How does this happen? Is the piv not monitored? Close valve, receive trouble at panel. Open valve, clear trouble. Move on. Simple right? On Aug 10, 2013 1:31 PM, "Tom Duross" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Oops.. typo. > Yes, and also would like to share the cause or the organic storage (also > barged to composting facility in NJ) building burning to the ground this > past spring. Unofficially told that the testing company left the isolation > piv closed that feeds that building. Still in litigation. Couldn't get > in, > very curious as to what hazard they used. > TD > > Tom, > > Just a clarification...I assume you mean to type 0.60/2000. And the > placard > indicated they were using an adjustment for a dry system, which in my book > is a 30% design areas increase, bringing the system design to 0.60/2600 > ft2. Of course the pump wasn't designed for this, or even the 0.60/2000, > but was certainly adequate to control the fire that occurred with 8 heads > operating at a minimum of 60 gpm. > > I think that it would be useful to capture actual system performance in > these challenging storage fires, to provide feedback to the protection > committee. > > Dwight > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
