Hello Ken, Years ago we did a job where there was an light mounted on the outside of the building to indicate which of the 12 risers in the place was flowing (4 groups of 3 risers each). The light was controlled by the flow switch on the riser.
Thursday, March 1, 2007, 5:36:30 PM, you wrote: > Ed, > 8.16.2.4.5 would seem to support what you intend to do. Might I offer up the > following.. > In this neck of the woods AHJs are asking more frequently to have external > horn/strobes located above the FDC in lieu of an electric alarm bell or > water motor gong to make it easy to find the FDC at night. In addition to > the signage, if one of these were provided and tied into the appropriate > flow switch or pressure switch of the systems served by that FDC, it would > be really easy for the FD boys to find and pump into the correct FDC. > Just a thought. > Ken Holsopple > Rowe Sprinkler Systems Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Kramer > Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: FDC's on multiple systems > Run into something new that I need opinions on. > An addition is being added to an existing building. Existing building is > fully sprinklered. The total area of the combined existing and new > structure exceeds 52,000 sf and the existing system riser is in the far > corner away from the addition. So the decision was made to bring in a new > underground supply to serve the new addition. Thus the new addition will > have its own independent system riser and fire department connection. > Does 2002 NFPA 13 section 8.16.l2.4.3 (or any other section) require the two > FDCs (one existing, one new) be tied together? > The commentary hints at this, but I've never thought that was the intent. > I thought the intent was that multiple systems SERVED BY THE SAME > UNDERGROUND LEAD-IN be served by the same FDC. Section 8.16.2.4.5 seams to > support this. > Opinions? > Ed Kramer > Littleton, CO > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
