If I remember right from my years with Star, (1987 - 1993) retard chambers were verboten in Canada. There was actually a Canada trim package available for the alarm valves.
Richard L. Mote Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. 7994 Route 522, Suite 1 PO Box 407 Middleburg, PA 17842 P 570-837-7647 F 570-837-6335 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Sornsin Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: jockey pump only My guess: They're using more alarm valves with retard chambers up their? Dave Sornsin On Friday, January 31, 2014, Cahill, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, now I'm intrigued. What's different in the Dominion of Canada? > (NFPA > 24 reference) > > Chris Cahill, PE* > Associate Fire Protection Engineer > Burns & McDonnell > 8201 Norman Center Drive > Bloomington, MN 55437 > Phone: 952.656.3652 > Fax: 952.229.2923 > [email protected] <javascript:;> > www.burnsmcd.com > > Proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For > *Registered in: MN > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jamey > Prentice > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: jockey pump only > > Still use them all the time in Canada, usually Albany 1/3 HP with an > automatic maintenance switch. I have not seen a retard chamber here in > Over > 15 years > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network. > From: Richard Mote > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Reply To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: jockey pump only > > > They may still be used in Canada, a search turns up adds for several, > but all the companies are Canadian. > > Richard L. Mote > Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. > 7994 Route 522, Suite 1 > PO Box 407 > Middleburg, PA 17842 > P 570-837-7647 > F 570-837-6335 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt > Grise > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: jockey pump only > > I did not have any major issues with it -it was just the first one I > have seen. I thought I would check in with the forum and see if it was > something that should raise a red flag. > > Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP, NICET II > Sales Engineer > Alliance Fire Protection > 130 w 9th Ave. > North Kansas City, MO 64116 > > *Licensed in KS & MO > > 913.888.0647 ph > 913.888.0618 f > 913.927.0222 cell > www. AFPsprink.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Cahill, > Christopher > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: jockey pump only > > More popular back in the '60's. I've seen a bunch. I don't think > there are any codes that address. What were you thinking would be > issues to regulate? Certainly never required. Nothing prohibiting. > No size requirements. On the right side of the BFP I suppose. > > Chris Cahill, PE* > Associate Fire Protection Engineer > Burns & McDonnell > 8201 Norman Center Drive > Bloomington, MN 55437 > Phone: 952.656.3652 > Fax: 952.229.2923 > [email protected] > www.burnsmcd.com > > Proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For > *Registered > in: MN > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt > Grise > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 10:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: jockey pump only > > I ran across a system where the owner has elected to use a small pump > to pressurize the system in order to prevent municipal water surges > from causing false trips on the flow switch. Has anyone seen this > before? Are there any codes that address something like this? > > (not something that we installed, or specified... just found it this > way) > > Matt Grisé PE*, LEED AP, NICET II > -- David M. Sornsin Fire Protection Design & Consulting Fargo & Bismarck ND 701.371.0643 [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
