Thank you for all of your replies. With these studies, the testing was performed in a warehouse with storage. In these scenarios, the performance is quite specific. With my project, an open 40' high mall concept, the AHJ is asking what affect the fans will have on the performance not only of the fire sprinkler activation, but the heat and smoke detectors as well.
Thank you, SHARON ALVES Senior Fire Sprinkler Designer LP Consulting Engineers, Inc. Mechanical -MElectrical -EPlumbing Engineers - Fire Protection 1663 Eureka Road Roseville, CA 95661 P: 916.771.0778 - F: 916.783.9446 [email protected] www.lpengineers.com This email and its attachments are the sole property of LP Consulting Engineers, Inc. and Copyrighted by LP Consulting Engineers, Inc. 2013. This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication. The sender and its company do not guarantee that this email or its attachments is free of viruses nor does it accept any liability for same. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew J. Willis Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: HVLS Fans I am dealing with this right now on a car dealership (service area). The research conducted won an award in 2012. It is all still new and making its way into the codes now. Bottom line, sprinklers will work and not be obstructed, but the fan needs to be shut down within 90 seconds. Some have this built in others may not. The only thing I could think of if not is a shunt trip like we use in elevators. Here is a video from a leading expert that helps... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjjr_v2vis R/ Matt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of AKS-Gmail-IMAP Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: HVLS Fans No, but it makes sense to turn them off upon smoke detection so that they allow the smoke to collect and stay up near the roof away from the public. An air sampling smoke detection manufacturer claims their detector is built into BA fans for this purpose, but that seems like a bad idea for maintenance reasons. If it is a basketball gym then make sure the fans are structuraly decoupled from the basketball goals. That might be very hard to do. Gym roof are light. Otherwise you'll be getting a call from the owner about the hoops vibrating with the fans. Allan Seidel St. Louis, MO On Mar 13, 2013, at 6:23 PM, Sharon Alves <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone had any experience with the HVLS fans in facilities other > than storage? > > > > Thank you, > > > > SHARON ALVES > > Senior Fire Sprinkler Designer > > > > LP Consulting Engineers, Inc. > > Mechanical - Electrical - Plumbing Engineers - Fire Protection > > 1663 Eureka Road > > Roseville, CA 95661 > > P: 916.771.0778 - F: 916.783.9446 > > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > > www.lpengineers.com > > > > This email and its attachments are the sole property of LP Consulting > Engineers, Inc. and Copyrighted by LP Consulting Engineers, Inc. 2013. > This communication with its contents may contain confidential and/or > legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the > intended recipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or > disclosure is prohibited and may violate applicable laws including the > Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the > communication. The sender and its company do not guarantee that this > email or its attachments is free of viruses nor does it accept any liability for same. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > scrubbed... > URL: > <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/atta > chments/20130313/11dbf91f/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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
