I would ask the AHJ what it is that they are expecting the sprinklers to protect, if they they are looking for protection of the Lithium batteries than that's not going to be possible and I would recommend putting that in bold lettering of all correspondence that residential sprinkler designs are not capable of providing protection for Lithium fires.
Thanks Brett Peters General Manager Installation & Design Proudline Fire Protection Services Ltd. br...@proudline.ca 780 490 7602 office ext 202 780 490 7605 fax 780 777 0568 cell 780 718 2676 24h Visit us at www.proudline.ca Proudline now offers ULc listed monitoring services, please contact a...@proudline.ca for more information On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 11:11 AM Sean Lockyer <slock...@aitlifesafety.com> wrote: > I have an interesting situation here: A homeowner has an electric car and > an electric car charger in her garage. However, the house is not sprinkled > and she is asking to just sprinkle the garage only. The AHJ has even > pre-approved just protecting the garage only and not the entire residence. > No problem, right ? Well, I don't know, TBH. There is a 3/4" water line > that COULD feed these 4 or 5 heads, but under what code reference would you > apply here ? Since this would have been a 13D system to begin with, could > you have just put in a few concealed residential heads and connected to the > 3/4" water line ? All the AHJ has asked for is to draw it up, permit it, > and provide a bell for notification in case of a fire. Other than that, > details are sketchy until they can review it. Some AHJ's would go way > over-the-top and ask for a separate line, extra hazard protection, etc.... > and another one I could see wanting a special hazard system. > > What does everyone else here think about this ? Everyone at the office > believes I am over-thinking it but I believe that over-thinking something > is better than not putting enough thought into something when the > alternative could cause more problems down the road. > > Thanks, > Sean > AIT Life Safety > > _________________________________________________________ > SprinklerForum mailing list: > https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org > To unsubscribe send an email to > sprinklerforum-le...@lists.firesprinkler.org >
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