Personally I think there are more important pet peeves to worry about. But, an interesting note, the term sprinkler head only shows up in text pulled from other codes...
Duane Johnson, PE Program Manager Division of the Fire Marshal (Contractor) Office of Research Services National Institutes of Health 301-496-0487 "Protecting Science - One Sprinkler at a Time" -----Original Message----- From: Todd - Work [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Interstitial Space Sprinklers, segue to definitions Actually, the word "head" appears 14 times in the 2013 edition referring to a sprinkler, in many cases as "sprinkler head" Instead of ceiling clouds, they should be referred to as "those #@%*&^% things". Everyone will know what you mean. Todd G Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT www.fpdc.com 860-535-2080 (ofc) > On Feb 28, 2014, at 10:20 AM, David Autry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ceiling clouds: > I don't refer to them as Ceiling Clouds any more. I call them > sprinkler obstructions. > > Sprinklers: > The term "head" is not found anywhere in 13, only in 20 (I believe). > > > David Autry > > Meininger Fire Protection Inc. > 2521 W L St. Suite No.4 > Lincoln, Ne 68522 > Voice (402) 466-2616 > Fax (402) 466-2617 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 8:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Interstitial Space Sprinklers, segue to definitions > > So no more referring to "calc's", it shall be called the > "Hydraulically Calculated Water Demand Flow Rate". We won't "flush the > underground pipe" > we will perform a "flushing test" on the underground? Why not call it > a "debris test" but then I guess we would fail the test if there was > no debris. And I'm still trying to figure out to how pump > "supplemental water" into a FDC (hehe). In 1970 I was told it was > called a "sprinkler head" so I will keep using that term. Let's start > a movement to eliminate the use of metaphors in fire protection. > Happy Friday, > Ron F > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [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
