at maybe 95-5% . > >Although the entire system is antifreeze, has a one gallon tank, and >the pressure has never "spiked". The expansion will all be in the >conditioned area. > >So, my question is, should I have the owner consider a new tank on this >basis? My gut tells me it's needless... what's yours tell you? > > >thanks, >Vince > > > >Vince Sabolik, West Tech Fire Protection, Inc. >11351 Pearl Road / Strongsville, Ohio 44136 440 >238-4800 Fax 440 238-4876 >____________________________________________________________________ >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was >scrubbed... >URL: ><http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attac >hment >s/20120730/3cc5afff/attachment.html> >_______________________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120731/cfc1d7e1/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
