Hi Pete, If the system went wet then the pressure switch is activated and the fire panel should be in full fire. You would not be able to reset the alarm unless; I believe the system is drained. Also the low air alarm would keep the panel in trouble. This means if there is a fire the system would be out of service and not notify anyone in case of fire.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larrimer, Peter A Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Dry Pipe Valve going wet Forum Members: If a dry pipe valve trips and "goes wet", is there any reason why you couldn't leave the system piping filled with water assuming that the weather is not cold enough to freeze it? I am assuming that the clappers have been reset externally and that the alarm connections remain dry since they don't seem to be having problems at this time. Why would they want to use an alarm valve in place in liew of just leaving the dry pipe valve? Thanks in advance. Peter Larrimer VA _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
