Colored smoke is like the stuff the military uses in smoke grenades. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_testing_(mechanical)
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Forest Wilson <[email protected]>wrote: > Check the pressure switch before you start using colored smoke > > > > On 2/12/2014 5:06 PM, Douglas Hicks wrote: > >> Tell us more about the colored smoke. I have not heard of that before. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: rongreenman . >> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:32 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Testing for Air Leaks in Dry Fire Sprinkler System >> >> Drop the air and pump in colored smoke and you can see the leaks. >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:21 AM, James McHugh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >>> A friend of mine has a busy (loud) automobile bay with a dry fire >>> sprinkler system which is located near a highway. He has complained that >>> the compressor is running too often. I explained that usually means air >>> leaks. He posed the question of what various ways can they detect air >>> leaks. Can members of the forum reply with as many ways as possible? >>> Thanks >>> Jim McHugh >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sprinklerforum mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/ >>> sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > Forest Wilson > Project Manager > > 1855 Bellbrook Ave Ste C > Xenia OH 45385 > Ph: 937-736-0425 > > ///WHO IS JOHN GALT?/// > > ******This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the > system manager. This message contains confidential information and is > intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee > you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify > the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by > mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the > intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing > or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is > strictly prohibited.*** > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler. > org > -- 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) A problem well stated is a problem half solved. -Charles F. Kettering, inventor and engineer (1876-1958) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
