I presume you guys are talking about that picture with the dry pendants poking thru the wall to outside at 45 degrees. I've seen many I Seattle and even changed out a couple that worked successfully. I just went thru the 1978 standard page by page, only 207 of the little ones, including the index, and it's not in there.
Ron Greenman ...On the phone > On Apr 10, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Roland Huggins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > some great answers. Mine was going to be BECAUSE > > It seems like once something makes it into a standard, it takes an act of > congress to get it out (and sine congress isn’t doing much I guess it’ll > never happen). It’s never been questioned (that I can remember) in the 18 > yrs that I’ve been on the committee. It’s mainly there to show it can be > used in other than the normally acceptable manner. We did the same with > sidewall sprinklers under the edge of a overhead door. That doesn’t answer > the question why not use a dry side wall? > > I’ve added it to my list of items for the 2019 cycle. So don’t hold your > breath for a quick answer unless you can accept ‘cause. > > Roland > > Roland Huggins, PE - VP Engineering > American Fire Sprinkler Assn. --- Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives > Dallas, TX > http://www.firesprinkler.org > > > > > >> On Apr 10, 2014, at 1:37 PM, Steve Leyton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Anyone out there, committee members or clairvoyants, who can say why >> this illustration shows a dry-pendent sprinkler in what appears to be a >> non-conforming orientation? >> >> Thanks, >> SML >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
