What about the alarm Pete? The valve to the WMG or pressure switch must be turned off after the DPV trips. One could add a waterflow indicator and pretend it is a shotgun riser.
Ed On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Larrimer, Peter A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? 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) > -- Ed Vining 4819 John Muir Rd Martinez CA 94553 925-228-879 _______________________________________________ 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)
