Hello Peter, See Below
Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 4:07:59 PM, you wrote: > 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? We do this around here some. when a compressor fails or something along that line. They DO NOT have the capability to trip an alarm system when it is this way. The pressure port for the Alarm Switch comes off the intermediate chamber, That does stay wet like this. We "advise" them they will need to do a Fire Watch while the system is tripped wet. > 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. Well there is "THAT" word ass-u-ming on a sprinkler forum... From what I have seen not many dry alarm valve clappers can be reset externally, I think Victaulic and Tyco have one that can be. I would be willing to venture a guess the Alarm Line valve is turned off. > 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) -- Best regards, Charles Thurston mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Coastal Fire Protection _______________________________________________ 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)
