I think this situation fails to fall under the guidance of any code or
standard. I think the owner needs to define what he is trying to accomplish
since he seems to be the driver for this voluntary solution to a vaguely
defined problem. The building code already demands a more robust fire
I think it is reasonable to consider it as a 13D system with a variance to
omit sprinklers in all areas other than the garage.
Tony
On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 11:12 AM Sean Lockyer
wrote:
> I have an interesting situation here: A homeowner has an electric car and
> an electric car charger in her
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Sprinklerforum] Re: Optional sprinkler protection in
garage without sprinklers elsewhere
Sean,
I'll parrot everyone else with needing to CYA with thorough documentation but
do want to go against the g
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Sean,
I'll parrot everyone else with needing to CYA with thorough documentation but
do want to go against the grain a bit and opine that any level of sprinkler
protection is going to add to the life-safety of the dwelling even if we all
know it won't actually control a Li-Ion battery
Ken, you are way too eloquent. My thought was a hydraulic alarm actuation
system.
I recently did a project at a facility with rack storage of Li batteries. I had
to go through all of the data and research to try and figure where to start.
Given what I learned, even a
Sean,
Permit me to completely endorse the previous comments from Brett and Chris.
Let me also add this - there is great value when someone is asking for a
design which is both contrary to the applicable standard, and does not
address the possible concerns for a fire in the occupancy in
The amount of water that you will get out of a three-quarter inch water line
will be useless in trying to fight an electric vehicle fire.
Christopher Dorn
Dorn Fire Protection LLC
4132 Dumont Street #4
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
(513) 295-2499
On Jul 5, 2023, at 1:31 PM, Brett Peters wrote:
I
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
