My basic assumption is that deflector distance down from different types of construction is heat collection. Everything else is coverage.
Ron F -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rongreenman . Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 7:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Spacing Rules I'd like to start a general conversation, no particular question, about which spacing rules people seem to think are based on heat collection, coverage, and/or both. I have a feeling that a lot of rules we attribute to coverage, and then try massage into inductive logic argument, really have more to do with meeting listing criteria for detection. -- 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, WFSC They are happy men whose natures sort with their vocations. -Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) _______________________________________________ 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
