That's hot smoke Charles and not good for the system. Leak detection smoke is cold.
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Charles Thurston <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello rongreenman, > > Or the colored smoke bombs from the fireworks store (Use at your own risk). > > Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 10:19:57 PM, you wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Charles Thurston mailto:[email protected] > Systems Design Manager > NICET Certified > > _______________________________________________ > 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
