The information and advice supplied by other forum members on this topic is right on. I have read many times where the ratio of accidental sprink- ler head discharge has been reported to be 1 in every 16 million heads installed. This does not include those heads that have had some type of mechanical damage to them.
Loren Johnson - CFPS, CET Fire Protection Systems Consultant The Hitchcock Company Peoria, IL --- On Mon, 6/23/08, Haji, Jaber M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Haji, Jaber M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: worried about Sprinklers leakage > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 7:44 AM > Newly constructed research and development lab facility is > protected by a wet type sprinkler system, one of the lab > scientist is worried about the accidental release of the > automatic sprinkler heads on top or in the vicinity of > the high tech., expensive analytical instruments such as > NMR, FTMS, autospec GC/MS and ESEM , which present a > potential risk of damage to these instruments in case these > sprinklers kick off during actual emergency or broken by > mistake by a maintenance personnel or a lab personnel. He > suggests gas suppression instead. I explained to him that > accidental leakage of wet type sprinkler system is very > minimal. The question is what the probability of activation > and how much will it cost to replace the existing system > with a gas suppression system. Your > recommendations/insights are highly appreciated. > Jaber Al-Haji > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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)
