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
>
>
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