Craig, Thank you, for your help. I was able to speak with a technical representative with Flamex and found out that their panel works just as you described. The burst of water is for 7 sec. or 13 gallons of water in the small duct and 19.5 gallon in the large duct.
Matthew Stone Unlimited Sprinkler Fire Protection 11130 Petal St. Dallas, TX 75238 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: spark detection and extinguishing system Matt, The Flamex Panel says it can provide external alarms signals. So take an output from the flamex panel to the building main fire alarm panel as an ALARM signal. That way if the Flamex goes off it will be known. Now they may have this thing go off on a regular basis and that's just SOP, in which case they may not want evacuation of the building and the fire dept. dispatched every time it squirts. If that's the case then just make it a Supervisory alarm. As far as indicating flow, Flamex has built-in flow monitors on their system, if they are being provided, I'd use them and not a separate flow switch. Don't see an issue with tying it into your FP manifold below your other system valves. I would make sure to put a control valve on the Flamex system with tamper tied into the fire alarm system. You might need to check your hydraulics to make sure that if the flamex discharges at the same time as one of the other systems, there will be no performance degradation of either system. But it appears that the water usage for the flamex is minimal and in short bursts so that may not be an issue. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection Group Mechanical Department CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lg.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
