The seemingly minor requirement to install automatic fire sprinklers in elevator shafts has snowballed into a real regulatory horror story, with little actual benefit. Because the sprinklers are there, additional requirements from the elevator, plumbing and environmental sectors. We should just eliminate the requirement for sprinklers.
Dwight ________________________________ From: Matthew J. Willis - Mobile <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 7:28 AM Subject: Re: Alabama Elevators The elevator code A 17 requires shunt trip shutdown prior to water discharge on the car or machinery. It causes all sorts of problems including opening on a floor that is on fire. It allows switches or detectors. Sent from my Samsung Epic™ 4G Touch -------- Original message -------- From: Charles Thurston <[email protected]> Date: 10/02/2013 9:26 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Greg McGahan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Alabama Elevators Hello Greg, There is an ATSM code for elevators (I forget the number), If that is adopted in Alabama then it is in there. Itis adopted here and we have to do that for any heads in the shaft. Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 8:08:38 PM, you wrote: > I was told by an elevator installer today in Alabama that the state > requires control valves and flow switches on all lines feeding sprinklers > in the pit and equipment rooms. I cannot find this requirement anywhere. > Can anyone help wth this issue? > Thanks, -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
